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SANDRA PECHTER SCHUTTE ATTORNEY AT LAw l0l Aupuni Street. Suire 1014A Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Telephone: (808)969-7331 Fax: (808) 934-9819 ~ ~ r~ ~ 7 ~ , rii February 6, 1997 _ ~ t;., - Ms. Virginia Goldstein Planning Director County of Hawaii 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Re:: Application for Change ofZone (REZ 94-32) Applicant: Rodney Inaba Tax Map Key: (3) 6-4-01:35 Puukaou Homesteads First eries Puukapu South Kohala Hawaii Dear Ms. Goldstein: Pursuant to our meeting of January l4, 1997 regazding the above-referenced change of zone application, my client is requesting that the zoning designation being sought for the subject property be changed from Agricultural with a minimum lot size of three acres (A-3a) to Family Agricultural with a minimum lot size of three acres (FA-3a). The site plan for the proposed project is proposed to be the same as that originally submitted to your department with the original change of zone application. We believe that the FA zoning designation is appropriate for the subject property, pursuant to Section 25-5-60 of the Hawaii County Code, for the following reasons: 1. All of the necessary public utilities and infrastructure aze available to service the property, which if subdivided under FA-3a zoning would result in the creation of four lots. 2. A substantial number of pazcels in the vicinity of the subject property aze smaller than five acres. 3. Most of the property contains soil which is not classified as either A or B under the Land Study Bureau's Master Productivity Rating. Although a strip of land located within 100 to 200 feet from the Mamalahoa Highway is classified as B or good for agricultural productivity, this area is designated for low density trrban use under the County General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Map, thus meeting the ctitetia tinder Section 25-5-60 of the Hawaii County Code. EXFI~~1~ 'A- t.1NJ