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Heather Kimball, Council Chair and Members of the County Council July 13, 2023 Page 2 the Zoning Code, the Agricultural zoning district provides for agricultural and very low density agriculturally-based residential use, encompassing rural areas of good to marginal agricultural and grazing land, forest land, game habitats, and areas where urbanization is not found to be appropriate. According to the applicant, a subdivision application would be filed within a year from the granting of the Change of Zone. The applicant anticipates having the property subdivided within 3 years at a cost of somewhere around $200,000. The applicant has also filed a concurrent SMA Use Permit application for the proposed 4-lot subdivision. In order to consider an area for any type of zoning designation, the applicable goals, policies, and standards of the General Plan must be adequately addressed. It is only through such a comprehensive policy analysis approach that evaluations and decisions can be made to better time and stage developments to achieve growth consistent with the General Plan and related planning documents. The implications of these evaluations and decisions must also be considered as they may have an impact on similar areas in the County. The Change of Zone request from Agricultural (A-20a) to the Agricultural (A-5a) zoned district will conform to the goals,policies and standards of the General Plan and the Hamakua Community Development Plan (CDP). The General Plan is intended to be used as a policy guide for the coordinated growth and development of all sectors of the County. It sets forth goals, policies, standards, and courses of action to accommodate growth without congestion, to designate and preserve the lands needed for residential use, commercial and visitor services, industry, agriculture, and open space, and to coordinate these uses with the County's service and circulation systems. The overall goals, policies and standards are set forth to physically plan the lands in the County in the best interest of the island's residents. The Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map component of the General Plan is a representation of the document's goals and policies to guide the coordinated growth and development of the County. It reflects a graphic depiction of the physical relationship among the various land uses. The LUPAG Map establishes the basic urban and non-urban form for areas within the County. While the property is designated both Industrial (IND), Urban Expansion (UE), Low Density Urban (ldu), and Open (ope) by the General Plan LUPAG map, the Planning Director has determined that the subject parcel is situated entirely within the Urban Expansion LUPAG designation, given the existing surroundings and the broad-brush nature of the LUPAG map. The Urban Expansion designation includes a mix of high density, medium density, low density, industrial, industrial-commercial, and/or open designations in areas where new settlements may be desireable, but where the specific settlement pattern and mix of uses