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STATE AND COUNTY PLANS 4. State Land Use Designation: Urban. 5. General Plan LUPAG Map: Low Density Urban. This designation allows residential uses(up to six units per acre), with ancillary community and public uses, and neighborhood and convenience-type commercial uses. 6. County Zoning: Agricultural-3 acres(A-3a). The Agricultural zoning district provides for agricultural and very low density agriculturally-based residential use, encompassing rural areas of good to marginal agricultural and grazing land, forest land, game habitats, and areas where urbanization is not found to be appropriate. 7. Hilo Community Development Plan: The Hilo Community Development Plan adopted by Resolution No. 1 on May 21, 1975 designates this area as RS-10 and RS-15. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA 8. Subject Property: The property is rectangular in shape. It has 150 feet of frontage along Kupulau Road and extends 938 feet to the east(makai of the street). The southwest corner of the property is the highest point. From there it slopes downward about 20-30 feet to the lowest point at the northeast corner. There are two structures on the property consisting of a dwelling built in 1979 and a goat shelter shed. 9. Surrounding Zoning and Land Uses: The land uses in the area are a mix of residential, community and agricultural uses. The adjacent properties to the south are approximately 1 and 3 acres in size and are zoned Single-Family Residential(RS-10). These properties are undeveloped and a flood zone crosses them from west to east. Properties to the east and north are zoned A-3a. Properties across Kupulau Road to the west are zoned A-la and are in residential use. Further to the west,the New Hope church was established with a Special Permit on land zoned A-1 a. 10. Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii(ALISH): Unclassified. 11. Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land Classification System: Existing Urban Development. 12. U.S.D.A. Soil Survey: `01a`a series (01D);permeability is rapid,runoff is slow and the erosion hazard is slight. This soil type was historically used for sugarcane. -2-