PD Recommendation Report (PL-REZ-2022-000039)

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The residential agricultural lots, accessed by the existing Ishihara Farm Road, will range in size from approximately 0.522 acres to 1.047 acres, with the two existing dwellings occupying two of the five proposed lots. According to the applicant, a subdivision application would be filed approximately six months after all land use entitlements approvals have been secured with construction commencing within six months after issuance of all permit approvals. The applicant anticipates full build-out by 2027 with the cost of improvements estimated at $500,000 for site work,paving, utilities, and driveway-related improvements. In order to consider an area for any type of zoning designation, the applicable goals,policies, and standards of the General Plan must be adequately addressed. It is only through such a comprehensive policy analysis approach that evaluations and decisions can be made to better time and stage developments to achieve growth determined by the General Plan and related planning documents. The implications of these evaluations and decisions must also be considered as they may have an impact on similar areas in the County. The change of zone request from an Agricultural-5 acre (A-5a) zoning district to a Neighborhood Commercial-10,000 square feet(CN-10) and Residential Agricultural-0.5 acre (RA-0.5a)zoning district conforms to applicable goals, policies and standards of the General Plan and the South Kohala Community Development Plan. The subject, 5.349-acre property is trapezoidal in shape, fairly level with 0 to 3 percent slopes, and is currently improved with two (2) farm dwellings built in 1927 and 1928. The remainder of the property was utilized for commercial truck crop farming for several decades and currently is covered with various grasses and intermittently used for cattle grazing. The Lanimaumau Stream runs through the southern portion of the subject parcel. Adjacent parcels to the east, west, and south of the subject property are similarly zoned Agricultural 5-Acres (A-5a) and are developed with dwellings. Across Mamalahoa Highway to the north, parcels are zoned Single-Family Residential (RS-10), Neighborhood Commercial (CN-10), and Village Commercial (CV-7.5 and CV-20). The -2-