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• The Honorable J Yoshimoto, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 3 property to accommodate agricultural uses. Each proposed lot will provide a minimum of 5 acres of land to be utilized as a homesite as well as sufficient land area to support the applicant's agricultural intentions, which he indicated as the cultivation of fruit trees and the raising of chickens. The applicant's sister-in-law, who currently resides on the property, will have sufficient land area to continue her pasture operations for her cattle and goats. Lands around the vicinity of the property are zoned A-20a and include residential and agricultural uses. The proposed change of zone would complement the existing land uses nearby and provide for an orderly development of the area. As there is no community development plan developed for this area, the application was not reviewed against any established guidelines or objectives of an approved CDP. Currently in the development stage, the Hamakua CDP, covering the area between the Hamakua district to the rural South Hilo district, would be the appropriate guiding planning document for this area. The CDP is proposed for completion in 2014. The proposed request will result in a more appropriate land use pattern that will further the public necessity and convenience and the general welfare. The proposed request does not seek to amend the existing Agricultural classification of the property but merely a change in density from a minimum lot size of twenty acres to a minimum lot size of five acres. The change to a five-acre zoning would allow the property to be subdivided into two lots to facilitate the applicant's estate planning objective. The zoned district classification will remain Agriculture. While the subject property and immediately surrounding lands are zoned Agricultural-20 acres, the majority of lots within the immediately vicinity of the subject property are smaller than the minimum 20-acre lot size prescribed by zoning. Some lots within a few hundred feet of the property are just over an acre in size. We do not find that approval of the change of zone would result in the establishment of an undesired land use pattern since the area already accommodates parcels less than five acres in size. All utilities and services are available to the site. According to the Department of Water Supply, water can be made available from an existing waterline within the Old Mamalahoa Highway. The proposed lots will utilize individual wastewater treatment systems meeting with the approval of the Department of Health. Solid waste will be disposed of at appropriate sites designated by the Department of Environmental Management. Police, fire, and emergency services are available in Honoka`a and Laupahoehoe.