COM 0794.000 1996-1998 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 2 The applicant originally submitted his application in 1993 to rezone the subject property from A-20 to A-la. An unfavorable recommendation was forwarded by the Planning Commission to the County Council due to inadequate access. The applicant would have had to resurface and widen the pavement of the private roadway in order to accommodate the proposed subdivision, which was not feasible at the time. Also, at that time, the applicant had not secured permission from adjacent landowners to improve the road, prior to the Planning Commission's public hearing. This application was recently returned to the Planning Commission from the County Council for updated information and comments from appropriate agencies. Since the original submittal, a new Zoning Code has been adopted and there is no longer an A-la designation. The applicant has revised his request to Family Agricultural (FA-la) and would still like to subdivide the parcel into 4 parcels. Letters to landowners in the area indicated that a majority had no objections to improving the roadway. The Change of Zone request from Agricultural-20 acres (A-20a) to Family Agricultural-1 acre (FA-1a) zoned district will conform to the following goals, policies and standards of the General Plan Land Use and Agricultural Elements: Land Use o Designate and allocate land uses in appropriate proportions and mix and in keeping with the social, cultural and physical environments of the County. o Zoning request shall be reviewed with respect to General Plan designation, district goals, regional plans, State Land Use District, compatibility with adjacent zone uses, availability of public services and utilities, access, and public need. Agricultural o The compatibility of agricultural and non-agricultural uses should be carefully reviewed and where appropriate, buffers required. o Rural-style residential-agricultural developments, such as new small-scale rural communities or extensions of existing rural communities, shall be encouraged in appropriate locations. o Protect and encourage the intensive utilization of the County's important agricultural lands.