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BJarneskiREZ.shw—03/22/2018 COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT BACKGROUND REPORT KELLY & JOANNE JARNESKI CHANGE OF ZONE APPLICATION (REZ 18-000226) KELLY and JOANNE JARNESKI has submitted an application for a Change of Zone from an Agricultural-20 Acres (A-20a) to an Agricultural-6 Acres (A-6a) Zoning district for approximately forty (40) acres of land. The subject properties are located on the west side of Akolea Road, about 550 feet north of the intersection of Kaumana Drive and Akolea Road, portion of Ponahawai-Kaumana Homesteads, South Hilo, Hawai`i, TMK's: (3)2-5-047:033 and 034. PROPOSED ACTION 1. Applicants Request: The applicants are requesting a change of zone for two (2) contiguous twenty-acre parcels from A-20a to A-6a in order to create a six (6) lot subdivision. Four (4) of the lots will be a minimum of six (6) acres and two (2) lots will be about eight (8) acres each. The two parcels consist of approximately forty(40) acres of land in total. According to the Zoning Code, the purpose of the Agricultural district is to provide 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. Requirements for establishing a land use in the Agricultural-zoning district, including a list of the variety of permitted land uses, are shown in Sections 25-5-70 through 77 of the Hawai`i County Code, Chapter 25 Zoning. (Planning Department (PD) Exhibit 1 - Zoning Code Requirements for the Agricultural District) 2. Reason for the Request: The applicants are requesting the change of zone in order to create a six (6) lot subdivision. Upon final subdivision approval, the applicants plan to sell five (5) of the resulting lots. The applicant will continue living in the existing permitted dwelling located on TMK: (3) 2-5-047:034. The remainder of Parcel 34 is -1-