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Stacy Higa, Chairman <br /> and Members of the County Council <br /> <br /> Page 3 <br /> The Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map component of the General <br /> Plan is a representation of the document's goals and policies to guide the coordinated <br /> growth and development of the County. It reflects a graphic depiction of the physical <br /> relationship among the various land uses. The LUPAG Map establishes the basic urban <br /> and non-urban form for areas within the County. The proposed request conforms to the <br /> LUPAG Map, which designates the property as Low Density Urban and allows for <br /> residential, with ancillary community and public uses, and neighborhood and <br /> convenience-type commercial uses and the overall residential density maybe up to six <br /> units per acre. The applicant is proposing to develop an affordable housing project with <br /> self-help single Family dwellings and senior housing rental units. The proposed request <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 area 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 lands <br /> could be chazacterized by "city-like" concentrations of people, structures, streets, urban <br /> level of services and other related land uses. Surrounding properties consist of a variety <br /> of residential neighborhoods, several schools, the commercial center of Hawi Town and <br /> some vacant lands. To the west is a property zoned A-20a and further west are properties <br /> zoned RS-15 and CV-10 located in Hawi town. To the east are properties zoned A-20a <br /> and RS-15. The Kohala Elementary and High Schools are located 600 feet to the east in a <br /> RS-15 zoned property. Lands to the north and south are lazger agricultural lands zoned <br /> A-20a and A-Sa, which consist mainly of agricultural uses with scattered dwellings. An <br /> Urban classification would complement the existing and future residential land activities <br /> of the surrounding properties. <br /> The urban classification also conforms to the standazd that the development is <br /> within reasonable proximity to centers of trading and employment and to basic services <br /> such as schools, police and fire protection, transportation systems and water. Access to <br /> the proposed development would be from the Hawi-Niulii Road, which is a State <br /> highway that has a 22-foot pavement with paved shoulders within an 80-foot right-of- <br /> way. <br /> <br />