PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-REZ-2022-019)

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Magen-CO W e llREZ.5.26.22 COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION AMY HAGEN-COWELL TRUST CHANGE OF ZONE APPLICATION (PL-REZ 2022-000019) Upon careful review of the request against the guidelines for granting a change of zone, the Planning Director is recommending that a favorable recommendation of the Change of Zone request be forwarded to the County Council. Since this recommendation is made without the benefit of public testimony, the Planning Director reserves the right to modify and/or alter this position based upon additional information presented at the public hearing. This favorable recommendation is based on the following findings: The applicant is requesting a Change of Zone from an Agricultural-1 acre (A-la) zoning district to a Single-Family Residential-10,000 square feet(RS-10) zoning district for 6.875 acres of land. If the requested land use entitlement changes are approved, the applicant proposes to subdivide the property into a total of 15 lots,with a minimum lot size of 14,000 square feet each. The applicant is also requesting a concurrent State Land Use Boundary Amendment from an Agricultural to an Urban district for approximately 6.875 acres of land. The applicant is proposing to construct a new County dedicable standard road to service the proposed subdivision from Hawaii Belt Road (Mamalahoa Highway) to the north (mauka) of the intersection with Alii Drive. Additonally, the applicant proposes to construct a 12-foot-wide, paved outbound access easement within a 20-foot-wide easement to access Hawaii Belt Road from the southern end of the subject property. According to the applicant, a subdivision application would be filed immediately after the granting of the Change of Zone and State Land Use Boundary Amendment. The applicant anticipates having the property subdivided by the beginning of 2023 and estimated cost of the project to be around$2 million. In order to consider an area for any type of zoning designation, the applicable goals, policies, and standards of the General Plan must be adequately addressed. It is only through such a comprehensive policy analysis approach that evaluations and decisions -1-