PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-REZ-2021-004)

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RKumuHouREZ04-10/19/21 COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION WAIKOLOA LAND COMPANY CHANGE OF ZONE APPLICATION NO. PL-REZ-2021-000004 Upon careful review of the applicant's request against the guidelines for granting a Change of Zone, the Planning Director is recommending that a favorable recommendation of the request for a Change of Zone from an Open and Multiple-Family Residential-8,000 square feet (RM-8) zoning district to a Multiple-Family Residential-6,000 square feet(RM-6) and Single-Family Residential-10,000 square feet(RS-10) zoning district 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 Waikoloa Land Company has requested a Change of Zone from an Open and Multiple-Family Residential-8,000 square feet(RM-8) zoning district to a Multiple- Family Residential-6,000 square feet(RM-6) and Single-Family Residential-10,000 square feet(RS-10) zoning districts for 45.9 acres of land identified as "Area A" of the proposed Kumu Hou at Waikoloa project. The applicant is specifically requesting the following: ■ Rezone portions of Parcel 021,which is 22.609 acres from RM-8 to RM-6 ■ Rezone portions of Parcel 021, 027, 028, 031 which is 16 acres from Open to RM-6 ■ Rezone portions of Parcel 021,which is 4.1 acres from RM-8 to RS-10. ■ Rezone portions of Parcel 021 and 028, which is 3.3 acres from Open to RS-10. The requested Change of Zone is part of the Kumu Hou at Waikoloa project encompassing a total of approximately 189.2 acres. "Area A" of the Kumu Hou project encompasses 45.9 acres of land and will include the following components: ■ Up to 264 multi-family residential units already located on the Resort's existing master plan, which could be marketed as timeshare units; -1-