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<br /> Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman <br /> <br /> and Members of the County Council <br /> <br /> Page 2 <br /> Commission Rules, the following three standards shall apply when determining an area <br /> for the Rural district boundaries: <br /> (1) Areas consisting of small farms; provided that the areas need not be included in <br /> this district if their inclusion will alter the general characteristics of the areas; <br /> (2) Activities or uses as characterized by low-density residential lots of not less than <br /> one-half acre and a density of not more than one single-family dwelling, per <br /> one-half acre in areas where "city-like" concentration of people, structures, <br /> streets, and urban level of services are absent, and where small farms are <br /> intermixed with the low-density residential lots; and <br /> (3) Generally, parcels of land not more than five acres; provided it may include <br /> other parcels of land which are surrounded by, or contiguous to this district, <br /> and are not suited to low-density residential uses for small farm or agricultural <br /> uses. <br /> Surrounding lands are located within the State Land Use Commission <br /> Agricultural District and in the County's Agricultural 5-acre and 1-acre zoned districts. <br /> Kanehoa Subdivision, a 26-lot subdivision is located immediately to the east and zoned <br /> A-Sa; Kamuela Plantations, a 10-lot subdivision, is located further to the east and also <br /> zoned A-Sa; and Waimea Landmark Estates, a 26-lot subdivision, is located across the <br /> Kawaihae Road and further to the northeast and is zoned A-3a. These subdivisions <br /> include single-family residential and agricultural uses and/or vacant lands. There are <br /> approximately 25 lots that are owned through Condominium Property Regimes within <br /> the Anekona and Kanehoa Estates Subdivisions. The Ouli affordable housing project is <br /> located to the west of Anekona Estates and is within the State Land Use Urban District. <br /> In June 1998, the County Council approved a State Land Use Boundary Amendment <br /> from an Agricultural to Rural District and a Change of Zone from A-Sa to RA-2a for a <br /> 5.00 acre parcel in the Kanehoa Estates Subdivision. Similar land use changes were <br /> also approved in October 1996 for two 5-acre parcels within the Kamuela Plantations <br /> Subdivision. <br /> Section 15-15-27 of the Hawaii Land Use Commission Rules determines the <br /> Permissible uses within the Rural district. This states: "(a) Permissible uses within the <br /> rural district shall include the following activities: (1) All uses permitted under <br /> section 15-15-25 relating to agricultural uses and those uses that are compatible within <br /> the agricultural district; (2) Low-density residential uses with a minimum lot size of <br /> one-half acre. The commission for good cause may allow one lot of less than one-half <br /> acre, but not less than 18,500 square feet, or an equivalent residential density, provided <br /> <br />