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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Stacy Higa, Chairman <br /> and Members of the County Council <br /> Page 6 <br /> <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 subject area is designated Rural. <br /> This designation includes existing subdivisions in the State Land Use Agricultural and <br /> Rural districts that have a significant residential component. The County Council has <br /> previously approved land use reclassifications in the Anekona Estates Subdivision, <br /> Kanehoa Estates Subdivision and Kamuela Plantations Subdivisions to the State Land <br /> Use Rural district and Residential-Agricultural zoning. From 1998 to present, the County <br /> Council approved similar requests for State Land Use Boundary Amendments from the <br /> Agricultural to the Rural districts, and Change of Zones from A-5a to RA-2a in the <br /> Kanehoa Estates Subdivision and Anekona Estates Subdivision. <br /> <br /> The property was created on October 23, 1990 as one of the original 36 lots in the <br /> Anekona Estates Subdivision. The property is improved with a single-family dwelling. <br /> Surrounding lands are located within the State's Agricultural and Rural Districts and the <br /> County's A-5a and RA-2a zoned districts. These lands are in residential uses and/or <br /> vacant with minimal agricultural activities. Keanuiomano Stream borders the property to <br /> the south. <br /> <br /> A favorable recommendation of this change of zone request will be consistent <br /> with the emerging land use pattern being established within this portion of South Kohala. <br /> Should this request be approved, the applicants may normally apply for an Ohana <br /> Dwelling Permit, allowing the construction of a second dwelling unit as a separate or <br /> attached unit on both lots. Because this request would allow the existing parcel to be <br /> subdivided and subsequently allow the creation of a second lot, an additional dwelling <br /> may be constructed, doubling the existing density of the area. Although the Planning <br /> Director supports this rezoning request to allow a two-lot subdivision with one dwelling <br /> on one lot, the potential to allow four (4) dwellings may contribute to a cumulative <br /> burden on the existing infrastructure which cannot be supported. Therefore, a condition <br /> is included in the change of zone ordinance to prohibit a second dwelling unit and a <br /> Condominium Property Regime on each lot. <br /> <br /> As the property is developed, no agricultural activities are currently being <br /> conducted on the site. The Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance <br /> Rate Map (FIRM) designates the property as Zone "X", an area determined to be outside <br /> of the 500-year flood plain. The site is relatively flat with grades less than five percent, <br /> with the steepest grades on the southern portion of the site. The property is unclassified <br /> by the Agricultural Lands of importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) System. Soils <br /> within the property and surrounding area are classified as "B" or "Very Poor" for <br /> agricultural productivity by the Land Study Bureau. While the potential for agricultural <br />