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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman <br /> and Members of the County Council <br /> Page 2 <br /> <br /> (2) Activities or uses as characterized by low-density residential lots of not less than <br /> one-half acre and a density of not more than one single-family dwelling, per <br /> one-half acre in areas where "city-like" concentration of people, structures, streets, <br /> and urban level of services are absent, and where small farms are intermixed with <br /> the low-density residential lots; and <br /> <br /> (3) Generally, parcels of land not more than five acres; provided it may include other <br /> parcels of land which are surrounded by, or contiguous to this district, and are not <br /> suited to low-density residential uses for small farm or agricultural uses. <br /> <br /> Surrounding lands are zoned A-5a, A-3a and RA-2a by the County and maintain <br /> Agricultural and Rural District classifications by the State Land Use Commission. <br /> Surrounding lands to the Kanehoa Subdivision include the vacant State-owned lands to <br /> the south; Kamuela Plantations, a 10-lot subdivision located immediately to the east; <br /> Anekona Estates Subdivision, a 36-lot subdivision located to the west; and Waimea <br /> Landmark Estates, a 26-lot subdivision located across the Kawaihae Road to the <br /> northeast. These subdivisions include single-family residential and agricultural uses and <br /> vacant lands. From October 1996, the County Council approved State Land Use <br /> Boundary Amendments from an Agricultural to Rural District for eight 5-acre parcels <br /> within the adjacent Kamuela Plantations Subdivision, Anekona Estates and Kanehoa <br /> <br /> Subdivision. These subdivisions include various single-family residential and <br /> agricultural uses. A recent State Land Use District Boundary Amendment in 1999 <br /> reclassified approximately 5 acres of land immediately adjacent to the west of thE, subject <br /> property from an Agricultural to a Rural District. <br /> <br /> Section 15-15-27 of the Hawaii Land Use Commission Rules determines the <br /> permissible uses within the Rural district. This states: "(a) Permissible uses within the <br /> rural district shall include the following activities: (1) All uses permitted under section <br /> 15-15-25 relating to agricultural uses and those uses that are compatible within the <br /> agricultural district; (2) Low-density residential uses with a minimum lot size of <br /> one-half acre. The commission for good cause may allow one lot of less than one half <br /> acre, but not less than 18,500 square feet, or an equivalent residential density, provided <br /> all other lots in the subdivision have the minimum lot size of one-half acre. A petition for <br /> variance may be processed under the special permit procedure pursuant to subchapter 12. <br /> This exception shall apply to lots of record existing prior to January 1, 1977, and of not <br /> more than two acres. There shall be no more than one single-family dwelling per <br /> one-half acre, except as may be provided for in this section." <br />