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The Honorable J Yoshimoto, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 4 Based on the above, the reclassification of one acre of land 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 requests a Change of Zone from A-1 a to RS-15 for approximately one acre of land to amend the current A-la zoned portion of the property to correspond to the existing RS-15 portion of the site. By this action, the applicant hopes to facilitate estate planning in the future. The 1.312-acre property is split- zoned into A-1 a and RS-15. The RS-15 zoned portion consists of approximately 13,585-square feet, improved with a dwelling, and is non-conforming in size. If the remaining one-acre A-1 a portion of the property were to be developed with a second dwelling, a Farm Dwelling would be the only option as required by State Land Use Law. The applicant requests the change of zone for the one-acre A-la portion of the site to construct a second dwelling in the future, should needs arise, thus necessitating the change of zone to RS-15. Currently, there are no plans to subdivide the property, although approval of this change of zone could allow a minimum of three (3) lots to be created. The applicant requests a concurrent State Land Use Boundary Amendment from Agricultural to Urban. In order to consider an area for any type of zoning designation, the applicable goals, policies and standards of the General Plan must be adequately addressed. It is only through such a comprehensive policy analysis approach that evaluations and decisions can be made to better time and stage developments to achieve growth determined by the General Plan and related planning documents. The implications of these evaluations and decisions must be also considered as they may have an impact on similar areas in the County. The Change of Zone request from an A-1 a to RS-15 conforms to, among others, the goals,policies and standards of the General Plan Economic and Land Use Elements. The property is zoned A-la and the State Land Use designation is Agricultural. The Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide(LUPAG) Map component of the General Plan is a representation of the document's goals and policies to guide the coordinated growth and development of the County. It reflects a graphic depiction of the physical relationship among the various land uses. The LUPAG Map establishes the basic urban and non- urban form for areas within the County. The subject area is designated Low Density