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COMITTE.E ON PLANNING
DATE: May 26 , 1987 Re: Comm . 1102
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 . 369 ,
regarding the rezoning request of Mauna Lani Resort , Inc . , Waikoloa ,
South Kohala , Hawaii , TMK: 6-8-1: 52 , reports as follows:
Bill No . 369 amends Section 25-95A, Article 3 , Chapter 25 of the
Hawaii County Code, by changing the district classification of
1 .1 acres of land from Unplanned (U) to Agricultural (A-1a ) .
The subject property is located along the makai side of the
Queen Kaahumanu Highway , approximately one mile north of the
Mauna Lani Resort entry road .
The purpose of this zone change is to subdivide a 1 .1-acre area from
a much larger parcel . The applicant intends to construct a fire and
emergency station on the 1 .1-acre parcel . There will also be a
police substation which will be used by beat officers .
In July 1986 , the Planning Commission approved Special Permit No . 619
to allow the construction of a fire and emergency service facility on
the 1 .1-acre parcel .
• The proposed development will be funded through the issuance of
general obligation bonds approved by the County of Hawaii . The
Kohala Coast Resort Association will make payments to the County of
Hawaii equal to the payments due on the bonds , pursuant to a debt
service agreement with the County.
Councilman Kokubun commended Mauna Lani Resort for their efforts in
constructing the fire station on their property ; however , he stated
that rezoning the parcel to Agriculture 1-acre and using it as the
site of the fire station will be an improper use of the property. He
added that the practice of rezoning land to 1-acre agricultural lots
when the lots are not intended to be used for agricultural purposes
should cease .
Councilman Kokubun stated that the Zoning Code has provisions for
rezoning large parcels of land for Residential and Agricultural (RA)
uses. The RA district allows non-agricultural uses . He added that
the County now has the authority to change the State land use
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boundary for any parcel of land 15 acres or smaller , without
involving the State Land Use Commission ; therefore , this route should
have been pursued by the Planning Department . A representative of
the Planning Department stated that the subject rezoning application
was received prior to the enactment of the ordinance granting to the
County the authority to unilaterally change State land use boundaries
of properties 15 acres or smaller .
Councilman Schutte stated that the use of every parcel of
agricultural zoned land should not be strictly limited to
agricultural uses .
Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose
of Bill No . 369 and recommends that it pass first reading .
TAKASHI DOMINGO. CHAIRMAN
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S 'ENCER K. SCHUTTE, VICE CHR. FRANK DE LUZ III, MEMBER
(Absent & Excused)
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USSELL S. KOKUBUN, MEMBER MERLE . LAI, MEMBE
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