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Communication 1081 Bi11339 Page 2 of 4 like" concentration of people, structwes, streets, and urban level of services aze absent, and where small farms are intermixed with the low-density residential lots; and • Generally, parcels of land not more than five acres; provided it may include other parcels of land which are surrounded by, or contiguous to this district, and are not suited to low-density residential uses for small farm or agricultural uses. 5. On October 23, 1990, the property was created as one of the original 36 lots in the Anekona Estates Subdivision. The land surrounding the property is within the State's Agricultural and Rural Districts and the County's A-Sa and RA-2a zoned districts. Kanehoa Estates Subdivision and the 10-lot Kamuela Plantations Subdivisions are located to the east and the 26-lot Waimea Landmark Estates Subdivision is located to the north across Kawaihae Road. These subdivisions include mixed residential uses and vacant lands. From 1998 to present, similar requests for State Land Use Boundary Amendments (Agricultural to Rural districts) and Change of Zones (A-Sato RA-2a) have been approved by the County Council in the Kanehoa and Anekona Estates Subdivisions. 6. Access to the property will be from Kanehoa Street, a private roadway with a 50-foot right-of- way with 16 feet of asphalt paving and grass swales. 7. All utilities and services are available to the property and County water is available to the site. The area is not serviced by a municipal sewer system and any additional structures will utilize individual wastewater systems. The closest police, fire and emergency facilities are located in Waimea, approximately eight (8) miles east of the subject property. 8. The Planning Director recommended favorably on this request based on the following: • The proposed Rural boundary amendment request would be consistent with, among others, the Land Use (Single Family Residential) policies of the General Plan. • The Proposed boundary amendment is for residential-agricultural uses that aze compatible with the Rura? designation. • The proposed boundary amendment also conforms to the Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map, which designates the area as Rural The boundary amendment request would allow a rural development for residential-agricultural uses that will complement existing and future residential-agricultural land use patterns in the immediate vicinity and compliment the General Plan. • The Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) designates the property as Zone "X", an azea determined to be outside the 500-year flood plain. The property is unclassified by the Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) system. Soils within the property are classified as "E" or "Very Poor" for agricultural productivity by the Land Study Bureau. While the potential for agricultural uses may exist, soil conditions within the property and surrounding azea would preclude such agricultural activities being conducted on the site. • Change of Zone request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to the Coastal Zone Management area as the subject property is not situated within the Special PC Report No. 120