06-13-2022 Applicant's Response to Agency Comments & Proposed Conditions (PL-REZ-2021-012)

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LPC Item 41 Siting Chen(PL-REZ-2021-012) 6/13/2022 Applicant Response to Agency Comments& LAND'* 194 Proposed Conditions ,y Wiwoole St. Hilo, HI 96720 PLANNING 0� (808) 333-3393 info@landplanninghawaii.com HAWAII LLC June 13, 2022 Mr. Jeffrey Darrow, Deputy Director Planning Department COUNTY OF HAWAII 101 Pauahi Street Hilo, HI 96720 Dear Mr. Darrow: Subject: Applicant's Response to Agency Comments & Proposed Conditions Change of Zone Application (PL-REZ-2021-000012) Landowner: Siting Chen Waiaha 1St, Kailua-Kona, North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 7-5-017: 043 Our office submitted the subject Change of Zone application on behalf of the landowner to rezone the subject property from A-5a to FA-la in order to subdivide the property into eleven (11) lots. The applicant appreciates the Deputy Director's favorable recommendation and agrees with the vast majority of the proposed conditions, however, Condition G as it is written may create obstacles to completion of this proposed project. Condition G states: Hualdlai Road,fronting the subject property, is identified as a collector road by the Hawai`i County General Plan and therefore recommended to be improved to a 66-foot-wide right-of- way. Provided that the sole access to Hualdlai Road is developed as a shared access, in coordination with development of the adjacent parcel to the west, identified as TAIK(3)7-5- 017:042, a future road widening strip equaling half the distance between the difference of the current and proposed 66-foot-wide right-of-way width along the property's Hualdlai Road frontage shall be subdivided at the time of Final Subdivision Approval and dedicated to the County upon request of the Department of Public works at no cost to the County. Further, condition H states: Should a secondary road access from Hualdlai Road to the subject parcel be developed, the Applicant shall provide improvements to the entire subject property frontage of Hualdlai Road consisting of, but not limited to,pavement widening,paved shoulder and Swale improvements, and any required utility relocation, meeting the requirements of the American with Disabilities Act and the approval of the Department of Public Works. The improvements shall be located within the future road widening setback required in Condition H and shall be dedicated to the County. We agree with the overall intent of these paired conditions that would allow this project without improving the entire frontage of Hualdlai Road if and only if a single access is used for both this project and any proposed development of the neighboring parcel 42. However, as it is written, this requires an action by the adjacent property owners (lot 42)which the applicant has no control over. We have been in discussions with a potential purchaser of lot 42 and generally they are receptive to coordinating planned infrastructure. However, to date