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self-help single family dwellings and senior housing rental units. The proposed request <br /> <br /> will help address the demand for affordable housing in the West Hawaii area and will <br /> facilitate the development of urban activities occurring in an orderly manner <br /> commensurate with the provision of necessary infrastructure for this azea. The azea under <br /> consideration is consistent with the urban form established for this section of the North <br /> Kohala District as depicted on the LUPAG Map. <br /> The applicant has also submitted a Change of Zone application to reclassify the <br /> project site from an Agricultural (A-20a) to aSingle-Family Residential-7,500 squaze feet <br /> (RS-7.5) zoned district in order to allow the development of the affordable housing and <br /> senior rental housing project to help address the needs of the community. <br /> The subject property is located along the Hawi-Niulii Road and within close <br /> proximity to Hawi Town and several residential neighborhoods. Therefore, the <br /> lands could be characterized by "city-like" couceutrations of people, structures, <br /> streets, urban level of services and other related land uses. Surrounding properties <br /> consist of a variety of residential neighborhoods, several schools, the commercial center <br /> of Hawi Town and some vacant lands. To the west is a property zoned A-20a and further <br /> west aze properties zoned RS-15 and CV-10 located in Hawi town. To the east aze <br /> properties zoned A-20a and RS-15. The Kohala Elementary and High Schools are <br /> located 600 feet to the east in a RS-15 zoned property. Lands to the north and south are <br /> larger agricultural lands zoned A-20a and A-Sa, which consist mainly of agricultural uses <br /> with scattered dwellings. An Urban classification would complement the existing and <br /> future residential land activities of the surrounding properties. <br /> The urban classification also conforms to the standard that the development <br /> is within reasonable proximity to centers of trading and employment and to basic <br /> services such as schools, police and fire protection, transportation systems and <br /> water. Access to the proposed development would be from the Hawi-Niulii Road, which <br /> is a State highway that has a 22-foot pavement with paved shoulders within an 80-foot <br /> right-of--way. <br /> Water can be made available for the development from an existing 12-inch <br /> waterline that runs along Hawi-Niulii Road. Although there are only 30 units of water <br /> -3- <br /> <br />