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Dru Kanuha, Council Chair <br />and Members of the County Council <br />Page 8 <br />variances from subdivision standards to discourage further subdivision of properties that <br />are not within designated village/town centers; and (4) amendments to the County zoning <br />code to discourage excessive lot clearance and speculative building practices. <br />Goals <br />Reduced overall number of buildable lots in Puna. <br />Objectives <br />• Where possible, reduce density and build -out within the district by various means <br />including selective rezoning. <br />Actions <br />• Propose amendments to the zoning code and/or apply district -wide rezoning to <br />limit allowable building footprint on residential and agricultural -zoned lands, <br />except for sites designated as village/town centers or for land pooling projects. <br />Puna CDP - Agriculture and Economic Growth <br />Despite an abundance of vacant lots within the Puna District, agricultural lands <br />continue to be further subdivided, primarily through a variance process afforded through <br />the Subdivision Code that provides relief from the water requirements (§23-84) and <br />County -standard roads. Allowing a proliferation of such subdivisions further increases <br />the vacant lot inventory, especially in areas not adequately serviced by County <br />infrastructural facilities. <br />Goals <br />Lands for agricultural use are preserved. <br />Objectives <br />• Discourage urban growth and further subdivision on lands that have been <br />identified as having potential value for agricultural use through appropriate zoning <br />re -designations and new code provisions. <br />Actions <br />Recommend limiting variances that allow subdivisions that rely on water <br />catchment or roads that do not meet subdivision road standards to a maximum of <br />six lots, unless the subdivision results in lots averaging at least twenty acres in <br />