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~r~u?. ~ ri~tvv~f~ taAw~ro RESOLUTION N0. 330 96 FDA c.~ A ESTABLISHING A POLICY RELATING TO 'THE AMENDMENT OF ZONE~`~ i~ ~ 2 ~ llISTILICT BOUNDARIES WITHIN ICALOICO MAUICA AND OTHER ICONA WATEI25IIED AND MAUICA PORi;ST ARCAS. q WHEREAS, Kaloko Mauka Subdivision (Subdivision) was established over twenty years ago as a 2,000-acre subdivision of twenty acre lots comprising the upper half of the ahupua'a of Kaloko and extending up to the 5,700-foot elevation level within the state Agricultural land use district and the county Agricultural - ZO acre (A-20a) zoned district; and WHEREAS, although a significant amount of the native forest cover has been removed tluoughout the original subdivision for pasturage, recreation and residential use since its initial development, a substantial amount of forest cover remains on lands above the 3,500-foot elevation above sea level, which lands comprise the upper half of the subdivision; and WI-IEREAS, to the north and south of the Subdivision, for the entire length of the makai- facing slope of Mount Hualalai above arr elevation of approximately 2,500 feet above sea level, all lands are in the state Agricultural land use district (L.U,D.) and the county A-20a zoned district (or the equivalent, by way ofowner-initiated cluster/open space zoned district combinations) and are in pasture and forest use, with the exception of several forest reserve azeas which are in the state Conservation L.U.D.; and WHEREAS, from time to time since the initial subdivision was completed, various lot owners Dave applied for changes of zoning to a smaller minimum lot size to allow their lots to be further subdivided, and to date most such change of zone applications have been approved by the council and enacted by ordinance; and WHEREAS, such rezoning ordinances have established a pattern of (1) Agricultural - 3 acre (A-3 a) tninimum lot size densities in the bottom one-third of the Subdivision, up to the 2,600-foot elevation and (2) Agricultural - 5 acre (A-Sa) minimum lot size densities in a narrow band imrnediately above the A-3a zoned district, extending to the 2,900 foot elevation; and WHEREAS, like the surrounding lands, the entire upper half of the Subdivision remains in the A-20a zoned district, although a majority of lots in the upper half of the Subdivision reportedly have one or more single family dwellings thereon and approximately fifty percent are reportedly improved with two or more dwellings; and s / i ~