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• Coastal Zone Management HRS 205A-2; <br />• Soil and Water Conservation Districts <br />provide support, <br />• Concurrency rules limit rezone and <br />subdivision of ag lands by requiring <br />infrastructure improvements; <br />• Agricultural Project District provision, <br />• Farm subdivisions create smaller farms <br />without residential development, <br />• State Important Agricultural Land (IAL) <br />program, <br />• Farm Dwelling and Additional Farm Dwelling <br />provisions allow for farmers/employees to <br />live and work on land, <br />• County lacks TDR (transfer of development <br />rights) legislation. <br />• County currently not a partner in Land Preservation <br />watershed planning efforts, Prioritizes Identifying important ag lands to the State <br />• Limited land tenure for producers, (Policy 29), <br />• County does not consistently enforce • Adopts land banking or Transfer of Development <br />additional farm dwelling agreements, Rights legislation to preserve lands from development <br />• Real property tax deductions don't (Policy 16, Kokua Action 7), <br />always promote agriculture, • Educates landowners on land preservation programs <br />• Variances from subdivision (Community Action 5), <br />requirements are possible. Resource Preservation <br />• Guides sustainable agriculture practices to protect <br />watershed (Policy 43, 44), <br />• Supports Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) and DLNR <br />programs (SWCD) conservation efforts (Kokua Action <br />17, 19, Community Action 10), <br />• Supports invasive species management or eradication <br />(Community Action 9, 44), <br />• See also: strategies for watershed planning. <br />Draft Hamakua CDP hamakua@hawaiicounty.gov www.hamakuacdp.info 2 <br />