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The Honorable J Yoshimoto, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 6 Within the KCDP, Transit - Oriented Developments (TODs) are identified as development of compact, mixed -use villages which would integrate housing, employment, shopping, and recreation opportunities. Villages would be designed around transit stations /stops which would reduce the need for daily trips and financially support the expanded transit system. They consist of moderate and high density housing, along with complementing public uses, jobs, retail and services. They are compact mixed -use villages, characterized by a village center within a higher- density urban core, roughly equivalent to a 5- minute walking radius (1/4 mile), surrounded by a secondary mixed use, mixed- density area with an outer boundary roughly equivalent to a 10- minute walking radius from the village center (1/2 mile). The components of a TOD include an Urban Core, a Secondary Core, and a Greenbelt. A TOD contains a higher density urban core surrounded by a lower density secondary area. There are two types of urban cores identified within the plan; Regional Centers and Neighborhood Villages. Regional centers are intended for mixed use and higher density residential, retail, commercial, employment, and/or regional one -of -a -kind facilities, such as major civic, medical, education, and entertainment facilities. Regional centers shall be designed around a Commercial Center, which is the focus for the Village and designed to encourage pedestrian activity. A greenbelt will, in turn, surround and define the outer edge of the secondary area. Neighborhood Village Core Areas are intended for predominately residential, public /civic uses, or small -scale neighborhood- oriented commercial uses. The Core's commercial uses are of a small scale and are intended to serve the needs of the Village residents. Neighborhood Village Core Areas shall be designed around a Neighborhood Center. Land uses include recreational space, small -scale public /civic uses, neighborhood oriented retail uses, and mixed -use. The proposed development is located within the Kahului — Puapua'a Neighborhood Village TOD identified on the Official Kona Land Use Map in the KCDP. The Official Kona Land Use Map approximately locates the TODs, but it does not change the existing zoning until a rezoning with an approved master plan for the TOD defines the metes and bounds of this TOD. In other words, the TODs are "floating" zones that subsequently need to be anchored by rezoning to a specific area. Within the Land Use element of the KCDP, there are identified goals, objectives, policies, and actions. Policies in the plan prescribe how each objective will be achieved. The policies that use the word "shall" are mandatory directives legally binding on County agencies. Among the most significant legally binding policies are those presented in Section 4.2 "Land Use." These policies must be implemented through land use decisions and development permits issued after the Kona CDP is adopted. The legally binding policies in the Land Use section of the plan do not override or invalidate existing zoning. Such legally binding policies, however, shall be implemented