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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 /> The applicants are proposing to create a two lot subdivision using a 2.626 acre <br /> portion near the Kaeanuiomano Stream and a 2.577 acre parcel along Kanehoa Street <br /> for residential/agricultural purposes. <br /> <br /> The Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map component of the <br /> General Plan is a representation of the document's goals and policies to guide the <br /> coordinated growth and development of the County. It reflects a graphic depiction of <br /> the physical relationship among the various land uses. The LUPAG Map establishes <br /> the basic urban and non-urban form for areas within the County. The subject property <br /> is designated Extensive Agricultural. However, the Anekona Subdivision as well as <br /> the adjacent subdivisions are a mixture of residences and limited agricultural activities. <br /> Therefore, it is determined that the request is consistent with the rural low-density <br /> development form depicted on the LUPAG Map for this area of South Kohala. <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 Pun Pa extremely stony very fine sandy loam (PVD), <br /> 6 to 20% slopes. This surface layer is very dark brown extremely stony very fine <br /> sandy loam about 6 inches thick. The next layer is dark-brown and dark, <br /> yellowish-brown very fine sandy loam about 34 inches thick. It is underlain by <br /> fragmental Aa lava. The reaction is medium acid to slightly acid in the surface layer <br /> and neutral in the substratum. Permeability is moderately rapid, runoff is medium, and <br /> the erosion hazard is moderate. These soils are used for pasture. Soils within the <br /> subject property have been classified as "E" (Very Poor) for agricultural productivity <br /> by the Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land Classification System. Finally, soils within <br /> the subject property are "Unclassified" by the ALISH system. <br /> <br /> Surrounding lands are located within the State Land Use Commission <br /> Agricultural District and in the County's Agricultural 5-acre and 1-acre zoned districts. <br /> Kanehoa Subdivision, a 26-lot subdivision is located immediately to the east and zoned <br /> A-5a; Kamuela Plantations, a 10-lot subdivision, is located further to the east and also <br /> zoned A-5a; and Waimea Landmark Estates, a 26-lot subdivision, is located across the <br /> Kawaihae Road and further to the northeast and is zoned A-3a. These subdivisions <br /> include single-family residential and agricultural uses and/or vacant lands. There are <br /> <br /> approximately 26 lots that are owned through Condominium Property Regimes within <br /> the Anekona and Kanehoa Subdivisions. The Ouli affordable housing project is located <br /> to the west of Anekona Estates and is within the State Land Use Urban District. In <br /> June 1998, the County Council approved a State Land Use Boundary Amendment from <br /> an Agricultural to Rural District and a Change of Zone from A-5a to RA-2a for a 5.00 <br /> acre parcel in the Kanehoa Subdivision. Similar land use changes were also approved <br />