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. f The Honorable J Yoshimoto, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 4 hotels, multi - family residential, single- family residential, public facilities and commercial uses, is located proximate to the site. Water can be made available to the site. Police and fire protective services are within close proximity to the project site. All essential utilities will be made available to the property. The property has no severe geological or topographical problems which cannot be properly rectified or which would render the land unusable. According to the Department of Public Works, Flood Zone "AE" affects the subject parcel in a north to southwest direction. Thus, any improvements to the property must comply with Chapter 27 of the County Code relating to Flood Plain Management. As the project is required to comply with Chapter 27, the reclassification meets the standard which states that the lands included within the urban district "... shall be those with satisfactory topography and drainage and reasonably free from the danger of floods, tsunami and unstable soil conditions and other adverse environmental effects." While the project site is situated within the State Land Use Agricultural and County's Agricultural (A -5a) zoned district, it is not currently being used for active agricultural purposes. The property is unclassified under the State of Hawai`i's Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawai`i (ALISH) Map and is not in agricultural use. The project site is vacant. The Land Use Study Bureau's Overall Master Productivity Rating for the soils in the area is "D" or "Poor ". An Inventory Survey for 29.389 Acres in Kahului 2 North Kona District, Island of Hawai`i dated April 2008 was prepared by Escott, Wolforth, and Wilson (Appendix B in application). Twenty archaeological sites were discovered on the site and evaluated with no further work recommended. The reclassification of 14.707 acres from the Agricultural to the Urban designation will not be detrimental to the reduction of this area from the agricultural land inventory in the County of Hawai`i. Based on the above, the approval of the State Land Use Boundary Amendment from the Agricultural to the Urban District complements the State Land Use District Regulations and is supportive of the Hawai`i State Plan. Change of Zone The applicant is requesting a Change of Zone from Agricultural (A -5a) to Single - Family Residential (RS -7.5) to develop a 46 -lot single - family residential subdivision with lots that are approximately 7,500 square feet in size. The applicant is also requesting a concurrent processing of a State Land Use Boundary Amendment from Agricultural to Urban. The primary factor for this unfavorable recommendation is based on non- compliance with the requirements of the Kona Community Development Plan for projects located within a transit - oriented development (TOD), which will be explained in