PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-PDI-2021-002)

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residence, with the remaining acreage as one parcel. Based on the preceding, the Planning Director has agreed to initiate the repeal of the subject ordinance in its entirety,which will revert the zoning of the parcels to A-20a, pursuant to Condition Q of the subject ordinance, which allows the Director to initiate reversion of land to its original zoning or rezoning to a more appropriate designation should conditions of approval not be met or substantially complied with in a timely fashion. This will facilitate the proposed consolidation/resubdivision action required by the Trust. A review of Planning Department records indicates that the applicant worked diligently to complete conditions of approval and requirements of the tentative subdivision approval, however,the project ultimately stalled after the last time extension to complete subdivision requirements passed in 2015 and no further time extensions were sought. The proposed reversion to the original A-20a zoning would be consistent with the General Plan's Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) map Important Agricultural Lands (ial) designation, which are lands, "with better potential for sustained high agricultural yields because of soil type, climate, topography, or other factors. " Furthermore, since the subject parcel was rezoned the Ka`u Community Development Plan (CDP)was adopted. This long-range planning document articulates several goals, policies and actions related to conservation/preservation and protection of important/prime agricultural lands in Ka`u. Finally, the official Ka`u CDP Land Use Policy Map designates the subject rezone area as Important Agricultural Lands. Based on the preceding, the reversion to A-20a zoning will conform to the overall agricultural character of the surrounding area and will conform to the General Plan and Ka`u CDP. As required by the APD ordinance, the applicant retained Haun & Associates to conduct an Archaeological Inventory Survey (AIS) for the entire project area. The AIS found that the area had been heavily impacted by historic and modern sugar cane cultivation and no remains of the former Meyer Camp and associated cemetery were identified by the survey. The AIS found a single archaeological site (remnants of a historic flume) and determined that the site was, "only significant for its information contend and the inventory-level documentation will be sufficient to warrant a 2