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Aaron S.Y. Chung, Council Chair and Members of the County Council County of Hawaii Page 4 The Land Use section of the Kona CDP serves as policy guide for County decisions regarding physical development in Kona. It establishes a suggested framework for future growth by identifying the County's major policies concerning the type and location of future development in order to meet the goals and objectives of the Kona CDP, which was created and approved with a tremendous amount of community input and involvement. The subject property is situated within the Kona Urban Area (UA) as designated by the CDP. Within the UA, growth is to be directed to compact villages located along proposed transit routes or to infill areas within, or adjacent to, existing development into the Transit -Oriented Developments (TODs). The CDP identified general locations of TODs within floating zones that are to become fixed pursuant to a Project District Rezoning process. The CDP identifies two (2) types of TODs based on type of urban core articulated for the area: 1) Regional Center which is intended to encompass larger population centers intended for a mix of residential, retail, commercial, employment and/or regional one -of - a -kind civic facilities like Kailua Village, Makaeo, and Honokohau and 2) Neighborhood Village, which are smaller in scale predominately residential, public/civic uses, or small- scale neighborhood- oriented commercial uses. The subject property and adjacent lands are situated within the Kahului-Puapua`a Village TOD, designated as a neighborhood village. CDP Policy LU -2.1 recommends that TODs be developed as compact, mixed-use villages, characterized by a village center within a higher -density urban core, roughly equivalent to a 5 -minute walking radius (1/4 mile), surrounded by a secondary mixed- use, mixed -density area with an outer boundary roughly equivalent to a 10 -minute walking radius from the village center (1/2 mile). As previously stated, the suggested location of a TOD is fixed through a Project District (PD) Rezoning Application. According to the Zoning Code, the project district development is intended to provide for a flexible and creative planning approach rather than specific land use designations, for quality developments. It will also allow for flexibility in location of specific uses and mixes of structural alternatives. The planning approach would establish a continuity in land uses and designs while providing for a comprehensive network of infrastructural facilities and systems. A variety of uses as well as open space, parks, and other project uses are intended to be in accord with each individual project district objective. A project district is an amendment to this chapter which changes the district boundaries in accordance with the individual project district.