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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 9. Kona Regional Plan: Agricultural <br /> <br /> 10. Zoning: Agricultural 20-acre (A-20a) <br /> <br /> 11. SMA: The property is not situated within the Special Management Area (SMA). <br /> 12. The County Council's Resolution No. 330-96, passed by the County Council for the <br /> <br /> County of Hawaii on June 19, 1996, established a policy relating to the amendment of <br /> zone district boundaries within Kaloko Mauka and other Kona Watershed and Mauka <br /> <br /> Forest Areas. The resolution states that no lands above the 3,000-foot elevation within <br /> the Kaloko Mauka Subdivision or the 2,500-foot elevation above sea level elsewhere in <br /> <br /> the districts of North Kona and South Kona shall be re-classified to any zone district <br /> having a minimum lot size of less than 20 acres except where contiguous lands held <br /> <br /> under the same or a cooperative ownership are concurrently placed in a lower density <br /> <br /> zoned district with a net effect of maintaining or reducing overall density levels and <br /> enhancing the integrity and value of the region's watershed and forest systems. <br /> <br /> (See Exhibit C - Resolution No. 330-96) <br /> DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREAS <br /> <br /> 13. Subject Property: The subject property is an irregular shaped lot. <br /> 14. Soil Conservation Service Soil Survey Report: The Soil Survey Report classifies <br /> <br /> soils within the project site as Kiloa Extremely Stony Muck (rKXD), 6 to 20 percent <br /> slopes. This soil consists of well-drained, thin, extremely stony organic soils over <br /> <br /> fragmental A'a lava. The surface layer is very dark brown, extremely stony muck <br /> <br /> about 10 inches thick. Permeability is rapid, runoff is very slow and the erosion hazard <br /> is slight. This soil is used for woodland and pasture. <br /> <br /> 15. Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land Classification System: Soils within the subject <br /> property are classified as "E" (Very Poor) for agricultural productivity by the Land <br /> <br /> Study Bureau. This soil is unsuited for machine tilling. <br /> 16. Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) System: Soils <br /> <br /> within the subject property are classified as "Unique Agricultural Land" by the ALISH <br /> System. "Unique Agricultural Land" are lands that have the special combination of soil <br /> <br /> quality, location, growing season and moisture supply and which is used to produce <br /> <br /> -2- <br />