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The Honorable J Yoshimoto, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 7 with new changes of zone, time extensions on existing zoning requiring County Council action, state land use boundary amendments, and Special Management Area (SMA) permits, when applicable. The requirements of the Kona Community Development Plan have not been complied with to recommend approval of the proposed change of zone request. The Planning Department has determined that with this new change of zone, specific policies as listed below are required to be complied with by the applicant. When a landowner proposes to rezone a property located within an identified TOD area on the Official Kona Land Use Map that has not yet been established through a TOD Village Master Plan, the landowner is required to follow the steps outlined within the KCDP's Policy LU -2.4 (Transit - Oriented Development (TOD) Floating Zones Established) for submitting a Project District rezoning application. With the submittal of the Project District rezoning application, the applicant\landowner will be required to follow Policy LU -2.5 (Village Design Guidelines) for the development of a master plan for the TOD. The applicant will need to work closely with the Design Center, which is administered by the Planning Department and staffed by County employees as the Design Center reviews and approves all master plans prepared for floating zones (TODs /TNDs, Affordable Housing, Eco- Industrial) and Clustered Rural Subdivision PUDs. The minimum land area for a new community shall be 80 acres, which corresponds to the urban and secondary core, plus a density transfer area proposed in the master plan to set an urban boundary limit. If a master plan for the identified TOD has not been established, as in this case, the applicant \landowner will need to work together with the Design Center to promote coordination and collaboration among the community, government agencies, applicants, landowners, professionals, and educational institutions to establish the master plan for the TOD and prepare the Project District rezoning application. If the applicant\landowner does not want to comply with the requirements of the KCDP, another option available is to amend the KCDP to take their property out of the identified TOD area on the Official Kona Land Use Map. Based on the above discussion, the Planning Director is recommending that the Planning Commission send an unfavorable recommendation to the Hawaii County Council primarily because of the need to establish a TOD Village Master Plan for the Kahului — Puapua'a Neighborhood Village TOD before recommending approval for any proposed rezoning that is located within the identified TOD on the Official Kona Land Use Map. For your favorable consideration, we are enclosing an amendment to the State Land Use Boundary Maps for the County of Hawaii.