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, Honorable Elroy T. L. Osorio & Members of the County Council Page 4 located within the immediate area while complimenting the social and physical environments already established along this portion of Kealii and Kaluna Streets. The Kona Regional Plan, adopted by Resolution in 1982, identifies the project site as being located within an area designated for residential uses with a density of 4 units ner acre. The requested change of zone, should it be approved, would allow for a density not to exceed 3 residential units per acre. Therefore, the project site is complimentary to the land use pattern proposed for this portion of Keauhou by the Kona Regional Plan. The applicant proposes to incorporate a covenant within the deeds of the subdivided lots which will restrict the construction of a second single family dwelling. This approval recommendation will also incorporate this restriction as a condition of approval to ensure that the proposed development is consistent with representations made by the applicant as part of this change of zone request as well as to ensure a proper and accurate analysis of the request against the guidelines for approving a change of zone. The project site is situajtgd in reasonable close proximity to-schoois, employment, shopping, medical facilities, police and fire protection which are provided within the urbar. center of Kailua, located approximately 3 miles to the north. Keauhou Shopping Center is located nearby along Kamehameha III Road. Park facilities will not be provided within or in the immediate vicinity of the project site. While regional park facilities are available within a reasonable distance from the project site along the coastal areas of Keauhou and Kahalu'u, neighborhood or community parks are not readily available to the residents of the proposed subdivision development or the existing Keauhou Estates Subdivision. This approval recommendation includes a condition requiring the applicant to comply with the requirements of the Park Dedication Code. This condition will assist the County to provide park facilities in a manner consistent with a standard of the Recreational Element of the General Plan to "Provide open space in urbanizing areas for the oeneral aesthetic eniovment of the outdoors olav areas for young children, and a social Qathering D1ace for the neighborhood." There are no endangered or threatened candidate species of flora or fauna found within the project site, nor has the project site been identified as a significant botanical or biological habitat.