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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0526.007 2010-2012 SUBMITTED BY: CHARLES UMEMOTO P/PC COM Lu •• SOUZA - MULLIKEN BILL 168 - CHANGE OF ZONE RS- 10 TO C Community Development Plan J.0 Comm Nth 5 Ref.To. Ref.Date,lam 1 g 7.117 Puna Community Development Plan —September 2008 (As Amended November 2010, June 2011 & December 2011) — see following 3 pages • Section 3.1 - Land Use Pattern: o Acknowledges Mountain View as a Community Village Center o Experiencing the "greatest rates of population growth" o Future direction to "grow town centers while preventing sprawl development" • Section 3.1.3: c-1 — Actions: o "Recommend approval of applications for commercial zoning or use permits for existing commercial uses in designated village/town centers and for proposed uses at appropriate nearby locations use of the expansion area conforms to the criteria applicable to the type of village/town center at that location:" • Table 5-1 — General use and Design Criteria by Village/Town Center Type: o Typical Components — Repair Shops PUNA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN r 1 helpful to have a mapping system for agricultural lands that is relevant to Puna's agricultural activities so that they can be adequately preserved and planned for future use. The Puna Community Development Plan seeks to manage growth by: encouraging a more efficient, environmentally sustainable land use pattern; reducing the number of and rearranging previously-approved subdivision lots; requesting the County to change the zoning of lots now inappropriately zoned for present and future use and growth; promoting agricultural use and other"green"employment in the district; promoting the use of renewable energy; improving the delivery of social services and housing assistance; and providing the necessary public services, parks and recreation opportunities in a manner that supports community-building and an improved quality of life. 3.1 LAND USE PATTERN "Village centers" (or "town centers" for the larger settlements) are the model on which Puna's future land use pattern will be based, redirecting Puna's extensive subdivisions from their present course of sprawl development. Three types of village centers are proposed to provide varying levels of services based on location, size, and functional attributes. Regional town centers are located at Puna's largest existing urban settlements — Kea'au, Hawaiian Paradise Park, and Pahoa—and are meant to provide a wide range of services and amenities. Kea'au and Pahoa already have a nucleus of region-serving facilities, so they take on more of the characteristics of a town rather than a village. Community village centers provide a more limited range of services in smaller existing urban settlements and subdivisions that are experiencing the greatest rates of population growth. Community village centers are projected for Volcano, Mountain View, Kurtistown, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Maku`u, and 'Ainaloa. Neighborhood village centers serve smaller or more remote communities with relatively small lot sizes. Neighborhood village centers are projected for Glenwood, Orchidland Estates, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Beaches,Nanawale Estates, Leilani Estates, and Kapoho. The principal tools to reshape future land use in Puna include: (1) and pooling to form village centers and grow town centers while preventing sprawl development; (2) adjustments to County and State tax codes to discourage land speculation and provide tax relief for long-time homeowners and renters and to provide an incentive for removing development rights from property; (3) district-wide rezoning and tighter restrictions on variances from subdivision standards to discourage further subdivision of properties that are not within designated village/town centers; and (4) amendments to the County zoning code to discourage excessive lot clearance and speculative building practices. 3.1.1 Goals a. Puna retains a rural character while it protects its native natural and cultural resources. b. The quality of life improves and economic opportunity expands for Puna's residents. c. Services and community facilities are more accessible in village/town centers that are distributed throughout the region, including the underserved subdivisions that have been experiencing higher levels of development growth. d. Exposure to high risk from natural hazards situations is reduced. 3-3 PUNA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN % 3.1.3 Actions a. Provide County support for land use entitlements and land assembly for village center formation and voluntary land pooling projects by: 1) Initiating a special use permit request or petition for a land use district boundary amendment for uses that would require such designations under State law; 2) Seeking an amendment to the State Land Use Law (Chapter 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes) that would enable the adoption of special "rural town/village" standards for locations meeting certain criteria in the State Agriculture District or State Rural District, subject to a review and approval process that is simpler than the present method of boundary amendment; 3) Seeking State enabling legislation to allow County retention of lots that are in foreclosure for delinquent real property tax payments rather than having them auctioned for sale to the highest bidder, so that they can be used for relocation purposes when other properties are acquired for future rights-of-way, public facilities, land assembly related to village/town center development, or other objectives of the community development plan; and 4) Extending technical assistance and advice to a community-based land pooling association concerning legal and financial aspects of land pooling as they relate to County or State legal requirements and tax policies. b. Establish the following general classifications and locations for village and town centers in Puna: 1) Kea'au, Pahoa, and Hawaiian Paradise Park shall serve as Regional Town Centers to provide a wide range of services for the Puna district; 2) Community Village Centers shall provide a more limited range of services in smaller existing urban settlements and in large subdivisions that are experiencing the greatest rates of build-out; namely, at 'Ainaloa, Kurtistown, Maku`u Homesteads, Mountain View,two or more locations in Hawaiian Paradise Park, and at Volcano; and 3) Neighborhood Village Centers shall be the smallest in scale and located in underserved remote communities and in subdivisions with relatively small lot sizes and significant rates of population growth. Refer to Chapter 5 for more detailed implementation guidelines on this proposed action. c. Facilitate land use entitlements and other tools for the development of existing and future village/town centers and special design districts by: 1) Recommending approval of applications for commercial zoning or use permits for existing commercial uses in designated village/town centers that do not presently have appropriate entitlements, and for proposed uses at appropriate nearby locations, provided that the size and use of the expansion area conforms to the criteria applicable to the type of village/town center at that location;and 2) Recommending denial of applications for zone changes for commercial or light industrial use on sites that are not within designated village/town centers. 3-5 IMPLEMENTATION l Table 5-1 General Use and Design Criteria by Village/Town Center Type Regional Town Center Community Village Center Neighborhood Village Center Service Area 20,000 to 50,000 residents 7,000 to 15,000 residents 3,000 to 6,000 residents Population Approximate More than 30 acres 10 to 30 acres Up to 10 acres Land Area More than 40 tenant spaces for full range of retail and Between 20 and 40 small Between 5 and 15 small tenant personal services,repair tenant spaces for retail and spaces for convenience retail shops and other light personal services,repair and personal services; industrial uses;regional shops;community park, neighborhood park,elementary park;schools(all grades); elementary or middle school, school,multi-purpose meeting community hall,theater; community center and room or(minimum)place to Typical outdoor events area;bed- outdoor events area;bed- congregate or post community Components and-breakfast homes and and-breakfast homes and notices;outdoor events area small inns;elderly or other small inns;elderly or other (e.g.,barbeques and farmer's special needs housing; special needs housing; markets);small bed-and- transit hub;medical facility transit stop;medical clinic; breakfast homes;transit(or with emergency room; walking and bicycling paths. paratransit)stop;connections police and fire station; to walking and bicycling paths. walking and bicycling paths. Access to one or more paved Access to one or more paved Access to a paved road,except roads;commercial or public roads;commercial or public that there should be no direct Access uses without direct driveway uses without direct driveway access or visibility from either access to Highway 11 or access to Highway 11 or Highway 11 or Highway 130; Highway 130. Highway 130;no"drive- no"drive-thru"commercial thru"commercial use. use. Kea'a.. Regional Town Center ll�r • -. - - _• .. Y. . . . .• . .. .•, •, - . . -- - . • _ :I:, . _ . _ _. • • . • • - -... .. . . _ Y. . - - . •. - . - ..•. . _ -•.. .. • _ _ . .. • .- • - : 5 - - . - ".:,•:" - . .•• -• - - . . _-. .. - . .•• •. - , -, .. , .. . -. _. . - • - .. .. _. • . .. . .• • .. - -•, . . - . . - - I • 5-6