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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: November 5, 1998 Re: C-]049Bi11No.330 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: L52 p.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 330, transmitted by Mayor Stephen K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 1049, dated October 26, 1998, regarding the change of zone request by Mr. and Mrs. James William Cardin, at Kaloko, North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: 7-3-25:15, reports as follows: Bill No. 330 amends Section 25-8-2 (North and South Kona District Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code, by changing the district classification for approximately 21.961 acres of land from an Agricultural (A-20a) to a Family Agricultural (FA-3a) zoned district. The rectangular-shaped property, owned in fee by James William Cardin and Sandra Lynette Cardin, is located in the Kaloko Mauka Subdivision on the north side of Kaloko Drive at approximately the 2,500 elevation. The applicants would like to subdivide the subject parcel into five lots ranging in size from 3.01 to 5.369 acres, and build a home on one of the parcels and offer the remaining four as family farms. The specific uses will be determined by the individual buyers and are expected to replicate those activities and uses of other nearby properties. The State Land Use and Kona Regional Plan designation for the parcel is agricultural. The General Plan LUPAG Map designates the parcel as Extensive Agricultural. The Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) System classifies the soils as "Unique Agricultural Land", which are lands that have the special combination of soil quality, location, growing season and moisture supply which is used to produce sustained high quality and/or high yields of a specific crop when treated and managed according to modern farming methods. Soils within the subject property are classified as Kiloa Extremely Stony Muck which consists of well- drained, thin, extremely stony organic soils over fragmental a'a lava. Permeability is rapid, runoff is very slow and the erosion hazard is slight. This soil is used for woodland and pasture. The Land Study Bureau classifies the soil as "E" (Very Poor) for agricultural productivity. The subject property is located within Zone "X", which is outside the 500-year flood plain. PC-162