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4A. How the granting of this request would promote the effectiveness and objectives of Chapter 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended. Include discussion on how the proposed use is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Coastal Zone Management (existing public access, scenic or open space resources, coastal view planes and coastal ecosystems); Prior to 1973, the state land use designation for the property was urban. The county zoning was always RS -7.5 and has continued to be. However, in 1973 (ref LUC 227/230 January 26, 1973, see attached exhibit E and F) an amendment to the state land use boundary was approved as requested by the Pepeekeo Sugar Company, modifying the boundary from urban to agricultural for parcel 2 -8 -13 of which the 5 subject acres are part. This 1973 change was based on the finding, "The undesirable aspects of agricultural operations, particularly the dust and noise generated by cane haul traffic, would be incompatible with the continued Urban designation of the subject areas." Additionally, the "retention of the [parcels as agricultural] would not be in the best interests of the public as it will impair economic agricultural production of the sugar companies involved to the detriment of the economy of the State." At present time, the present and anticipated uses of the 5 acres (as well as the remainder of the 45.8 acres included in the earlier boundary amendment) do not include sugar can production or movement. As such, the original reasons for the 1973 boundary amendment no longer apply, and the present application requests to bring the state land use designation back into conformity with the zoning and general plan which express the objectives of Chapter 205. The proposed use is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Coastal Zone Management. The subject propert is not in a SMA, nor is it with the setbacks (205A -43 states, " Setbacks along shorelines are established of not less than twenty feet and not more than forty feet inland from the shoreline ") as the subject property is approximately one mile from the shoreline. The location of the property is' on Akaka Falls Road approximately 1 mile mauka from the belt road, eliminating any effect on the coastal zone from the use. 4B. The extent to which the proposed reclassification conforms to the applicable goals, policies, standards and courses of action of the General Plan and implementing ordinances, plans and documents; The general plan designation being Low Density Urban, the proposed amendment of the boundary brings the land use designation properly into conformity with those plans, erasing the inconsistency created in the 1973 change due to sugar cane hauling. 4 C. The extent to which the proposed reclassification conforms to the applicable district standards. Ilonomu is within the South Hilo district. According to the general plan residential section, "South Hilo district has approximately 8,374 acres of single - family residential zoned lands. [Forty -one per cent or 3,033 acres of the total zoned area is undeveloped.] Many of the undeveloped areas lack the basic improvements necessary for development, are held in speculation, or are committed to other uses. Drainage and flooding problems exist in many of the areas zoned for residential use." The subject property does not have the problems listed as obstacles to residential use. Thus it is appropriate for development as single- family residential to supply the high demand for land in this district.