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DATE: October 11 , 1988 Re : /C-1775
PLACE : Councilroom
TIME: 1 : 30 p.m .
Chairman and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo , Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No . 624 ,
regarding the rezoning request of Nancy Harlocker , Waiakea ,
South Hilo , Hawaii , TMK: 2-2-22 : 29, reports as follows :
Bill No . 624 amends Section 25-114, Article 3, Chapter 25 of the
Hawaii County Code, by changing the district classification of
11 , 949 square feet of land from Single Family Residential (RS-10 ) to
Office Commercial (CO-20 ) .
The subject property is located on the mauka side of Kinoole Street ,
on the North West corner of Kinoole and Kamana Streets . The g, _
applicant plans to renovate an existing single family dwelling on the
property for general office uses .
The State Land Use classification is Urban and according to the
'Planning Department , the area is designated for High Density Urban
uses .
Committee Chairman Takashi Domingo , during the Committee ' s
September 26 , 1988 meeting , asked the Planning Director to explain to
the Committee , in writing, as to why the Planning Department is
recommending approval of Bill 624 , thereby reversing their previous
position of discouraging commercial zoning on the mauka side of
Kinoole Street . Action on the Bill was deferred pending receipt of
the Planning Department 's response .
The Planning Department responded to the Committee ' s request via memo
dated September 30 , 1988 . The memo is identified as Communication
No . 1775 . 1 and is being forwarded to the Council for information .
The Planning Director informed your Committee , at its October 11 ,
1988 meeting , that the Planning Department now believes that
properties on the mauka side of Kinoole Street should be subject to
rezoning to commercial use because a couple of lots have already been
approved for medical and dental uses . Councilman Russell Kokubun
reminded the Planning Director that these uses , for medical
facilities , were granted under use permits and not rezoning.
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Councilman Kokubun asked the Planning Director whether doctors and
dentists with use permits would now almost automatically qualify to
have their properties rezoned to commercial uses since the
Planning Department is now saying that properties mauka of
Kinoole Street are designated High Density Urban under the
General Plan. The Planning Director answered in the negative .
Committee Chairman Takashi Domingo asked the Planning Director
whether he has any information regarding rumors he has heard that the
applicant is already operating his business in a single family
dwelling located on the subject property. The Planning Director
stated that his department plans to look into this matter and will be
reporting to the Committee .
Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose
of Bill No . 624 and recommends that it pass first reading .
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