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Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 10 The Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map component of the General Plan is a representation of the document's goals and policies to guide the coordinated growth and development of the County. It reflects a graphic depiction of the physical relationship among the various land uses. The LUPAG Map establishes the basic urban and non-urban form for areas within the County. The subject property is designated Medium Density Urban Development. Medium Density Urban Development refers to village and neighborhood commercial and residential and related functions with commercial permitted up to three stories and residential permitted up to 35 units per acre. This proposed neighborhood commercial and residential/agricultural development will provide the framework of a concentration of urban activities occurring in an orderly manner commensurate with the provision of necessary infrastructure. Therefore, it is determined that the request is consistent with the medium density form depicted on the LUPAG Map for this area of South Kohala. The subject property is located in close proximity to schools, commercial areas, employment centers and public safety services. The subject area would provide continued and additional commercial services for the visitor industry, residents in the immediate vicinity, as well as for the rest of the residents of the island of Hawaii. The Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) System has classified a portion of the subject property located within 100 to 200 feet of the Mamalahoa Highway as existing urban development. Immediately mauka of the existing urban lands are "Prime" agricultural land and the remainder of the property is classified as "Other Important Agricultural lands." "Prime" agricultural lands have the soil quality, growing season and moisture supply needed to produce high sustained yields of crops economically when treated and managed according to modern farming methods. Soils within the subject property are classified as "B" (Good), portion fronting Mamalahoa Highway, and "C" (Fair), remainder of the property, for agricultural productivity by the Land Study Bureau. Although classified as "B" soils, the front 1.2 acres of the subject property are already situated within the State Land Use Urban district. The surrounding properties are also in the County's Neighborhood Commercial and Agricultural-Sa zoned districts and State Land Use Urban and Agricultural districts. Existing access to the subject area is off Mamalahoa Highway which has a right-of-way width of 60 feet with 20 feet of pavement. According to the applicants, access to the proposed commercial area is directly off of Mamalahoa Highway, while access to the proposed three 1/2-acre lots is via an existing private road along the eastern boundary. The Department of Public Works states that a Traffic Impact Analysis Report be submitted and all accesses be possibly consolidated to the private