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Stacy Higa, Chairman <br /> and Members of the County Council <br /> <br /> Page 2 <br /> The approval of the reclassification from the State Land Use Agricultural to the <br /> Rural District will not be in violation of Section 205-2, Chapter 205, Hawaii Revised <br /> Statutes, nor will it be inconsistent with the Land Use Commission Rules, Rule 13 of the <br /> Planning Commission Rules of Practice and Procedures, the County General Plan and the <br /> Hawaii State Plan. According to the Hawaii Land Use Commission Rules, the following <br /> three standards shall apply when determining an area for the Rural district boundaries: <br /> (1) Areas consisting of small farms; provided that the areas need not be included in <br /> this district if their inclusion will alter the general characteristics of the areas; <br /> (2) Activities or uses as characterized by low-density residential lots of not less than <br /> one-half acre and a density of not more than one single-family dwelling, per one- <br /> halfacre in areas where "city-like" concentration of people, structures, streets, and <br /> urban level of services are absent, and where small farms are intermixed with the <br /> low-density residential lots; and <br /> (3) Generally, parcels of land not more than five acres; provided it may include other <br /> parcels of land which are surrounded by, or contiguous to this district, and are not <br /> suited to low-density residential uses for small farm or agricultural uses. <br /> The property was created on Apri129, 1985 as one of 27 lots in the Kanehoa Estates <br /> Subdivision. Surrounding lands are zoned A-Sa and RA-2a and located within the State's <br /> Agricultural and Rural Districts. The Anekona Estates Subdivision (Final Subdivision <br /> Approval granted on October 23, 1990 for 36 lots) is located immediately to the west <br /> (makai) of the Kanehoa Estates Subdivision. The Kamuela Plantations Subdivision, <br /> consisting of ten lots, is located to the east and the Waimea Landmark Estates <br /> Subdivision, consisting of twenty-six lots, is located to the north across Kawaihae Road. <br /> These subdivisions include mixed residential uses and vacant lands. From 1998 to <br /> present, the County Council approved similar requests for State Land Use Boundary <br /> Amendments from the Agricultural to the Rural districts, and Change of Zones from A-Sa <br /> to RA-2a in the Kanehoa Estates Subdivision and Anekona Estates Subdivision. <br /> Currently, there are more than twenty similar requests approved by the County Council. <br /> Section 15-15-27 of the Hawaii Land Use Commission Rules determines the <br /> permissible uses within the Rural district. This states: "(a) Permissible uses within the <br /> rural district shall include the following activities: (1) All uses permitted under section <br /> 15-15-25 relating to agricultural uses and those uses that are compatible within the <br /> agricultural district; (2) Low-density residential uses with a minimum lot size of one- <br /> halfacre, except as provided by County ordinance pursuant to Section 46-4(c), HRS..." <br /> The proposed boundary amendment is for residential-agricultural uses that are compatible <br /> <br />