PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-REZ-2022-000033)

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RKonanreeeLLCAmendRELerk.11.23.22 COUNTY OF HAWAI`I PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION KONA THREE LLC (FORMERLY GAMREX,INC.) AMENDMENT TO CHANGE OF ZONE ORDINANCE NO. 02 131 (REZ 470) Upon careful review of the request for a ten (10)-year time extension to Condition I (Complete Construction of the First Increment on RM Zoned lands) and an amendment to Condition N (Roadway Standards) to clarify which roadways within the subdivision are subject to the County Dedicable Standards of ordinance No. 02 131, the Deputy Planning Director is recommending that a favorable recommendation be forwarded to the Hawaii County Council. Since this recommendation is made without the benefit of public testimony, the Deputy Director reserves the right to modify and/or alter the recommendation. This favorable recommendation is based on the following findings: The applicant initially requested an extension of time of ten (10)years from the effective date of the amended ordinance by which to complete construction of the first increment/phase (258 multiple-family residential units) of the proposed development. The applicant has since clarified the request to a ten (10)-year time extension to complete the entire development. Condition I currently states: "I. plans for the development within the first increment of the RMzoned area shall be submitted to the Planning Department and final plan approval secured within five years from the effective date of this sixth amendment. Construction shall commence within one year from the date of receipt of final plan approval and be completed within three years thereafter;" Upon securing land use entitlements in 1983, then owner Gamrex Corporation and its development entity, Kona Vistas, LLC spent the next 23 years developing the initial phase of the development consisting of approximately 103.293 acres of RS-15 zoned lands into 215 single-family residential lots/units now known as the Kona Vistas subdivision. The developer secured a series of time extensions on the initial ordinance, which covered both the Kona Vistas subdivision lands and the subject properties totaling 1