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<br />The subject area is designated Agriculture. Based on the size of <br />the requested area, no State Land Use Commission action is <br />required. The County of Hawaii can process the rezoning request. <br /> <br />B. County General Plan <br /> <br />The County General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide <br />(LUPAG) map designates the most of the site Low Density Urban. <br />This designation is designed to accommodate land uses that are <br />"(S)ingle family residential in character, ancillary community and <br />public uses, and convenience type commercial uses." <br /> <br />Based on the requested Family-Agriculture (FA-2a) designation, the <br />project would be consistent with the General Plan LUPAG <br />designation of Low Density Urban, and no amendments would be <br />required. Such a designation would not frustrate the long-term low <br />density goal envisioned on the General Plan. <br /> <br />It should be noted that the facility was allowed through the Special <br />Permit process. The rezoning is designed to accommodate the <br />uses envisioned by the Special Permit. In the unlikely event the <br />uses of the Special Permit are not implemented, the properties can <br />still be utilized for Family-Agricultural uses. <br /> <br />C. Puna Community Development Plan <br /> <br />The CDP was adopted by the County Council on August 27,2008 <br />to serve as a guide for decision-makers. The subject area is <br />outside of the Kea'au Regional Town Center. A detailed discussion <br />of the project's relationship to the CDP is found in Chapter IX of this <br />report. <br /> <br />D. County Zoning <br /> <br />The County zoning of the subject property is Agriculture (A-Sa). <br />Essentially, the surrounding properties are also zoned A-5a and <br />20a. There is a Single-family Residential (RS-15) zone further <br />south, closer to the town of Keaau. Although zoned A-20, there are <br />lots north of the subject property that vary in size from 1 + to 5+ <br />acres. There is also one parcel that was recently rezoned to FA-1a. <br /> <br />If approved, the site would be subdivided in a manner meeting with <br />both the Zoning and Subdivision Codes. Further, all uses and <br />standards consistent with the requested FA-2a zone, except as <br />may be allowed by the Special Permit, would be adhereq, to. <br /> <br />4 <br />