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The Honorable Chairman Holeka Goro Inaba and Members of the County Council County of Hawaii December 27, 2024 Page 2 The Commission concurred with the Planning Director's following reasons for a favorable consideration of the request. Criteria for granting the favorable recommendation are shown below in bold print: The applicant is requesting to change the zoning district from an Agricultural-1 acre (A -la) to a Single -Family Residential-10,000 square feet (RS-10) zoning for a 1.4.321-acre portion of a larger 237.5-acre parcel of land. The proposed RS-10 zoning would allow a maximum density of 62 lots. However, the applicant proposes to develop a 43-lot, 100% affordable, single-family residential subdivision, with a minimum of 10,000 square foot lots. The proposed project will occur on two, non-contiguous areas as follows: 1) a 13.005-acre section that will support 39 lots (hereinafter `Project Lot 1'); and 2) a 1.316-acre section that will support 4 lots (hereinafter `Project Lot 2'). The applicant has concurrently requested a State Land Use District Boundary Amendment from an Agricultural to an Urban District and Planned Unit Development (PUD) permit for the same land area that would allow various exceptions from Chapter 23 (Subdivision) of the Hawaii County Code related to roadway right-of-way and pavement widths, roadways grades and curves, the requirement for dedicable streets, requirements for sidewalks, curbs and gutters, and drainage, flood, and erosion mitigation measures. The subdivision code exceptions requested in the concurrent PUD request would allow project roadways within Project Lot 1 to be developed with paved shoulders, swales, and driving lanes equal to the width of the right-of-way of 50 feet and 66 feet. No curbs, gutters and sidewalks will be provided. For Project Lot 2, access would be provided by a 40-foot-wide right-of-way with each leg being no longer than 150 feet. This would be sufficient for a fire truck to reverse and exit the site if they are called on in the event of a fire. Drainage would be handled by swales that feed into seepage pits through the project area rather than standard drywells. The applicant proposes that all these roads and the drainage system be dedicated to the County of Hawaii. The change of zone request along with concurrent State Land Use Boundary Amendment and PUD applications are necessary to facilitate the 43-lot subdivision to provide building sites for the HICDC self-help and turnkey housing program for low to moderate income households all of which will meet the County of Hawai`i's affordable housing guidelines. HICDC's intent is to provide as many self-help homes as possible given federal funding limitations. Turnkey homes would be suitable for households unable to provide the required self-help labor or due to their incomes being above 80% of the area median income, which is the upper limit for the self-help program. Turnkey homes will be sold at prices affordable to households up to 1.40% of the area median income.