HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PC 169 11/24/1986 1984-1988 <: REPORT OF THE 411
COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
DATE: November 24, 1986 Re: Comm. 828
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. 293,
regarding the rezoning request of N.S.B.L. Partnership, Waika,
North Kohala, TMK: 5-9-05 :6, reports as follows :
Bill 293 amends Section 25-95A, Article 3, Chapter 25 of the
Hawaii County Code, by changing the district classification of
approximately 86.9 acres of land from Unplanned (U) to
Agricultural 1-acre (A-la) . The property fronts the mauka side of
Akoni Pule Highway, between Kohala Estates Subdivision and the
North/South Kohala boundary.
The petitioner plans to create a 68-lot subdivision consisting of
1-acre sized lots. The soil in the subject property is not suitable
for commercial agricultural uses . The Land Study Bureau' s overall
master productivity rating for agricultural use is Class "E" or
Very Poor. Also, the property is not classified according to the
State Department of Agriculture ' s Agricultural Lands of Importance
to the State of Hawaii systems.
There is no municipal sewage system in the area; therefore,
individual cesspools will be constructed to dispose of sewage.
There is also no public water system in the area. However,
Kohala Joint Venture has developed a private system in conjunction
with its Kohala Ranch Subdivision. Kohala Joint Venture has
provided, to the petitioner, a water commitment of 36,000 gallons of
water per day.
Electricity is not readily available to the subject property. In
its comments on the proposed subdivision, Hawaiian Electric wrote
"Please notify the applicant that the proposed development is
located in an area where HELCO ' s electric service facilities are at
limited capacity. Further development of the Kohala Estates
Subdivision and the Kohala Ranch Subdivision are contingent upon the
developers of those subdivisions providing a distribution substation
to provide adequate capacity for those developments . The applicant
must consult with HELCO for electric service availability to the
proposed 68-lot subdivision. " (While electricity is not readily
available to the proposed development, it should be noted that the
subdivision code does not require electricity. )
PC REPORT No . 169
ADOPTED : DEC 3 1986
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PC-169 Page 2 November 24, 1986
According to the Planning Department, the General Plan designates
the subject property as Extensive Agriculture and that the rezoning
request conforms to the General Plan land use designation for the
area.
Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose
of Bill No. 293 and recommends that it pass first reading.
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