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Dr. Holeka Goro Inaba, Council Chair and Members of the County Council December 22, 2025 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 a State Land Use Boundary Amendment from Agricultural to Rural to subdivide the property into two lots, approximately 3.563-acres and 2.500-acres in size containing a single-family dwelling on each lot. The applicant is also requesting a concurrent Change of Zone from Agricultural-5 acre (A-5a) to Residential and Agricultural-2.5 acre (RA-2.5a) for the 6.063-acre subject property. The approval of the reclassification from the State Land Use Agricultural to the Rural District will not be in violation of Section 205-2, Chapter 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes, nor will it be inconsistent with the Land Use Commission Rules, Rule 13 of the Planning Commission Rules of Practice and Procedures, the County General Plan and the Hawaii State Plan. According to the Hawaii Land Use Commission Rules, the following three standards shall apply when determining an area for the Rural district boundaries: (1) Areas consisting of small farms; provided that the areas need not be included in this district if their inclusion will alter the general characteristics of the area. (2) Activities or uses as characterized by low -density residential lots of not less than one-half acre and a density of not more than one single-family dwelling, per one- half acre in areas where "city -like" concentration of people, structures, streets, and urban level of services are absent, and where small farms are intermixed with the low -density residential lots; and (3) Generally, it may include other parcels of land which are surrounded by, or contiguous to this district, and are not suited to low -density residential uses for small farm or agricultural uses. The property was created on April 29, 1985, as one of 30 lots in the Kanehoa Estates Subdivision. The surrounding lands are located within the State's Agricultural (A) and Rural (R) Districts, and the County's Residential and Agricultural (A-20a, A-5a, RA-2a) zoned districts. The Anekona Estates Subdivision is located immediately to the west (makai) of the Kanehoa Estates Subdivision. The Kamuela Plantations Subdivision is located to the east. These subdivisions include mixed residential and small farm uses as well as vacant lands. From 1998 to today, the County Council approved 34 similar requests for State Land Use Boundary Amendments from the Agricultural to the Rural districts and Change of Zones from A-5a to RA-2a in the Kanehoa Estates Subdivision and adjacent Anekona Estates Subdivision.