HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PC 025 05/04/1999 1998-2000 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
DATE: May 4, 1999 Re: C-245/Bill No. 65
PLACE: Councilroom
TIME: 1:41 p.m.
Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 65, transmitted by Mayor
Stephen K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 245, dated April 9, 1999, regarding the State
Land Use Boundary Amendment request by Robert P. Marx, at Ouli, South Kohala, Hawaii,
TMK: 6-2-1 l :27, reports as follows:
Bill No. 65 amends the State Land Use Boundaries Map, H-14 for the County of Hawaii by
changing the district classification for 5.002 acres of land from an Agricultural to a Rural
District.
The rectangular shaped subject property, owned in fee by the applicant, is located in the Anekona
Estates Subdivision on the south side of Kanehoa Drive approximately 1,450 feet east of the
Kawaihae Road-Anekona Street intersection.
The applicant is proposing to subdivide the subject parcel into two lots, consisting of a
2.000 acre portion near the Kanehoa Drive and a 3.002 acre parcel adjacent to the Keanuiomano
Stream. The subject parcel presently has an access point off Kanehoa Drive that will
accommodate the two proposed lots. The 2.000 acre lot (27-A) has a home on it, and the
proposed 3.002 acre lot (27-B) is presently undeveloped.
The State Land Use classification is "Agricultural" and the General Plan Land Use Pattern
Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map classification is Agricultural which allow uses for pasturage
and range lands. The County Zoning is A-Sa under the present Zoning Code, and Unplanned
under the previous Zoning Code which was adopted prior to the adoption of the
December 7, 1996 Zoning Code.
Surrounding lands are the Kanehoa Subdivision, a 26-lot subdivision immediately to the east and
zoned A-Sa; the Kamuela Plantations, a 10-lot subdivision, located further to the east and also
zoned A-Sa; and the Waimea Landmark Estates, a 26-lot subdivision, located across the
Kawaihae Road and further to the northeast and zoned A-3a. These subdivisions include single-
family residential and agricultural uses and/or vacant ]ands. There are approximately 25 lots in
the Anekona and Kanehoa Subdivisions which have the Condominium Property Regime
distinction. The Ouli affordable housing project is located to the west of the Anekona Estates
and is within the State Land Use Urban District.
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The property is "Unclassified" on the State Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Lands of
Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) Map. Soils within the subject property are classified
as "E" (Very Poor). Soils are classified as Puu Pa extremely stony very fine sandy loam.
Permeability is moderately rapid, runoff is medium, and the erosion hazard is moderate. These
soils are used for pasture.
The subject property is located within Zone X, an area determined to be outside the 500-year
flood plain.
There are no known or recorded rare or endangered animal or plant life in the area, and there are
no historic or azchaeological sites on the parcel, which was previously grazed by cattle.
Access to the subject property, which is located on Kanehoa Street from Kawaihae Road, is via
Anekona Street. Both roadways have aright-of--way width of 50 feet with a 20-foot agricultural
standazd pavement. Kanehoa Street is a connector road into the adjacent Kanehoa Subdivision.
Water is provided by an existing 6-inch water line that fronts the subject property. There is no
municipal sewer system in the area. According to the Department of Health, the property is
situated within the Critical Wastewater Disposal Area, so the applicant would be required to
dispose of wastewater into a septic tank system. All other utilities are or will be made available
to the subject property.
Your Committee concurs with the Planning Commission and the Planning Director for
recommending a favorable consideration to the State Land Use district amendment.
Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose of Bill No. 65, and
recommends it pass first reading.
AYES NOES A & E EX Respectfully submitted,
LEITHEAD-TODD X
TvLER x COMMITTEE ON LA G
CHUNG X ~
ELARIONOFF X
~ACOesoN x BY JEAN LEITHEAD-TODD, C AIR
PISICCHIO X
SMITH x PC REPORT NO. 25
YAGONG X
ARAKAKI E.O.M. X ADOPTED: ~Y 2 5 ~