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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 /> The Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map component of the General <br /> Plan is a representation of the document's goals and policies to guide the coordinated <br /> growth and development of the County. It reflects a graphic depiction of the physical <br /> relationship among the various land uses. The LUPAG Map establishes the basic urban <br /> and non-urban form for areas within the County. The subject property is designated <br /> Extensive Agricultural. However, the Anekona Estates Subdivision as well as the <br /> <br /> adjacent subdivisions are a mixture of residences and limited agricultural activities. With <br /> a minimum lot size of 2 acres, the requested change of zone will still provide for an <br /> adequate parcel size that could support extensive agricultural activities at a smaller, more <br /> manageable scale. Therefore, it is determined that the request is consistent with the rural <br /> low-density development form depicted on the LUPAG Map for this area of South <br /> Kohala. <br /> <br /> While the potential for intensive and/or extensive agricultural uses may exist, the <br /> project site is comprised of soils classified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil <br /> Conservation Service, as Puu Pa extremely stony very fine sandy loam (PVD), 6 to 20 <br /> percent slopes. This surface layer is very dark brown extremely stony very fine sandy <br /> loam about 6 inches thick. The next layer is dark-brown and dark, yellowish-brown very <br /> fine sandy loam about 34 inches thick. It is underlain by fragmental Aa lava. The <br /> reaction is medium acid to slightly acid in the surface layer and neutral in the substratum. <br /> Permeability is moderately rapid, runoff is medium, and the erosion hazard is moderate. <br /> These soils are used for pasture. Soils within the subject property have been classified as <br /> "E" (Very Poor) for agricultural productivity by the Land Study Bureau's Detail -d Land <br /> Classification System. Finally, soils within the subject property are "Unclassified" by the <br /> ALISH system. While the potential for intensive and/or extensive agricultural uses may <br /> exist, the soil conditions within the subject property and surrounding area woulci preclude <br /> such intesive agricultural activities from being conducted without a significant amount of <br /> effort. A smaller parcel size may provide for increased opportunities for some <br /> agricultural activities to be conducted upon these types of soils. <br /> <br /> Surrounding lands are located within the State Land Use Agricultural and Rural <br /> Districts and in the County's Agricultural 5-acre and 1-acre zoned districts. Kanehoa <br /> Subdivision, a 26-lot subdivision is located immediately to the east and zoned A-5a; <br /> Kamuela Plantations, a 10-lot subdivision, is located further to the east and also zoned <br /> 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 /> approximately 25 lots that are encumbered with Condominium Property Regimes within <br /> the Anekona and Kanehoa Subdivisions. The Ouli affordable housing project is located <br />