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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 2uio the riaure 16" the UUF states: Figure 16: ILa up�hoehoe/Pl pa"aloes 2015 Proposed ILUI AGS IMap Rationale: The coastal communities of ILL up�hoel oe, Pl pa'aloa, and IKapehu camp are inexorably linked with each other, each community is a former plantation village surrounded by open pastures and working agriculture ire clause proximity to each other., L up h h is -the largest -town in -the North IHilo District and contains a strip of commercial ins along the Old Wrm alahoa II-ighwayjust ma uka of II-Nighway 19„ Pl pa"aloes Inas a parcel with commercial zoning located makai of the II-Nighway 19 and three parcels with Industrial zoning in clause proximity to the shoreline., IKapehu is a small coastal subdivision with no commercial components but does have its own independent wastewater systema„ .The proposed ILUI AGS changes to IKapehu are to shrink the ILUI AGS ILIDU to be more parcel specific (this area is designated State ILand Use Urban District)„ This subdivision is a built -out neighborhood surrounded tied by agricultural lands in clause 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 ILUI AGS changes to Il 4a'aloa are to make the ILUI AGS ILow Density Urban a esigna ons ma uka of the II-Nighway 19 more parcel -specific and consistent with the State ILand Use Urban District. It is proposed to remove the ILUI AGS Ililiedi urmn Density Urban designation since the necessary services and commercial .uses could be accommodated .under the LUAPG [sic] ILIDU designation and the increased density that the ILUI AGS IMIDU allows for is not appropriate in this small coastal community (see Policy 2 and Policy 3)„ .The makai parcels of Pl pa"aloes with County Industrial zoning are recommended to be designated as ILUI AGS ILIDU, or for the County -owned site, ILUI AGS Open since this would be consistent with the neighboring park parcel and since Industrial .uses are no longer desirable in such clause proximity to the shoreline„ See the INote below for more information on ILUI AGS and County Zoning., The proposed LLP 4 changes -to Laup5hoehoe are to lengthen the IMIDU area along the Old IWrm alahoa II-Nighway to allow for increased Flexibility in revitalizing the commercial care of the town and in response to recent development trends in that area, and to align the makai and ma uka ILIDU boundaries to be more consistent with the State (Land Use Urban district (while accounting for topography issues such asgulches). In a Feu areas, the ILIDU is expanded beyond the State (Land Use Urban district to allow for infill growth along the lower portion of IKihalani Homestead IRoad. Iln summary, the proposed changes to the ILIDU areas add consistency between the State and the County designations, they lead to an overall reduced ILIDU area that is less arbitrary and more parcel -specific, they remove the IMIDU area from Il 4a'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 LLP G Rural areas are proposed -fair -th s it s due -t -the prevalence of -the surrounding existing rural -style parcels in -the (homestead areas (enigma ManowaVopae Homestead Road, IHokumahoe Road, and IKilh i ni Homestead ). These homestead areas contain previous lasts of record that were created prior to statehood, and they accommodate an EXCESS of rural development in the agricultural ma uka areas along the homestead roads., See the rationale for policies: Policy 2, Policy 4 and Policy and -the existing Genesi (Pian 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 being characterized as IAL by the CDP when they are de facto Rural land?" Both LDU and Rural can provide an intermediate land use or buffer between more intensive uses and