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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: February 18, 2020 Re: Comm.No. 728 /Bill No. 137 PLACE: Council Chambers Kailua-Kona, Hawaii TIME: 10:05 a.m. Council Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning,to which was referred Bill No. 137,reports as follows: Bill No. 137,transmitted by Mayor Harry Kim via Communication No. 728, dated January 23, 2020, an amendment to Change of Zone Application(REZ 19-000239),requesting a change of zone from a Single-Family Residential—20,000 square feet(RS-20)to a Village Commercial— 10,000 square feet(CV-10) zoning district. The subject property is located on the north side of Old Volcano Road, approximately 500 feet west of its intersection with Wright Road, '01a'a Summer Lots, Block "B", Puna, Hawaii. The Windward Planning Commission, at its duly noticed meeting on January 8, 2020, voted to forward a favorable recommendation to the County Council for Change of Zone Application REZ 19-000239 with changes to Condition F (Roadway Frontage Improvements), which changed the timing and mechanism for the applicant's provision of roadway frontage improvements as recommended by the Department of Public Works for commercial zoning. Appearing before Your Committee was Planning Director Michael Yee, Planner V Christian Kay, and Planning Consultant Zendo Kern on behalf of the applicant,RTA Kilauea Lodge, LLC. Mr. Kern.provided an overview of the request, sharing that it is an extension of the Kilauea Lodge operation that would add additional retail space,three cottages, and consolidated parking space for employees. He noted an agreement that was made with the neighboring owners regarding a 12-foot wide access easement on the Hilo side of the property which would serve as a third point of entry. He added that the referenced agreement was currently reflected in the Bill. Mr. Kern shared that Condition F was refined during the Planning Commission meeting, stating that Volcano is a unique town and it would be odd to require standard commercial zone road improvements for 120 feet along a road where such improvements do not exist. He explained that when those improvements are made by the County in the future,the applicants would pay their fair share for that construction at the time it is completed. Mr. Kern added that it would not make sense to require the applicant to pay for sidewalk, gutter, and pavement-widening improvements at the current time when the two adjoining properties have only grass along the roadway. PC Report No.:46