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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: April 23, 2019 Re: Comm. No. 196/Bill No. 47 PLACE: Council Chambers Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i TIME: 1:37 p.m. Council Chair and Members Hawai`i County Council Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 47, reports as follows: Bill No. 47, transmitted by Mayor Harry Kim via Communication No. 196, dated March 13, 2019, amends Section 25-8-11(Lalamilo-Pu`ukapu), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning) of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), by changing the district classification from Agricultural—Forty Acres (A-40a)to Agricultural—Five Acres (A-5a) at Pu'ukapu Homesteads 2nd Series, Waimea, South Kohala, Hawai`i, covered by Tax Map Key: 6-4-017:043. The applicant, 64-560 Mamalahoa LLC, intends to subdivide the property into two lots, one of which would include an existing dwelling and be approximately 5 acres in size, and the second lot would be a flag lot approximately 5.94 acres in size. The Planning Director provided a favorable recommendation, finding that the approval of a change of zone request would result in an appropriate land use pattern that would further the public necessity and convenience, and the general welfare. The Leeward Planning Commission, at its duly noticed meeting on February 21, 2019, forwarded to your Committee an unfavorable recommendation, citing concerns over flood control and the applicant's request to allow two driveway access points on Mamalahoa Highway. Your Committee first heard Bill No. 47 at its meeting in Hilo on April 9, 2019. Daniel Kenknight, manager of Mamalahoa LLC, and Zendo Kern,planning consultant, appeared before the Council. Mr. Kern provided a brief overview of the project, noting that the zoning was acceptable to the Planning Department and met all land use criteria. He described similar properties adjacent to and across from the subject property, all with similar zoning and flooding concerns. Mr. Kern stated that the Planning Commission provided an unfavorable recommendation due to issues of flooding as well as on the request to have two separate driveways enter Mamalahoa Highway, noting that this was a challenging "spaghetti" lot. Mr. Kern pointed out that the nearby flood plain was not part of the actual lot and that Conditions J and K set forth by the Planning Department mitigated flooding and addressed flood plain management, in conjunction with the expertise of a civil engineer who was also part of the project. Committee Chair Ashley Kierkiewicz clarified that the Planning Commission wanted to have a flood control plan before making a recommendation, and Mr. Kern explained that no such request for such a plan had been made. PC Report No.21