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Communication 933 Bi11296 Page 2 of 3 6. The approval of the reclassification from the State Land Use Agrccultwal and Urban Districts to the Rwal District will not be violative of Section 205-2, Chapter 205, Hawal`i Revised Statutes, nor will it be inconsistent with the Land Use Commission Rules, Rule 13 of the Plamring Commission Rules of Practice and Procedwes, the Hawaii County General Plan and the Hawaii State Plan based on the following: • According to the Hawaii Land Use Commission Rules, the following three standazds shall apply when determining an azea for the Rwal district boundaries. 1. Areas consisting of small farms; provided that the areas need not be included in this district if their inclusion will alter the general characteristics of the areas; 2. Activities or uses as chazacterized by low-density residential lots of not less then one-half acre and a density of not more than one single-family dwelling, per one-half acre in aeeas where "city-like" concentration of people, structwes, streets, and wban level of services aze absent, and where small farms aze intermixed with the low-density residential lots; and 3. Generally, pazcels of land not more than five acres; provided it may include other pazcels of land which aze swrounded by, or contiguous to this district, are not suited to low- density residential uses for small farm or agricultural uses. • The request conforms to both the Land Use Commission Rules and the Hawaii State Plan. Land Use Commission Rules encowage compatible and low-density residential uses with a minitnum lot size of one-half acre, except as provided by County ordinance pwsuant to Section 46-4(c), Hawai`i Revised Statutes. • The action also compliments the Land Use element of the General Plan by providing additional rural style residential-agricultwal developments in appropriate locations. • The properly is designated as Low Density Urban by the Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map component of the General Plan. The requested Rwal designation will provide for an additional rural style residential-agricultwal development in the vicinity of similaz existing land uses in the swrounding azea. • The Rwal classification is not expected to have a significant adverse on traditional, customary Hawaiian rights or resowces, nor is it adjacent to the shoreline. • The property is designated as Prime Agricultwal Land by the Agrccultwal Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) System, but it is not cwrently utilized for agricultwe. The soils are classified as "C" or "Fair" by the Land Study Bweau. The net effect of the current boundary amendment is to "downzone" much of the site from the Urban to the Rwal District, so the proposed Rwal designation supports futwe agricultwal land uses on the site to a greater extent than the current Urban designation does. At the July 6, 2006 Committee on Planning meeting public testimony was provided at the Hilo Council Chambers by J.D. Hamilton (in support), Yvonne Bjouman (in support because down zoning from 25 lots to PC REPORT NO. 95