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<br /> Honorable Gary Safarik, Chairman <br /> and Members of the County Council <br /> Page 5 <br /> (1) Effectively accommodate the housing needs of Hawaii's people. <br /> (2) Stimulate and promote feasible approaches that increase housing choices <br /> for low-income, moderate-income and gap-group households. <br /> (3) Increase home ownership and rental opportunities and choices in terms of <br /> quality, location, cost, densities, style, and size of housing. <br /> (4) Promote design and location of housing developments taking into account <br /> the physical setting, accessibility to public facilities and services, and other <br /> concerns of existing communities and surrounding areas. <br /> (5) Foster a variety of lifestyles traditional to Hawaii through the design and <br /> maintenance of neighborhoods that reflect the cultures and values of the <br /> community. <br /> Based on the above, the approval of the State Land Use Boundary Amendment <br /> from the Agricultural to the Rural District complements the State Land Use Regulations <br /> and is supportive of the State of Hawaii Plan and the County of Hawaii General Plan. <br /> Chance of Zone <br /> The applicants are requesting a Change of Zone from Agricultural 5-acre (A-Sa) <br /> to Residential and Agricultural 2-acre (RA-2a) for approximately 6.507 acres of land to <br /> subdivide the property into two lots approximately two acres in size. The applicants <br /> propose to construct a dwelling on each lot. The applicants have submitted a concurrent <br /> request for a State Land Use District Boundary Amendment from an Agricultural to a <br /> Rura] district. <br /> In order to consider an area for any type of zoning designation, the applicable <br /> goals, policies and standards of the General Plan must be adequately addressed. It is only <br /> through such a comprehensive policy analysis approach that evaluations and decisions <br /> can be made to better time and stage developments to achieve growth determined by the <br /> General Plan and related planning documents. The implications of these evaluations and <br /> decisions must be also considered as they may have an impact on similar areas in the <br /> County. <br /> The Change of Zone request from A-Sato RA-2a will conform to, among others, <br /> the Land Use (Single Family Residential) and Housing elements of the General Plan: <br /> <br />