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BSCDKonaREZ.dce-ZN06 COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT BACKGROUND REPORT SCD KONA 108, LLC CHANGE OF ZONE APPLICATION (REZ OS-0261 SCD KONA 108, LLC has submitted an application for a Change of Zone from Agricultural 5-acre (A-Sa) to Residential and Agricultural 1-acre (RA-la) and Multiple-Family Residential 3,500 square feet (RM-3.5) for approximately 108.2 acres of land. The property is located mauka of the Queen Kaahumanu Highway, adjacent to and ending mauka of Lowe's, approximately 400 feet north of Malulani Gazdens Subdivision, Lanihau l5t and Mceauoa 1 S` and 2"a North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: 7-5-3: 7, 8 and 9. PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT 1. Request: Change of Zone from A-Sato RA-1 a (approximately 97.347 acres) and RM- 3.5 (approximately 10.829 acres) to develop "The Kona Coffee Estates": • 57 residential agricultural lots each averaging over one acre in size (proposed RA-1 a zoning) • 16 units of attached for-sale affordable housing (approximately five acres, proposed RM-3.5 zoning) • a Salvation Army complex, which will include a church, pre-school, community service store and administration facility (approximately five acres, proposed RM-3.5 zoning) The proposed project does not include the 17.6-acre Mohala Commercial Village (Lowe's Home Improvement Center) located between the project site and Henry Street. 2. Objective: The project proposes to meet the demand for an expanded residential neighborhood with agricultural uses in a community setting, along with affordable housing and a community service complex. The applicant seeks to provide a project that is responsive to the particular site chazacteristics, is sensitive to the environmental and cultural resources of the site, and meets the market demand for a variety of housing products in an attractive and safe community setting. Housing problems continue to exist for the low and moderate income groups in the North Kona district. Recognizing this problem, the applicant seeks to provide for-sale affordable housing units in conjunction ATTACH: Comm. 766 Bill 251