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• Hawai`i County Food Self-Sufficiency Baseline, Hawaii County Department of <br /> Research and Development(2012)—Under the North and South Kona Agricultural <br /> Production section, the study indicates: <br /> "Kona Coffee is the defining crop for much of the Kona district. It has a global <br /> identity and the distinction of being one of the world's most expensive coffee <br /> varieties. Most of Kona's coffee is grown on five to ten acre parcels in what is <br /> referred to as the Kona Coffee Belt...Over the last 10 years there has been a <br /> significant amount of new coffee planted in the Kona area, much of it in fields of <br /> 20 or more acres. "(No web link available) <br /> 7. County Zoning: Agricultural-minimum lot size of 3-acres (A-3a). <br /> 8. Kona Community Development Plan (KCDP): The Kona Community Development <br /> Plan, adopted by the Hawai`i County Council by Ordinance No. 08-131 on <br /> September 25, 2008, identifies the subject property as being located outside the <br /> designated Kona CDP Urban Area or Rural Town Transit Oriented Development(TOD) <br /> area, or any infrastructural concurrency zones. <br /> DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA <br /> 9. Subject Property: The applicants are requesting to rezone a 3.039 acre parcel which is <br /> roughly rectangular in shape and entirely fronts Hiona Street. The property slopes from <br /> east to west with an approximate 100—foot drop in elevation. According to the applicants, <br /> there are approximately 10,000 square feet of avocado, guava, pineapples, lemons, limes <br /> and grapefruit being grown on the property. In addition,there are two existing structures <br /> on the parcel; the applicant's residence, which was built in 2007 with Building Permit <br /> No. B2006-0226K located on the mauka side of the property and a detached craft room, <br /> covered lanai, and workshop connected by a carport built in 2011 with Building Permit <br /> B2011-0802K, on the middle to lower portion of the property, which would become part <br /> of the 1.565-acre makai parcel to be conveyed to the applicant's daughter. <br /> 10. Surrounding Zoning and Land Uses: Immediately surrounding properties are zoned <br /> A-3a and A-5a and consist of lots ranging in size from .5 to 3 acres, which contain <br /> residences, small farms/orchards, and vacant lots. The land where the subject parcel is <br /> located (56.121 acres) was rezoned from A-5a to A-3a in 1972, and the subject parcel <br /> -4- <br />