2018-12-06 Hearing Transcript - Miroslav Neskovic REZ 18-229

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WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAII HEARING TRANSCRIPT DECEMBER 6, 2018 A regularly advertised hearing on the application of MIROSLAV NESKOVIC (REZ 18-000229) was called to order at 9:01 a.m. in the County of Hawaii Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawaii with Chairman Joseph Clarkson presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Gilbert Aguinaldo, Joseph Clarkson, Donald Ikeda, Thomas Raffipiy, John Replogle. ABSENT & EXCUSED: Donn Dela Cruz. ALSO PRESENT: Michael Yee (Planning Director), Malia Hall (Deputy Corporation Counsel for the Windward Planning Commission), Jeff Darrow (Planning Program Manager), Christian Kay (Planner), Melissa Dacayanan (Planning Commission Support Technician), and Sarah Hata-Finley (Commission Secretary). And 6 members from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: MIROSLAV NESKOVIC (REZ 18-000229) Application for a Change of Zone from Single -Family Residential -15,000 square feet (RS -15) to a Single -Family Residential -10,000 square feet (RS -10) zoning district for approximately 23,538 square feet of land. The subject property is located at 69 Nalani Street, approximately 663 feet south of its intersection with Haihai Street, Waiakea Homesteads 1st Series, Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 2-4-021:059. CLARKSON: And with that, we'll proceed with the first item on today's agenda which is an application from Miroslav Neskovic, a rezone application. Christian, please? KAY: Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, Members of the Planning Commission. It's good to see you. The first application is a Change of Zone. The subject parcel filled in, in red is located in the South Hilo District of Hawaii County; more specifically, in the Waiakea Homesteads area. For reference, we've got Haihai Street running generally east -west through the slide. The Hilo Municipal Golf Course located here to the north and then I'll just move forward—the Applicant is requesting a Change of Zone from a Single -Family Residential – 15,000 square foot designation to a Single -Family Residential – 10,000 square feet designation to create a 2 -lot subdivision. There is an existing dilapidated single-family dwelling on the property that will be demolished, and a new single-family dwelling will be built on each of the proposed lots. The County zoning for the, much of the surrounding area is that RS -15. There is a parcel directly adjacent to the north of the subject parcel that was zoned to RS -10 in 1991, and they EXHIBIT A