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POLICIES • To assure the orderly use ofsingle-family residential zoned areas and to curb speculation and resale of undeveloped lots, the County may impose incremental and conditional zoning, which would be based on performance requirements. This is to assure that a certain percentage of buildings will be constructed. • Encourage innovative uses of land with respect to geologic and topographic conditions through the use of residential cluster and planned unit developments. [The clustering of residential units in sloping areas is a means of minimizing grading and drainage problems, preserving the natural appearance of the topography, preventing strip development, and making optimum uses of the terrain for buildings and open spaces.] • Encourage and coordinate with the State in providing fee simple and leasehold single-family residential lots to the residents through State and/or County Housing Programs. • Incorporate reasonable flexibility in codes and ordinances to achieve a diversity of socio-economic housing mix and to permit aesthetic balance between single- family residential structures and open spaces. • Re-evaluate existing undeveloped single-family residential zoned areas and reallocate zoned lands in appropriate locations. • Designate and allocate single-family residential zoned lands at varying densities for future use in accordance with the needs of the communities and the stated goals, policies, and standards. • Rural-style residential-agricultural developments, such as new small scale rural communities or extensions of existing rural communities, shall be encouraged in appropriate locations. • Review and amend land use ordinances and codes to include considerations for rural-style residential subdivisions in appropriate locations. Standards and criteria for the establishment of these areas shall be developed. • Require developers to provide basic infrastructure necessary for development. STANDARDS • There shall be a transitional area between single-family residential areas and incompatible uses. • Major traffic routes shall not be located through single-family residential areas. • Areas shall have basic improvements and amenities necessary for immediate use. Single-Family Residential Hamakua Profile The former plantations that were in operation in the area have heavily influenced the settlement pattern of the Hamakua district. The sugar plantations in the area were the primary employers in the Hamakua district. However, as Hawaii neared the end of the millennium, the