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can develop and enhance our community. Therefore, I urge you not to approve the change of zoning of this property under discussion. Thank you. GALDONES:Thank you, Mr. Marantz. Commissioners, any questions of Mr. Marantz? Hearing none, sir. MARTIN:My name is Stephen Martin. IÓm a 30-year resident of Kona and I have a coffee farm makai of this proposed development. Before I speak, IÓd like to have something clarified. I donÓt understand what the one-acre family zoning or the one-acre family ag land is. Is that a new category, I mean, compared to Ag-3? I believe itÓs public knowledge that anything less than three acres is not really an ag farm. I donÓt understand that classification. YUEN:The main difference between the zoning thatÓs requested and the zoning now, under the zoning now, you can subdivide to three-acre lots. Under the zoning requested, you can subdivide to one-acre lots. As far as the term ÐFamily Agriculture,Ñ that was a new term in the 1996 Zoning Code. MARTIN:That was a new term? YUEN:Yes. So, and the County of Hawaii in the agricultural district, if the land is, if the landowner wants to rezone it to make lots less than five acres in size, they have to go to this Family Agriculture term. MARTIN:But itÓs not a commercial, considered a commercial ag lot when itÓs classified Family Ag. IÓm trying to, the Family 1-Ags that I see like Kona Hills, which are pretty much gated, upper end, is that what weÓre talking about? This is a gated one-acre affluent subdivision, if I can use that term? YUEN:I think thatÓs the goal of the subdivider to sell the lots for whatever they can get for them; and that would probably translate to being an expensive lot. One of our proposed conditions, though, is that the County could take over the main connector roads at no charge at some time if the County requested that in the future, as far as the gating of it. Maybe, while I have you, can I just ask you what is your tax map key so that we can get an idea of where you live. Do you know? MARTIN:I might have that information but I donÓt have it myself, somebody else might have it. Tax map key is, weÓre just directly makai of this project; and I donÓt have the tax map key. I have a couple of objections to this. One is calling it Family Ag. I think thatÓs a misnomer. I think itÓs a gated affluent subdivision, and thereÓs nothing wrong with that. Again, I agree with Clint here that the proper motive is what weÓre talking about. If I was a developer, I would be trying to rezone any property I had for the highest density. 7