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HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PC 189 01/27/1987 1984-1988 411 REPORT OF THE 111 COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: January 27 , 1987 Re: "Comm. 893 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. 304, regarding the rezoning request of Christopher Norrie, Kaawaloa, South Kona, TMK: 8-1-09:Portion of 2 & 14, reports as follows : Bill 304 amends Section 25-88, Article 3, Chapter 25 of the Hawaii County Code, by changing the district classification of approximately 14.45 acres of land from Agricultural 5-acre (A-5a) to Agricultural 2-acre (A-2a) . The Committee amended the bill to include revisions requested by the applicant and agreed to by the Planning Department and Corporation Counsel . Bill No. 304, Draft 2, passed first reading of the County Council on January 20 , 1987 , and was recommitted to the Committee on Planning, as requested by the committee, for further review and action. This action was taken at the request of a representative of the Planning Department who was present at the committee meeting. He recommended that approval of Bill 304, Draft 2, be deferred to allow the Planning Director time to more closely review the amended bill . In a memo to the County Council dated January 19 , 1987 , the Planning Director identified two areas of concern. (The memo is identified as Communication No. 893.1 . ) The concerns are: 1 . The conditions and restrictive covenants contained in the original bill were developed in close cooperation with surrounding property owners . They may not have had an opportunity to review the amended conditions. They should be given this opportunity. The Planning Director suggested that this may be done by remanding the rezoning back to the Planning Commission or the applicant may obtain notorized statement of concurrence from surrounding property owners . 2. The deletion of the phrase "no horse farm" from Section 2. C. ( 2) of Bill 304, Draft 2. The Planning Director suggested that the following PC REPORT NO . 189 ADOPTED : FEB 4 M7 __--- • • s PC- 189 Page 2 January 27 , 1987 statement be added at the end of Section 2.B: "Although nothing contained herein shall prevent the keeping of horses for personal use, horsebreeding, in and of itself , shall not be considered a substantial agricultural activity for the purposes of complying with the requirements of the subject condition. " In reference to concern No. 1, Mr. Domingo informed the committee that Mr . Norrie had given him a memo signed by Dexter Smith and George Schattauer , stating that they are aware of and in agreement with the proposed amendments to the bill. In reference to concern No. 2, your Committee on Planning agrees with the Planning Director and, as such, has amended Draft 2 of Bill 304 to include the suggested statement . Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose of Bill 304, Draft 3 , and recommends that it pass second and final reading. A 441.4wW*06 4046SO4d41,417 TAKASHI DOMINGO, CHAT AN (ABSENT & EXCUSED) b SPENCER K. SCHUTTE, VICE CHR. FRANK DE LUZ III, MEMBER (ARSENT & EXCUSED) (ABSENT & EXCUSED) ROBERT N. HERKES, MEMBER LORRAINE JITCHAKU-INOUY , MEMBER ior 'USSELL S. KOKUBUN, MEMBER ME' E K. LAI, MEMBER LA/TN