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HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PC 339 06/06/1988 1984-1988 REPORT OF THE 4• uOMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE : June 6 , 1988 Re : Comm . 1632 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 . 571, regarding the State Land Use Boundary amendment request of Cecelia Luiz , Kaapoko Homestead, South Hilo, Hawaii , TMK : 2-7-04 :Portion of 96 , reports as follows : Bill No . 571 amends the State Land Use Boundaries Map, H-65 , of the County of Hawaii , by changing the district classification of 1 .065 acres of land from Agricultural to Urban . According to the Planning Commission, "Currently, .562 acres of the property is within the Urban District ; therefore, the purpose of this request is to reclassify the remaining 1 .06 acres into the Urban District . It should be noted that the entire 1 .6 acres was previously classified Urban by the State Land Use Commission . However , since the 1 .06-acre parcel , which was previously a portion of a larger lot , was in sugar cane production , the former landowner petitioned the State to revert the land back into the Agricultural ricultural g District . The affected area is no longer used for the growing of sugar cane . " The property is zoned Single Family Residential - 10 ,000 square foot (RS-10 ) . The applicant plans to subdivide the property into four lots and distribute the lots to her grandchildren . The Department of Public Works and Police Department have recommended that the applicant be required to improve a portion of Kaapoko Homestead Road. Kaapoko Road, which provides access to the subject property, is maintained by the County but is in substandard condition . Councilman Kokubun questioned the Planning Director as to why Bill 571 fails to contain any development conditions , in spite of the concerns expressed by both the Department of Public Works and the Police Department regarding the substandard condition of Kaapoko Homestead Road . (Kaapoko Road is a County maintained substandard road . ) PC REPORT N0 . 339_ ADOPTED : JUN i 5 1903 r . 4 410r PC- 339 Page 2 June 6 , 1988 The Planning Director stated that he does not believe that the situation warrants extensive improvements to Kaapoko Road . Councilman Kokubun asked the Planning Director if, for the record, he is stating that it is not necessary to include the conditions recommended by the Department of Public Works and the Police Department . The Planning Department answered in the affirmative . Water and other essential utilities are available to the property . Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose of Bill No . 571 and recommends that it pass first reading. I II I „Autonomic ) T ASHI DOMINI.O, CHAIRMAAN SPENCER K. SCHUTTE, VICE CHR. FRANK DE LUZ III, MEMBER r ialeaftrziogy HERWOOD R. H. GREENWELL, MEMBER ORRA' E R. ri'TCHAKU-I '1UYE, MEMBER e , • SSELL S. KOKUBU' , MEMBER MERLE 7 . LAI, MB LA/TN