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Dr. Holeka Goro Inaba, Council Chair and Members of the County Council County of Hawaii March 19, 2025 Page 4 ■ Designate and allocate land uses in appropriate proportions and mix and in keeping with the social, cultural, and physical environments of the County. ■ Allocate appropriate requested zoning in accordance with the existing or projected needs of neighborhood, community, region and County. ■ Encourage the development and maintenance of communities meeting the needs of its residents in balance with the physical and social environment. ■ Zoning requests shall be reviewed with respect to General Plan designation, district goals, regional plans, State Land Use District, compatibility with adjacent zoned uses, availability of public services and utilities, access, and public need. ■ Encourage continual improvements to existing educational facilities. 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. The subject property is designated Low Density Urban (ldu) by the LUPAG Map which includes residential uses, with ancillary community and public uses, and neighborhood and convenience -type commercial uses; overall residential density may be up to six units per acre. While the requested A-5a zoning is not explicitly consistent with the LUPAG's urban designation, the rezoning is being requested to create a separate lot for the continued school use, which is a public use. The Hilo Community Development Plan (HCDP) identifies the area as "Alternative Residential Expansion", however, the HCDP was never adopted as an ordinance and has not been updated since 1975, thus some of these land use designations may be obsolete, making the request's consistency with the General Plan more important. Based on the preceding, the proposed A-5a zoning would be consistent with the General Plan. All essential utilities and services are available to the site. Access to the subject property is from Makalika Street, a County -owned and maintained roadway with 20-foot- wide pavement and grassed shoulders within a 50-foot-wide right-of-way via an existing driveway. When the property is subdivided, the property retained by Nani Mau Gardens will contain the existing driveway access to Makalika Street, along with part of the