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Communication No. 2015 -4 COUNTY COUNCIL INITIATED GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AMEND LAND USE PATTERN ALLOCATION GUIDE (LUPAG) MAP FOR KEA`AU TOWN The Planning Director is initiating an amendment to Map 14 of the Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map of the County of Hawaii General Plan (adopted by Ordinance No. 05 -025, amended by Ordinance Nos. 06 -153 and 14 -087) by changing the land use designation for portions of Kea`au Village and immediately surrounding area as follows: • A -1: Low Density Urban to Urban Expansion Area encompassing a contiguous area of approximately 475 acres from the intersection of Kea`au -Pahoa Bypass Road and Highway 11 (Volcano Highway) extending south of Kukula Street and then in a westerly direction to the boundary of the Kea`au Ag Lots Subdivision to the Highway 11 -Old Volcano Highway intersection along the Old Volcano Highway leading to the Village core. • A -2: Important Agricultural Land to Urban Expansion Area encompassing the triangular area of approximately 112 acres from Kukula Street- Kea`au Bypass Road intersection south to the Kea`au Bypass Road- Kea`au Pahoa Road intersection, and then approximately to the northeastern corner of the Kea`au Ag Lots Subdivision. On July 18, 2014, the County Council adopts Resolution No. 464 -14, Draft 2 (attached), requesting that the Planning Director initiate an interim amendment to the General Plan LUPAG Map in the vicinity of the Kea`au Regional Town Center as defined by the Puna Community Development Plan (Puna CDP) based on findings that: • the County of Hawai'i General Plan ( "General Plan") Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) map designations for the Kea`au Regional Town Center area are inconsistent with the Objectives, Actions and Land Use Recommendations of the Puna CDP; • there are inconsistencies between the existing zoning designations and the General Plan LUPAG map designations in the areas in the vicinity of Ulupono Street and Milo Street; • in order to meet the aforementioned objectives of the Puna CDP to facilitate future land use entitlements and enhance the role of the Kea`au Regional Town Center, including the Puna CDP' s statement that zoning for residential development and associated neighborhood- oriented services " may occur within the LUPAG "alternate urban expansion areas ", the General Plan should be more closely aligned to the Puna CDP; and