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Communication 933 Bill 297 Page Z of 4 6. Access to the site is from Kulana Kea Road, a private road with a 20-foot pavement width within a 60-foot wide right-of--way. Properties to the south and east consist of single-family residential lots in the vicinity of Ha`aheo School. Properties to the north and west of the site aze zoned Agricultwal - 20 acres (A-20a). 7. The approval of the Change of Zone request from the Single Family Residential 15,000 Squaze Feet (RS-15) and the Agricultwal - 20-acre (A-20a) to the Residential and Agricultwal 1-acre (RA-la) zoned district would result in an appropriate land use pattern that will fwther benefit the public based on the following: • A State Land Use Boundary Amendment (Bi11296) is being concwrently processed with this request. • The request conforms to both the Land Use Commission Rules and the Hawaii State Plan's goals and policies on Housing, which supports and encowages low-density rwal housing within the County, in appropriate locations, to meet the needs of its residents. The requested ten-lot rural subdivision will provide for an additional rural style residential-agricultwal development in the vicinity of similaz existing land uses in the swrounding azea. • The action also complements the Land Use element of the General Plan by providing additional rwal and residential-agricultwal housing opportunities in appropriate azeas. The swrounding azea is chazacterized by agricultwal lots intermixed with the single-family residential lots in the vicinity of Ha`aheo Elementary School. • The property 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 wal style residential-agricultwal development in the vicinity of similar existing land uses in the swrounding area. • The property is designated as Prime Agricultwal Land by the Agricultwal Lands of hnportance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) System, but it is not currently utilized for agricultwe. The soils are classified as "C" or "Fair" by the Land Study Bweau. The net effect of the cwrent boundazy 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 cwrent Urban designation does. • All essential services and utilities aze or will be made available to the project site. The applicant will be required to make substantial line improvements to connect with the County water supply. There is no sewer service in the azea, so the applicant will be required to construct a septic system in conformance with State Department of Health standazds. • The Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Inswance Map (FIRM) identifies the site as "X" or outside the 500-year flood plain. There is an existing drainage easement on the properly. No structwes or substantial improvements may be constructed within this drainage easement. PC REPORT N0. 96