COM 1000.000 2014-2016 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

5 • • • • GOALS • Co IdentOr,protect and maintain important agricultural lands on the island of • Hawaii. • • POLICIES • o Zoning shall protect and maintain important agricultural lands from urban • encroachment. New approaches to preserve important agricultural land shall be implemented by the County. • o The County shall assist in the development of basic resources such as water, • roads, transportation and distribution facilities for the agricultural industry. o The County shall coordinate and encourage efforts to solve the problems of •411 the agricultural industry in the County of Hawaii. • Rural-style residential-agricultural developments, such as new small-scale 41 rural communities or extensions of existing rural communities,shall be encouraged in appropriate locations. o The County shall develop subdivision standards which make a distinction between agricultural and urban land uses. • • • 3. General Plan LUPAG Designation: Orchards,which are defined as: "Those • agricultural lands which though rocky in character and content support productive • macadamia nuts,papaya,citrus and other similar agricultural products." • • 4. Zoning: Existing zoning for this property is Agricultural, 20-acre (A-20a). The •• purpose of this application is to change the zoning from the existing Agricultural, 20- • acre (A-20a) to Agricultural 10-acre (A-10a). This request is consistent with the • pattern of prior zoning approvals in the area. A copy of the map and metes and bounds • description for the proposed rezoning is included in Appendix A of this application. • • 5. Community Development Plan: The proposed action would be consistent with the •• Kona Community Development Plan(Kona CDP)in that the subject property is located • in an agricultural zoned area and outside an urban designated area of the County • • 9 • •