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M4~ 0! M4_~ ~ V Harry Kim ,May,,, . w.e+ County of I-~~waii PI,ANNINU COMMISSION 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 ~ Hilc. Y.awaii 96 7203 04 3 (808)9fi1-8288 Fax (808 961-8742 ~'1 Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman and Members of the County Council County of Hawaii 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, HI 96720 Dear Chairman Arakaki and Members: Change of Zone Application (REZ 02-030) Applicant: Reiner & Marianna Schrepfer Request: Agricultural (A-Sa) to Family Agricultural (FA-3a) Tax Man Key: 8-1-7:10 The Planning Commission, afrer a duly held public hearing on March 7, 2003, voted to recommend for your approval the proposed legislative bill to change the district classification for approximately 6.910 acres of land from Agricultural (A-Sa) to Family Agricultural (FA-3a). The property is located in the Kona Kali Farms Subdivision, approximately 676 feet west (makai) of MSmalahoa Highway, Keopuka, South Kona, Hawaii. The Commission concurs with the following Planning Director's reasons for recommending favorable consideration of the change of zone: The applicants' request for a Change of Zone from an Agricultural (A-Sa) to a Family Agricultural (FA-3a) zoned district for approximately 6.910 acres of land will allow them to subdivide the project site into two (2) lots, each a minimum of three acres in size. The applicants intent to sell the mauka parcel, upon which there is an existing dwelling, and retain the lower or makai parcel upon which they will build a new home and continue with the cultivation of the land. The subdivision and sale of a portion of the project site is necessitated by financial hardships currently being experienced by the applicants. There is an existing 25-foot wide access driveway that is servicing the project site and will continue to provide access to two lots that are intended to be created. Special Permit No. 924, issued by the Planning Commission in 1996 to allow the