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Mr. Duane Kanuha, Director May 29, 2015 Page 8 It should be noted that since the site was rezoned,there has not been any significant land use regulatory change in this area. The Hilo Community Development Plan has not been updated, and thus,the only relevant planning policy document still rests with the County General Plan. 1. General Plan The proposed request is not contrary to the General Plan's Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG)Map that defines the subject property and its immediately surrounding area for Low Density Urban. The most recent revisions to the General Plan(February 2005)did not make any changes affecting the subject site. The current designation on the LUPAG map is the same as when the subject property was initially zoned A-1 a The requested zoning would be consistent with the goals,policies, and standards of the General Plan document. For one, it may provide very limited short-term economic opportunities largely through the construction of any improvements required for the subdivision. More importantly,however, longer-term opportunities, although limited, could be created largely in the form of small-scale truck crops or nursery farms. In so doing,the resultant project should add revenues to the County and State coffers. The project intends to be more energy conscious through the installation of solar energy and design features to take advantage of the sun and wind patterns. Maintaining and improving the quality of the environment is important to the success of this project. The General Plan identifies five(5) areas of environmental concerns - air pollution,water quality, soil pollution, solid waste disposal, and noise pollution. As proposed,the project would not be violative of any of those objectives. Aside from vehicular transmission, air pollution associated with the project should be negligible. Rather than cesspools, septic system will be installed as part of any newly constructed residential dwelling. This should be sufficient to address groundwater or coastal water impacts. Being a residential project, it will also not be a noisy one. Further, it is unlikely that this site would be used as a processing plant, as it would be more economical to send products elsewhere.