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Committee forwards HICDC 43-lot affordable subdivision to council; members press for stronger long-term affordability
Summary
The committee voted to forward bills 17 and 18, which would reclassify 14.321 acres in South Kohala for a 43-lot affordable subdivision by Hawaii Island Community Development Corporation. Council members urged longer or alternative affordability protections before final council action.
The Committee on Legislative Approvals and Acquisitions voted to forward two related measures to the full council that would change land-use designations and zoning to allow a 43-lot affordable subdivision in Waimea (South Kohala) proposed by the Hawaii Island Community Development Corporation (HICDC).
The package sent to council includes a State Land Use District boundary amendment (Bill 17) changing the subject 14.321-acre parcel from agricultural to urban, and a change-of-zone request (Bill 18) to reclassify the same land from Agricultural 1 acre to Single Family Residential 10,000 square feet. The proposal also sought a planned-unit development permit that would exempt certain subdivision standards under Hawaii County Code chapter 3-23.
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