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■ Assist the further development of agriculture through the protection of important <br /> agricultural lands. <br /> ■ Protect and encourage the intensive and extensive utilization of the County's <br /> important agricultural lands. <br /> ■ Ensure that development of important agricultural land be primarily for <br /> agricultural use. <br /> ■ Investigate possibilities to prevent non-agricultural uses that could interfere with <br /> potential or existing agricultural activities on important agricultural lands. <br /> The following course of action from the General Plan is specific to the Ka`u District: <br /> ■ Encourage and support the expansion of agriculture, including forestry and the <br /> macadamia nut industry. <br /> The General Plan indicates that the Community Development Plan (CDP) is <br /> intended to implement the broad goals within the General Plan on a regional basis. The <br /> CDP should direct physical development and public improvements within a specific area <br /> and may contain detailed land use and zoning guide maps, plans for roadways, drainage, <br /> parks and other infrastructure and public facilities, architectural design guidelines, <br /> planning for watershed and other natural features. <br /> The subject property is located within the boundaries of the Ka`u CDP, which <br /> encourages development within town/village centers to give residents better access to <br /> public and commercial services while preserving natural and cultural resources by limiting <br /> the spread of development. The subject property is not situated within an area designated <br /> for development in the Ka`u CDP, rather it is designated "Important Agricultural Lands" <br /> in the Regional Land Use Policy Map. The closest town,Pahala, is located approximately <br /> 5.6 miles away from the subject property. <br /> The Ka`u CDP steering committee established community objectives based on the <br /> community's values and vision, as summarized in Section 1.5.1, Community Objectives. <br /> Objective 2 addressed sustainable settlement patterns on agricultural lands: <br /> ■ Preserve prime and other viable agricultural lands and preserve and enhance <br /> viewscapes that exemplify Ka`u's rural character. <br /> Objective 10 addressed building a resilient local economy: <br /> -4- <br />