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Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman <br />and Members of the County Council <br />Page 4 <br />a comprehensive review update to the General Plan, which proposes that lands designated <br />as Orchards be redesigned as Important Agricultural Lands, Rural or Extensive <br />Agricultural. The project site is proposed for reclassification as Important Agricultural <br />Lands. However, in light of the fact that the subject property is still designated Orchards <br />by the General Plan, the proposal is reviewed under the present LUPAG Map <br />designation. The Planning Commission supported this change to the LUPAG Map, <br />which has been forwarded to the County Council for final adoption. Further, the subject <br />area is adjacent to and east of existing lands that currently maintain an Agricultural -1 acre <br />(A -la) zoning with parcels as small as 1/2 -acre. In 1997, the County Council approved a <br />request by Robert F. Greenwell, L.P. to rezone approximately 85.4 acres of land located <br />about 1,000 feet northeast of the project site from an A -20a to an A -10a zoned district to <br />allow for its subdivision into 5 parcels ranging from 10 to 36 acres in size. In 2001, <br />Robert K. Greenwel I submitted a request to rezone approximately 26.198 acres of land <br />located about 1,000 feet north of the project site and just makai of the 1997 change of <br />zone site from an A -20a to an FA -la zoned district to allow for the subdivision of his <br />property into 23 one -acre sized lots. The Planning Commission voted to forward a <br />favorable recommendation of Mr. Greenwell's change of zone request to the County <br />Council. Mr. Greenwell has since withdrawn his change of zone request from further <br />consideration. A favorable recommendation of this change of zone request will promote <br />a land use pattern that is consistent with the character of existing land uses in the <br />immediate vicinity and the General Plan's LUPAG Map classification of Orchards. <br />Lands to north and west (makai) support one -acre agricultural lots. The applicant's <br />request will allow the creation of one 3 -acre sized parcel with the remaining 18.726 acres <br />to be retained with a zoning of A -10a. This change of zone request, with its limited <br />scope, will continue to allow for the cultivation of the land for orchard uses, as committed <br />by the applicant through the growing of coffee and fruit trees. The Kona Regional Plan, <br />adopted in 1984, does recommend the retention of the project site's existing A -20a <br />zoning. However, the project site is situated adjacent to lands that maintain a much <br />smaller agricultural lot size of one acre. Given the limited scope of the applicant's <br />request to create one 3 -acre sized parcel while retaining the remainder of the project site <br />as an 18.7 -acre parcel, the overall effect will not compromise the basic intent of the Kona <br />Regional Plan to maintain the larger agricultural lot sizes in support of Orchard uses. <br />Therefore, a favorable recommendation of this change of zone request will also be <br />consistent with the land use pattern being established within this area of North Kona. <br />Should the County Council approve the applicant's request for a Family <br />Agricultural (FA -3a) zoned district, the applicant would normally be allowed to apply for <br />an Additional Farm Dwelling, which would allow the constriction of a second dwelling <br />unit as a separate or attached unit on each of the lots to be created. Due to the fact that <br />this subject request will allow the existing parcel to be subdivided and subsequently allow <br />the applicant to create an additional lot, there is a potential for an additional dwelling to <br />