The City seeks to amend its Zoning Map allowing a 2.34 parcel located at 1405 California St. to more than double its residential density and allow a Proposed 16 unit
Resort zoning in the small coastal community of Keaukaha on Hawaiʻi Island is nothing new, appearing on county land use maps for the area since the 1970s. But a recent proposal for a luxury eco-resort along the shoreline has residents questioning the decades-old zoning designation. In the second part of her series on the reaction to the proposed resort, HPR’s Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi looks at what solutions are being considered.