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The Honorable J Yoshimoto, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 3 area contains a mixture of residences and agricultural activities. With a minimum lot size of two acres, the requested change of zone will still provide for an adequate parcel size that could support agricultural activities at a smaller scale. The requested zoning is consistent with the objectives and policies of the Kona Community Development Plan, which identifies the property as on the border of the "Kona Urban Arca." Should the County Council approve the applicant's request to a Family Agricultural (FA -2a) zoned district, the applicant would normally be allowed to apply for a second farm dwelling, which would allow the construction of a second dwelling unit as a separate or attached unit on both lots. Due to the fact that this subject request will allow the existing parcel to be subdivided and subsequently allow the applicants to create a second lot, we would be allowing an additional dwelling to be constructed which would double the existing density of the area. Although the Planning Director supports this rezoning request to allow for a two -lot subdivision with one home on each lot, the potential to allow four (4) homes may contribute to a cumulative burden on the existing infrastructure (road, water, etc.) which cannot be supported. Therefore, it is recommended that a condition be included in the ordinance to prohibit a second dwelling unit on each lot. While the potential for agricultural uses exist, the property is comprised of soils identified as Punaluu extremely rocky peat, 6 to 20 percent slopes. This soil series consists of well - drained thin organic soils over pahoehoe lava bedrock and is used mainly for pasture. Soil within the property has been classified as `C" or "Fair" for agricultural productivity by the Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land Classification System and is unclassified by the Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) System. The properties immediately to the north were rezoned from A -5a to FA -2a in August of 1999 (Ordinance No. 99 -86) and consists of a dwelling and small -scale farming. The property to the northeast was also rezoned from A -5a to FA -2a in August of 2002 and is currently undeveloped. Further north and south of the property are lands zoned A -5a and in mixed residential, coffee cultivation, and pastoral uses. Further east, are lands zoned A -5a and A -la, which are also in mixed residential - agricultural uses. The Keauhou Uka Subdivision (19 lots), which consists of lots zoned RS -10, lies to the west of the subject property. The Kuakini Heights Subdivision (106 lots), which consists of lots zoned RS -I0, is situated further northwest.