PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-REZ-2022-018)

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public uses, and neighborhood and convenience-type commercial uses; overall residential density may be up to six units per acre. While the proposed FA-la zoning is an agricultural zoning designation, it is also consistent with the ldu LUPAG designation, as indicated in the definition of FA zoning found in the Zoning Code. The 15.41 I-acre project site is comprised of two separate lots, a 13.944-acre parcel and adjoining 1.467-acre road lot. The property is irregular in shape and located makai of Old Mamalahoa Highway,where the property is bisected by. The site is situated at an elevation of 315 feet above sea level, and the land gently rises at a 11-24% slope from the eastern side to the western side of the property. The subject property is currently improved with one (1) garage that was constructed in 1930. The property has been utilized as a service yard that once supported cane haul trucks servicing the neighboring `O`6kala Mill. Surrounding lands are zoned A-20a on the east and south and RS-10 on the west side of Old Mamalahoa Highway. To the north of the subject property is lands zoned MG-la. The project site is located immediately makai of the residential areas of Milo Village and directly northwest of Kukui Camp Subdivision, both of which are zoned as RS-10. Immediately adjacent to the west is the former `O`6kala Mill site, comprising in excess of 40 acres of General Industrial (MG-la) zoned lands. Remaining lands adjacent to the north (makai) and east are zoned A-20a. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (U.S.D.A.) soil survey identifies soils on the property as `O`6kala Mill medial silty clay loam, with 0 to 35 percent slopes. The Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawai`i (ALISH)map indicates most of the property is identified as "Prime Agricultural Land" and the Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land Classification System largely identifies soils of the property as "B" or "Very Good" and"E" or"Very Poor' soils for agricultural productivity. The proposed rezoning is situated within the Hamakua Community Development Plan (CDP)planning area and further designates it in the `O`6kala Mill Urban Growth Boundary area. According to the HCDP,the Urban Growth Boundary designates a town's current or future desired urban boundary and is intended to direct growth in the Hamakua CDP planning area. The CDP strategy of mapping parcel-specific Urban -3-