PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (REZ 16-000208/PL-PDI-2022-000003)

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ROshiroRepealREZ.cm.6.14.22 COUNTY OF HAWAI`I PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION PLANNING DIRECTOR INITIATED ROBERT S.AND CAROL OSHIRO REPEAL CHANGE OF ZONE ORDINANCE NO. 17 7 (REZ 16-000208) Upon careful review of the request, the Planning Director recommends that the Planning Commission forward a favorable recommendation to the Hawaii County Council on this request to repeal Ordinance No. 17 7, which will revert the current zoning of the subject property from Neighborhood Commercial-10,000 square feet(CN-10)to its original Single-Family Residential-10,000 square feet(RS-10) zoning district for approximately one (1) acre of land. Since this recommendation is made without the benefit of public testimony, the Director reserves the right to modify and/or alter the recommendation. This favorable recommendation is based on the following findings: The Planning Director is initiating a request to repeal Ordinance No. 17 7 in response to a written request, dated December 29, 2021, which was submitted by the property owners Robert S. and Carol Oshiro. The repeal would revert the zoning of the approximately one (1) acre of land to its original RS-10 zoning designation from the current CN-10 zoning designation. According to the request, due to the recent Covid-19 pandemic, many of the businesses and people who have been supporting the applicants in pursuing their restaurant business are no longer in business or have lost their jobs. Further, it has been approximately five (5)years since the applicants started this project, and due to their age and the recent pandemic, they can no longer pursue the restaurant development. Therefore, they are requesting that the Change of Zone Ordinance No. 17 7 be repealed, and the zoning district be reverted to its original Single-Family Residential (RS-10). A review of the Planning Department records indicates that none of the conditions of the subject ordinance have been complied with, including Condition B (time to complete construction), which required compliance within five years respectively from the effective date of the subject ordinance, which was January 20, 2017.