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Aaron S.Y., Chung, Council Chair and Members of the County Council Page 5 The remainder of Parcel 26 and all of Parcel 27 directly mauka of the subject property will remain in the State Land Use Agricultural district and if approved by the County Council, will be rezoned from A -20a to Family Agricultural -1 acre (FA -1 a). This FA -1 a Zoning designation is intended to allow for an orderly land use transition and to act as a buffer between the proposed single-family residential uses makai and the existing, more intensive agricultural uses on lands directly mauka of the project area, which are owned and farmed by the applicant. The Hawaii Right to Farm Act, HRS Chapter 165, was enacted to protect farming operations on land in the State Land Use Agricultural District when adjacent land is reclassified out of the Agricultural District. A condition of approval will require the applicant to notify prospective purchasers, tenants or lessees of the Hawaii Right to Farm Act. The reclassification of this 14.95 -acre area of land from the Agricultural to the Urban State Land Use designation will not be detrimental to the reduction of this area from the agricultural land inventory in the County of Hawaii. Furthermore, an Urban classification would complement the existing and future land use pattern of the surrounding area in view of the urban uses already in existence in close proximity to the subject properties. Based on the preceding, the approval of the State Land Use Boundary Amendment from the Agricultural to the Urban District complements the State Land Use District Regulations and County General Plan, and is supportive of the Hawaii State Plan. The accompanying draft bill to amend the State Land Use Boundaries Map is provided for your favorable consideration. Please note the proposed conditions of approval attached to the draft bill. Change of Zone The applicant is requesting the following Changes of Zone to two (2) contiguous properties (TMK: 2-6-008:026 & 027, hereinafter Parcel 26 and Parcel 27) totaling 39.68 -acres: 1) A Change of Zone from Agricultural -20 acres (A -20a) and Open (0) to Single - Family Residential -10,000 square feet (RS -10) zoning district for approximately 14.95 acres of land within Parcel 26; and 2) a Change of Zone from Agricultural -20 acre (A -20a) to Family Agricultural -1 acre (FA -la) zoning district for approximately 24.73