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shelters. ■ Construct more Self-help Housing. While this action plan is specific to affordable housing needs in Waimea, the provision oJ'Inore self-help housing is needed all over the district. Policies and Actions Based on the preceding, the approval of the reclassification of the project area to Urban, which would facilitate the development of the proposed affordable housing project is consistent with the SKCDP. The subject, 237.5-acre parcel is irregularly shaped with an undulating terrain, gently sloping from north to south. The property is vacant of any structures or improvements. The 14.32 I -acre project area consists of two non-contiguous areas of 13.005 acres and 1.316 acres respectively situated near Waiula Drive. These areas were selected to take advantage of relatively flat terrain for ease of subdivision development. Properties to north, across Kawaihae Road consists of the Waimea Landmark Estates Subdivision zoned Agricultural-3 Acres (A-3a). Properties to the east consist of the Kanehoa and Anekona Estates subdivisions, with lands zoned Agricultural-5 Acres (A-5a) and Residential and Agricultural-2 acres (RA-2a). Directly to the south is a large, State-owned parcel of land zoned Agricultural-5 Acres (A-5a) and to the west is a vacant parcel, also owned by the applicant and similarly zoned Agricultural-1 Acre (A-1a). It should be noted that immediately to the east of the proposed project area are two affordable housing developments, the Ouli Cottages project, consisting of 33 multiple -family, rental housing units built in 1995 and the Ouli Self Help Housing project, consisting of 40 lots developed between 1999 and 2004. These properties are on lands that were reclassified from Agricultural to an Urban in 1994 and received relief from Hawaii County zoning requirements in 1994 from the County Council as part of a HRS 201 E affordable housing program (which is now called the HRS 201 H program), thus, they are still zoned Agricultural-1 Acre (A -la). The proposed PUD design is consistent with these urban, affordable housing residential nodes and aims to provide similar characteristics to the Ouli Self -Help subdivision. Additionally, this rezone, along with an approved PUD, will allow the applicant to defray infrastructure costs associated with typical subdivision requirements in order to ensure that 100% of the proposed lots would be offered at affordable rates to prospective buyers. This will be done through an affordable housing agreement between the applicant and the County Office of Housing and Community Development pursuant to Chapter I I of the Hawai'i County Code, that will be executed prior to receipt of Final Subdivision Approval for any portion of the project. Based on the preceding, the proposed PUD request conforms to the goals, policies and standards of the General Plan and the Hdmdk-ua Community Development Plan (CDP). Any residential or agricultural development shall constitute an environment of sustained desirability and stability for the district that is in harmony with the character of the surrounding area, that results in an intensity of land use no higher than that otherwise specified for the district, and that maintains the standards of open space at least as high as that otherwise specified for the district in which the development occurs. The subdivision layout and roadway design proposed in the PUD are consistent with the character of the nearby, 40-lot Ouli Self -Help subdivision discussed above. This subdivision consists of single-family residential lots ranging in size from 10,000 to almost 18,000 square feet along local roadways not built to Subdivision Code standards. -6-