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Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 2 The Change of Zone Application from Agricultural-40 acres (A-40a) to Family Agricultural-3 acres (FA-3a) zoned district will conform to the following goals, policies and standards of the General Plan Land Use and Agricultural Elements: o Designate and allocate land uses in appropriate proportions and mix and in keeping with the social, cultural and physical environments of the County. o Zoning request shall be reviewed with respect to General Plan designation, district goals, regional plans, State Land Use District, compatibility with adjacent zone uses, availability of public services and utilities, access, and public need. o The compatibility of agricultural and non-agricultural uses should be carefully reviewed and where appropriate, buffers required. o Rural-style residential-agricultural developments, such as new small-scale rural communities or extensions of existing rural communities, shall be encouraged in appropriate locations. o Protect and encourage the intensive utilization of the County's important agricultural lands. o The county shall encourage the development and maintenance of communities meeting the needs of its residents in balance with the physical and social environment. o Agricultural land shall be used as one form of open space or green belt. While the potential for intensive and/or extensive agricultural uses may exist, the project site is comprised of soils identified as Maile Series (MLD). This soil consists of well-drained, silt loams that formed in volcanic ash. In a representative profile, the surface layer is about 14 inches thick and consists of reddish-brown to very dark brown silt loam. The surface layer is reddish-brown to very dark brown, silt loam. It is underlain by fine sand-size aggregates of about 46 inches thick. Permeability is moderately rapid, runoff is slow and the erosion hazard is slight. Soils within the subject property are classified as "B" (Good) fronting Mamalahoa Highway and "C" (Fair) for agricultural productivity by the Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land Classification System. The Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) system classifies a portion of the subject property located within 100 to 200 feet of the Mamalahoa Highway as "Prime" agricultural land. "Prime" agricultural