2015-07-02 HearingTranscript - PD Initiated GP LUPAG MAP 14

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expressed Urban Expansion designation that could possibly accommodate industrial type of uses and the concern that such industrial type of uses in such close proximity to these established residential areas could create a conflict between those uses. Just to clarify some of the designations that I, I referenced. Low Density Urban includes residential units with unit density of about 6 units per acre with ancillary community and public uses and neighborhood convenience type of commercial uses. Typical zonings allowed within the Low Density area is single family, RS; Double Family, RD; Open; Limited Commercial— I’m sorry—Limited Neighborhood Commercial or CN; or Village Commercial, CV. Important Agricultural Lands designation, I’m sorry, are those lands with better potential for sustained high agricultural yields because of soil type, climate, topography, or other factors. And zonings allowed within the Important Agricultural area is Agricultural; Family Agricultural; Important Agricultural; and Open. And, again, just for reference, the current area designated Important Agriculture is in the vicinity of Kea‛au High School. Those classifications I mentioned earlier are being requested to be amended to a Medium Density Urban classification that would allow for village and neighborhood commercial and single family and multiple family residential uses and related functions with a unit density not to exceed 35 units per acre. And, typical zonings allowed within Medium Density include Single Family; Double Family; Multiple Family; Residential-Commercial Mixed Use Districts, RCX; Neighborhood Commercial; Village Commercial; Project Districts; and Open. Just for reference, excuse me, just for reference purposes, this is a map depicting the existing zoning pattern in the vicinity of the Kea‛au Town area. The dark green represents Agricultural, minimum lot size 20 acres. The white area here is the Shipman Industrial Park which is currently designated Industrial. Off to your right is the lighter green color which is Agriculture – 1 acre, minimum lot size. This is Kea‛au Agricultural lots. The yellow colors here represent single family residential uses, encompassing the existing subdivisions within the Kea‛au, Kea‛au Village core. And, the other white color here, and I’m sorry that didn’t come out well, is the existing commercial zoned lands that encompasses the Kea‛au commercial core. Now, what we tried to do was sort of like overlay the, the proposed LUPAG Map amendment Map that’s—you have in your Background Report—overlay it with an aerial shot of the Kea‛au Village, and I’m always impressed that we can do these kind of things nowadays. But, you can see Kea‛au-Pāhoa Bypass up near the top of the map. This is Highway 11 to the left toward Hilo; to the right toward Volcano. And, you can see Kea‛au Ag Lots off to your right here, lower right. And, again, you see the existing single family dwellings within the town center itself. And the cross hatch, once again, represents that area that we are proposing to go from Low Density Urban to Medium Density Urban. And, off to your right here, is, you can see just under the cross hatching, is the Kea‛au High School complex, and in this particular area, we’re asking for an Important Agricultural Land amendment to Medium Density Urban. 4 EXHIBIT A