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Heather Kimball, Council Chair and Members of the County Council County of Hawaii December 6, 2022 Page 3 applicant and recommended by agencies as further discussed below. Granting of the time extension and amendments would not be contrary to the General Plan or Zoning Code. The original reasons for the approval of the change of zone are still applicable and the request is not contrary to these reasons. There have not been any significant changes to the General Plan or Zoning Code for this area since the subject rezone approval in 1998. At that time the General Plan LUPAG Map designation for the property was the same as it is today, Important Agricultural Lands. These are designated lands with better potential for sustain high agricultural yields because of soil type, climate, topography, or other factors. The A-5a zoning is compatible with this LUPAG designation. Since the approval of the Change of Zone in 1998, the Kona Community Development Plan (CDP) was developed and adopted by the County Council on September 25, 2005 as Ordinance No. 08 131 and more recently amended by Ordinance No. 19 091, effective September 18, 2019. The Kona CDP has goals, objectives, and policies relevant to housing through its Land Use section that specifically includes similar goals as the General Plan regarding preservation of natural resources and native species, as well as watershed protection. The amended ordinance will retain condition requirements for perpetual easements, special setbacks, and forest coverage requirements for the purposes of protecting and maintaining naturally forested areas as well as the requirement to develop forest management plans as has been standard for change of zone requests in the Kaloko Mauka Subdivision. Finally, the A-5a zoning and proposed 4-lot subdivision is compatible with the rural character of lands located within the Kaloko Mauka Subdivision and will be developed in conformance with the Zoning and Subdivision Codes. Furthermore, Condition F will continue to require restrictive covenants prohibiting a second dwelling unit on each lot. The applicant is requesting the addition of the prohibition of Condominium Property Regimes (CPRs) on each lot to reflect more recent standard language for this type of condition. Based on the preceding, the Planning Director recommends approval of this request. Based on the preceding, the granting of the time extension and other proposed amendments would not be contrary to the General Plan, Kona Community Development Plan and the Zoning Code. Granting of the time extension would not be contrary to the original reasons for the granting of the change of zone. The original reasons for granting the change of zone remain valid today. The proposed request will not unreasonably burden public