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County Council Members Page 3 • To provide single-family residential areas conveniently located to public and private services, shopping, other community activities and convenient access to employment centers. • Rural-style residential-agricultural developments, such as new small scale rural communities or extensions of existing rural communities, shall be encouraged in appropriate locations. • The County shall review and amend if necessary land use ordinances and codes to include considerations for rural-style residential subdivisions in appropriate locations. Standards and criteria for the establishment of these areas shall be developed. Housing • Attain safe, sanitary, and livable housing for the residents of the County of Hawaii. • Develop better places to live in Hawaii County by creating viable communities with decent housing and suitable living environments for our people. The applicant is requesting the change of zone in order to subdivide the property into two lots. Construction is ongoing for a single family dwelling on the parcel. The Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map component of the General Plan is a representation of the document's goals, policies, standards and course of action 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. This designation includes uses single family residential in character, ancillary community and public uses, and convenience type commercial uses. The applicant's proposal to subdivide the subject property into two parcels with minimum 10,000 square feet in size is consistent with the Low Density Urban designation. The applicant intends to subdivide the 26,640 square feet parcel into two lots. Two similar change of zone requests within a quarter mile of the subject parcel were approved in 1988 and 1995, respectively. Neighboring properties are in single family residential uses. As such, the proposed development would be a reasonable expansion of residential uses that already exist in the area.