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PLANNING DIRECTOR 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 Medium Density Urban encompassing a contiguous area of approximately 475 acres from approximately 0.3 miles northwest (makai) of the intersection of Kea`au -Pahoa Bypass Road and Highway 11 (Volcano Highway) to and including the area in the vicinity of Ulupono and Milo Streets, 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 Medium Density Urban 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