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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman <br /> and Members of the County Council <br /> Page 9 <br /> <br /> <br /> SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL <br /> <br /> * To maximize choices of single-family residential lots and/or housing for <br /> residents of the County. <br /> <br /> * To ensure compatible uses within and adjacent to single-family residential zoned <br /> areas. <br /> <br /> * To provide single-family residential areas conveniently located to public and <br /> private services, shopping, other community activities and convenient access to <br /> employment centers. <br /> <br /> * The County shall incorporate reasonable flexibility in codes and ordinances to <br /> achieve a diversity of socio- economic housing mix and to permit aesthetic <br /> balance between single-family residential structures and open spaces. <br /> <br /> * Rural-style residential-agricultural developments, such as new small scale rural <br /> communities or extensions of existing rural communities, shall be encouraged in <br /> appropriate locations. <br /> <br /> * The County shall review and amend if necessary land use ordinances and codes <br /> to include considerations for rural-style residential subdivisions in appropriate <br /> locations. Standards and criteria for the establishment of these areas shall be <br /> developed. <br /> <br /> While the potential for intensive and/or extensive agricultural uses may exist, <br /> the project site is comprised of soils classified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, <br /> Soil Conservation Service, as Waiaha series, extremely stony silt loam. This soil <br /> consists of well-drained silt loams that formed in volcanic ash. These soils are nearly <br /> level to moderately steep and most area are extremely stony. They are on uplands at <br /> an elevation ranging from near sea level to 1,000 feet. The surface layer is very dark <br /> brown extremely stony silt loam about 4 inches thick. The subsoil is dark brown very <br /> stony silt loam bedrock. The substratum is pahoehoe lava bedrock. The surface layer <br /> is slightly acid. The subsoil is neutral to mildly alkaline. Permeability is rapid, runoff <br /> is slow, and the erosion hazard is slight. This type of soil is typically used for pasture. <br /> Soils within the subject property have been classified as "E" (Very Poor) for <br /> agricultural productivity by the Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land Classification <br /> System. Finally, soils within the subject property are "Unclassified" by the ALISH <br /> system. The Kona Regional Plan designates the area as Residential (RES-4). This <br />