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The proposed project will increase the supply of permanent affordable housing in Hawaii County by 100 residential units. The applicant will utilize the federal and state Low Income Housing Tax Credit program and other public and private sources to finance the development of the project. The project site is located in an urbanized area, close to schools, employment, parks, public transportation and community services. The proposed project is also consistent with the goals and policies of the 2005 Hawaii County General Plan related to Housing: 9.2 GOALS (a) Attain safe, sanitary, and livable housing for the residents of the County of Hawaii. (b) Attain a diversity of socio-economic housing mix throughout the different parts of the County. (c) Maintain a housing supply that allows a variety of choices. (d) Create viable communities with affordable housing and suitable living environments. (f) Seek sufficient production of new affordable rental and fee -simple housing in the County in a variety of sizes to satisfactorily accommodate the needs and desires of families and individuals. (h) Make affordable housing available in reasonable proximity to employment centers. 9.3 POLICIES (a) Encourage a volume of construction and rehabilitation of housing sufficient to meet growth needs and correct existing deficiencies. (d) Support the construction of housing for minimum wage and agricultural workers. (v) Work with, encourage and support private sector efforts in the provision of affordable housing One of the guiding principals of the Kona Community Development Plan (CDP) is "Provide housing choices." To that goal the Kona CDP provides for Objective HSG -4: Build More Units. To build more units that offer a variety of housing types, tenures, and affordability and Policy HSG -4.1: Public Sector and Non -profits Primarily Responsible to Meet Needs of Lower -Income and Middle -Income Renters. Because affordable rents cannot usually fully pay for the actual costs to develop a rental project, the private market cannot be relied upon to deliver these types of projects. Therefore, public housing projects and projects using public lands or financing should devote a significant percentage of the residential units to meeting the needs of middle-income renters (50 to 100% of median income) and lower-income households (less than 50% of median). Parcel 7-5-003:007 is zoned RM -3. The RM (multiple -family residential) district provides for medium and high density residential use. It covers areas with full community facilities and services. Multifamily dwellings are a permitted use in the RM zoning district and the proposed project will be developed as a two-story townhouse development. For parcela 7-5-003: 008 & 9, the RA -1a (residential and agricultural) district provides for activities or uses characterized by low density residential lots in rural areas where "city -like" concentrations of people, structures, streets, and urban level of services are absent, and where small farms are intermixed with low density residential lots. The RA district is intended to be only within areas Form 201H-001, 03/29/2023 Page 14