HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PC 004 2017/01/04 (2016-2018) REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
DATE: January 4, 2017 Re: Comm. No. 29/Bill No. 5
PLACE: Council Chambers
Hilo, Hawai`i
TIME: 1:10 p.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawai`i County Council
Hilo, Hawai`i 96720
Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 5, reports as follows:
Bill No. 5, transmitted by Mayor Harry Kim, via Communication No. 29 dated December 13,
2016, amends Section 25-8-15 (Hamakua District Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of
the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), by changing the District
Classification from Resort-Hotel - 25,000 square feet (V-25) and Agricultural - Forty Acres
(A-40a) to Single Family Residential - Ten Acres (RS-10a) and Single Family Residential - Five
Acres (RS-5a) at Kukuihaele, Waikoekoe, Hamakua, Hawai`i covered by Tax Map Keys:
4-8-006:003, 4-8-006:013 and 4-8-006:069.
This measure is initiated by the Planning Director, and the subject area is 31.237 acres.
The Windward Planning Commission recommended approval of this bill at its public hearing on
December 1, 2016. The properties are the site of the formerly proposed Trees of Kukuihaele
development that will not be developed. The Planning Director recommends reclassifying the
property to a lower density zone, removing the ability to subdivide these properties.
Deputy Planning Director Daryn Arai came forward and explained that this request was
prompted by the current landowner and that the original vision for a resort development on these
properties was not going to materialize because of limitations such as the lack of adequate water
to sustain a resort development. Mr. Arai then stated that the applicant agreed to initiate this
process to "down-zone" the property and maintain it for single-family residential use.
Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 5, and
recommends its passage on first reading.
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AYES NOES ABS EX Respectfully submitted,
CHUNG X
DAVID x COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
EOFF X
KANUHA X
LEE LOY X
O'HARA X
POINDEXTER X KAREN EOFF, CHAIR
RICHARDS X PC REPORT NO..:
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RUGGLES X ADOPTED: JAN