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Honorable Gary Safarik, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 2 Statutes, nor will it be inconsistent with the Land Use Commission Rules, Rule 13 of the Planning Commission Rules of Practice and Procedures, the County General Plan and the Hawaii State Plan. According to the Hawaii Land Use Commission Rules, the following three standazds shall apply when determining an area for the Rural district boundaries: (1) Areas consisting of small farms; provided that the areas need not be included in this district if their inclusion will alter the general characteristics of the azeas; (2) Activities or uses as characterized by low-density residential lots of not less than one-half acre and a density of not more than one single-family dwelling, per one- halfacre in areas where "city-like" concentration of people, structures, streets, and urban level of services are absent, and where small farms are intermixed with the low-density residential lots; and (3) Generally, parcels of land not more than five acres; provided it may include other parcels of land which are surrounded by, or contiguous to this district, and are not suited to low-density residential uses for small farm or agricultural uses. The property was created on October 23, 1990, as one of the original 36 lots of the Anekona Estates Subdivision. Surrounding lands are zoned A-Sa and RA-2a and located within the State's Agricultural and Rural Districts. From 1998 to present, the County Council approved similar requests for State Land Use Boundary Amendments from the Agricultural to the Rural districts, and Change of Zones from A-Sato RA-2a in the Anekona Estates Subdivision. Section 15-15-27 of the Hawaii Land Use Commission Rules determines the permissible uses within the Rural district. This states: "(a) Permissible uses within the rural district shall include the following activities: (1) All uses permitted under section 15-15-25 relating to agricultural uses and those uses that aze compatible within the agricultural district; (2) Low-density residential uses with a minimum lot size of one- halfacre, except as provided by County ordinance pursuant to Section 46-4(c), HRS..." The proposed boundary amendment is for residential-agricultural uses that are compatible with the Rural designation. The applicants have stated that the 6.507-acre parcel will be subdivided into two residential/agricultural lots. Thus, the requested boundary amendment would be in the direction of fulfilling the permissible uses of the rural designation. The proposed Rural boundary amendment request would be consistent with, among others, the Land Use (Single Family Residential) and Housing Elements of the General Plan: