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ALAMEDA:Follow-up? IWASHITA:So theres nothing, no limitations on grubbing, or, you know, how this Important Ag land is actually developed and --? Thats what Im trying to find out. YUEN:The grubbing for the subdivision is all covered by other regulations. Grubbing of greater than an acre, they need a, what we call an MPDES Permit, thats -- If you notice how nowadays when you see highway projects, youll often see these silt fences and sandbags, much more common than used to be in the past. Those are a result of MPDES Permits. That would be, those are the same requirements regardless of what the General Plan designation is, cause it comes from a State and Federal erosion control permitting system. ALAMEDA:Commissioner Graham? GRAHAM:JustfollowingupCommissionerIwashitasconcernthatthismayenable more intensive developmentthere as anybody could -. It seems like one way perhaps could is that if its designated Rural on the General Plan, then someone could go in and ask for an RA-1 instead of an RA-2 in the sense of doubling the density; and it would be coherent, consistent with the General Plan if we made this change. But if we dont make this change then that more dense zoning would be more in conflict with the General Plan as it stands now. Is that not correct? YUEN:I think what youre saying is correct, that --. It would still be, though, something that would be dealt with at the Change of Zone level. Its not something that would just happen all by itself. And the State Land Use designation itself is not affected by this. Its already Urban, so potentially, you know, you do have a potential for development under the State Land Use Urban designation. ALAMEDA:Other questions? Commissioner Iwashita? IWASHITA:So that if such an application was made, basically as I see recommendations done now by the Department if they check the Rural, if it is Rural zoning then it would basically say this application is consistent with the zoning and, therefore, probably end up with a recommendation for approval. Would it not? YUEN:No, I wouldnt say that because the rules specifically say that it does not necessarily imply support for a further subdivision. That would, to say that its consistent does not mean that you have to go ahead and rezone it. There are always other factors that come into play. And thats where something like, well, is it going to negatively affect Kealakekua Bay, is it something thats not a good density given the condition of Napo opo o Road? All those kinds of things are to be looked at at zoning. So there are areas where, you know, where there may be Urban Expansion in the General Plan that somebody might come in for a rezoning and the Department would say, no, you cant, we wouldnt support that because the road is terrible; but we might support it if you built a new road through there. And they might say, well, thats not going to pan out. And so there are other things that are going to come into play. 11