PD BACKGROUND REPORT (AMEND REZ-11-136__PL-REZ-2021-002)

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BFoster-REZ.EC.9222021 COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT BACKGROUND REPORT CYNTHIA FOSTER AMENDMENT TO CHANGE OF ZONE ORDINANCE NO. 1173 (REZ 11-136) CYNTHIA FOSTER has submitted an application for a five (5)year time extension to Condition C (Final Subdivision Approval) of Change of Zone Ordinance No. 1173,which rezoned approximately 17.88 acres of land from an Agricultural 40-acres (A-40a) zoning district to an Agricultural 5-acres (A-5a) zoning district. The subject property is located on the north side of Mdmalahoa Highway, approximately 750 feet west its intersection with Kipahele Street, Pu`ukapu Homesteads 2nd Series, Waimea, South Kohala, Hawaii, TMK: 6-4-017:042. PROPOSED ACTION 1. Request: The applicant is requesting a five (5)year time extension to comply with Condition C,which states "Final Subdivision Approval shall be secured within five (5) years from the effective date of this ordinance. "By Planning Department letter dated February 25, 2019 (included in the application as Exhibit B), the applicant was granted a five (5)year administrative time extension that expired on September 1, 2021. As the applicant was unable to successfully obtain Final Subdivision Approval by this deadline, she is now requesting an additional five (5)year time extension to subdivide the 17.88- acre lot into three (3), 5+ acre lots. Once the subdivision is finalized, the applicant intends to retain two of the lots for her family,while selling the third lot to help offset subdivision costs. 2. Reason for the Request: According to the applicant, concerted efforts were made to obtain Final Subdivision Approval prior to the administrative time extension deadline of September 1, 2021,but was unable to do so for the following reasons: ■ According to the applicant much of the actual subdivision process was deferred to a family member who has a thriving coffee farm in Kona, and thus was preoccupied much of their time resulting in some delay in the process. ■ The initial surveyor hired for the project suddenly moved out-of-state, forcing the applicant to find another surveyor to complete the task. Finding another surveyor during the pandemic, which started in late 2019 proved difficult.