PD Background Report (PL-REZ-2023-000055)

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applicant and his two partners in May 2023, and all intend to own a lot and eventually reside within the proposed 4-lot subdivision. The last remaining lot will be purchased by a mutual friend and local doctor as a retirement property. These collective friends and partners wish to make this property their personal residence. 3. Construction Timetable and Cost: The subdivision process will begin immediately after approval of the rezone request, with the goal of completing final subdivision approval within 5 years. The applicants estimate the cost of improvements will be approximately $150,000. 4. Landowners: Ryan James Leese, Seth Roosevelt, and Gary Roosevelt. 5. Supporting Information: The applicant has submitted the following in support of their request. (Planning Department Exhibit 2 — Change of Zone Application dated November 21,2023 and Email with additional information dated February 12, 2024) BACKGROUND INFORMATION 6. County Council Resolution No. 330 96: On June 2, 1997, the County Council adopted Resolution No. 330 96, establishing a policy relating to change of zone actions within the Kaloko Mauka Subdivision. The Council established patterns for rezoning ordinances for the lower third of the subdivision up to the 2,600-foot elevation to be Agricultural 3-acre (A-3a), Agricultural 5-acre (A-5a) from 2,600 feet to 2,900 feet; and above the 2,900-foot elevation, Agricultural 10-acre (A-10a) zoning (See Exhibit A of the application). 7. County Council Resolution No. 58 97: On June 2, 1997, the County Council adopted Resolution No. 58 97, amending the Council's policy relating to the rezoning of district boundaries within Kaloko Mauka Subdivision. The Council established that a maximum density of two dwellings per 20 acres for lands within the Kaloko Mauka Subdivision above the 3,000-foot elevation, with certain conditions, will protect the watershed and native forest and maintain a low-density pattern. The resolution further recommended that the Planning Commission consider favorable recommendations for only A-10a zoning requests for those parcels within the Kaloko Mauka Subdivision above the 3,000- foot elevation and include the conditions as stated within Resolution No. 58 97, provided that the request complies with the other goals,policies, and standards of the General Plan. As this property is situated below the 3,000-foot elevation (between 2,350 and 2,530-foot -2-