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J Yoshimoto, Council Chair and Members of the County Council Page 2 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 Land Use- Agriculture element of the plan seeks to protect and maintain important agricultural lands from urban encroachment. However, the subject property is not classified as important agricultural land and has not been in agricultural use but in residential use for over thirty years. In fact the LUPAG Map,which establishes the basic urban and non-urban form for areas within the County designates the subject property as Low Density Urban which allows for residential uses with an overall density of up to six units per acre, ancillary community and public uses, and neighborhood and convenience-type commercial uses. According to the Zoning Code, the purpose of the Family Agricultural district is to provide for a blend of small-scale agricultural operations associated with residential activities which may be characterized by farm estates, small acreage farms, or subsistence lots in areas where public services and infrastructure are appropriate to support the very low density residential needs of the community and where a substantial number of surrounding parcels are less than five acres in size. Surrounding properties to the south, east and west are similarly zoned A-3a. Surrounding properties to the north are zoned A- 1 a. The area consists of agricultural uses, scattered dwellings and vacant lots. To the east is a property that was similarly rezoned from A-3a to FA-la in 2010. A substantial number of surrounding parcels are less than five acres in size, especially to the north of the subject property. A change of zone to the FA district classification would be appropriate in this area and the request is consistent with the General Plan as it will not diminish the potential for future agricultural uses on the property and will remain consistent with the LUPAG designation for this area. All essential utilities and services are available to the site. Access to the property is from Ho`ohoaloha Street and Ho`ohoaloha Place,which are both County owned and maintained streets that have 20-foot wide pavement roads with paved shoulders and swales in good condition within 50-foot right-of-ways. Two (2) of the proposed lots will access from Ho`ohoaloha Street and one of the lots will access from Ho`ohoaloha Place, which currently has an 8-foot wide paved road within an 25-foot road and utility easement over another existing lot.