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*The rationale for not considering a Rural designation for Kihalani Homesteads (and Laupahoehoe generally) is stated in "Future Addendum to Appendix, Draft CDP Rationale, January 2016" page 36: In the rationales at part "Figure 16" the Laupahoehoe/Papaaloa Proposed LUPAG map is discussed. With regard to Laupahoehoe and Kihalani Homestead Road specifically, the CDP "Future Addendum to Appendix, Draft CDP Rationale, January 2U16 ttie riaure 16" ttie UIJF states: Figure 16: Laupahoehoe/Papa'aloa 2015 Proposed LUPAG Map Rationale: The coastal communities of Laupahoehoe, Papa'aloa, and Kapehu camp are inexorably linked with each other; each community is a former plantation village surrounded by open pastures and working agriculture in close proximity to each other. Laupahoehoe is the largest town in the North Hilo District and contains a strip of commercial lands along the Old Mamalahoa Highway just mauka of Highway 19. Papa'aloa has a parcel with commercial zoning located makai of the Highway 19 and three parcels with Industrial zoning in close proximity to the shoreline. Kapehu is a small coastal subdivision with no commercial components but does have its own independent wastewater system. The proposed LUPAG changes to Kapehu are to shrink the LUPAG LDU to be more parcel specific (this area is designated State Land Use Urban District). This subdivision is a built -out neighborhood surrounded by agricultural lands in close proximity to the shoreline; therefore, further expansion of the residential uses into the surrounding agricultural lands or toward the shoreline are not preferred growth scenarios. The proposed LUPAG changes to Papa'aloa are to make the LUPAG Low Density Urban designations mauka of the Highway 19 more parcel -specific and consistent with the State Land Use Urban District. It is proposed to remove the LUPAG Medium Density Urban designation since the necessary services and commercial uses could be accommodated under the LUAPG [sic] LDU designation and the increased density that the LUPAG MDU allows for is not appropriate in this small coastal community (see Policy 2 and Policy 3). The makai parcels of Papa'aloa with County Industrial zoning are recommended to be designated as LUPAG LDU, or for the County -owned site, LUPAG Open since this would be consistent with the neighboring park parcel and since Industrial uses are no longer desirable in such close proximity to the shoreline. See the Note below for more information on LUPAG and County Zoning. The proposed LUPAG changes to Laupahoehoe are to lengthen the MDU area along the Old Mamalahoa Highway to allow for increased flexibility in revitalizing the commercial core of the town and in response to recent development trends in that area, and to align the makai and mauka LDU boundaries to be more consistent with the State Land Use Urban district (while accounting for topography issues such as gulches). In a few areas, the LDU is expanded beyond the State Land Use Urban district to allow for infill growth along the lower portion of Kihalani Homestead Road. In summary, the proposed changes to the LDU areas add consistency between the State and the County designations, they lead to an overall reduced LDU area that is less arbitrary and more parcel -specific, they remove the MDU area from Papa'aloa to ensure that commercial development is consistent with the rural character of the area, and they remove obsolete Industrial designations on coastal parcels. No LUPAG Rural areas are proposed for these areas due to the prevalence of the surrounding existing rural -style parcels in the homestead areas (e.g., Manowai`opae Homestead Road, Hokumahoe Road, and Kihalani Homestead Road). These homestead areas contain previous lots of record that were created prior to statehood, and they accommodate an EXCESS of rural development in the agricultural mauka areas along the homestead roads. See the rationale for policies: Policy 2, Policy 4 and Policy 5 and the existing General Plan Policy 14.1.3 0). *COMMENT: Policy 4 begs the question in part 3C1 of why the CDP rules out a Rural designation for the homesteads including Kihalani Homestead and parcel 055; when even the CDP admits the homesteads are "defacto rural" On Kihalani Homestead Road the only parcels that might qualify as "Important Agriculture Land" or "Extensive Agriculture" would be the parcels mauka starting at the end of Kihalani Homestead Road. Otherwise Kihalani Homestead Road is basically "de facto" rural (vs. agricultural "anything") as the CDP states (see the green font in Policy 4, above). This begs the question "why are the Kihalani Homestead Road parcels 14