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As the landowners have no intention of developing any uses permitted in the CN- 10 zoning district, they are requesting that the Planning Director initiate rezoning of the property to its original RS-10 zoning, pursuant to Condition R of the subject ordinance, which allows the Director to initiate reversion of land to its original zoning or rezone to a more appropriate designation should conditions of approval not be met or substantially complied with in a timely fashion. Since the subject parcel was rezoned, there has not been any significant land use regulatory changes in this area. The proposed reversion to the original RS-10 zoning would be consistent with the General Plan's Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) map Medium Density Urban Designation, which allows for a "village and neighborhood commercial and single family and multiple family residential and related functions (multiple family residential—up to 35 units per acre). The State Land Use designation for the subject property is Urban. The property is designated Urban by the Land Study Bureau's Productivity Rating. The Hilo Community Development Plan (CDP), adopted in 1975, suggests residential uses in this area. The subject parcel is not situated within the Special Management area and given its extensive history of urban development, there are no known archaeological, historical, or cultural resources and no protected/endangered floral or faunal resources found on the subject parcels. The properties adjacent to the north and across Kilauea Avenue to the west are zoned Single-Family Residential (RS-10) and primarily consist of single-family residential uses. The properties adjacent to the south and east of the subject property are zoned Neighborhood Commercial (CN-10) and consist of a parking lot to the south and the Puainako Town Center commercial area consisting of retail shops, grocery stores, and restaurants. Thus, reverting the zoning to the RS zoning district will be consistent with surrounding land uses and zoning. All infrastructure, which consists of roadway access, water, wastewater, solid waste, and utilities and services, are adequate to support the RS-10 zoning district. Lastly, although the recommendation to repeal Ordinance No. 17 7 will extinguish any conditions related to the CN-10 zoning, it is made with the understanding -2-