2018-2-21 Revision Summary for Steering Committee Review

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facilitate changes of zone to "R , .d.e.Q+:.f Gni 4gr-i .,.4,.--G� Dist -.:et. (94 ) e- the "Family Agricultural District" (FA). The intermediate land use between residential and productive agricultural areas is intended to serve as: • —A low density area that provides a transitional use buffer area between strictly residential and eengnq aTcommercially productive agriculture areas, and,- -A nd, —A mix of personal or family -scale productive commercial or subsistence agricultural use on all newly established parcels in the Rural area, and,- -Areas nd, Areas with parcels having a median size of between 2 – 3 acres but snot to facilitate subdivision of parcels less than 1 acre in size. r-eG 9e y 4 "„+"Agricultural areas outside the Urban Growth Boundary and outside designated Rural areas are to be preserved for agricultural uses, open space, scenic viewsheds, and natural beauty areas. See Policy 5, below. Revision Rationale: Comments from Planning Division noted that change of zone to FA is more appropriate since the State Land Use District for the areas designated to be Rural in the CDP are within the SLU Agricultural District; whereas the RA zone is intended to be used for areas within the SLU Urban or SLU Rural District. Other revisions shown were to provide clarity. Policy 5: In the CDP Land Use Guide Map, the Urban Growth Boundary between developed areas (designated "Low/Medium Density Urban") and lands designated as Agricultural or Rural 4tPport t Agr c6lt6*e LG ad" _e.r er are intended to be pGrceel speei icdirect growth in the Hdmdkua CDP planning area. Areas that are clearly beyond44e designated Urban Growth Boundaries shall be preserved as rural or agricultural lands to maintain open space, scenic view planes, and natural beauty areas. This policy clarifies that the urban gFewth boundary ta-blished- vi in the Hamakua CDP Land Use Pe4W Guide Map establishes PaF&2lspecific Urban Growth Boundaries (UGBs WheReVeF r.--.,.+".i4j at the intersection between Urban and Rural/Agricultural land uses. The CDP strategy ofrgmapping parcel -specific Urban designations whenever possible adds clarity and specificity, increases transparency into the land use designation process, and more accurately reflects the County's and the Community's land use goals and intentions. Revision Rationale: The references to the two types of agricultural designations were simplified into "agricultural" areas. Comments were received from the Planning Division that since not all the UGBs are parcel -specific in the CDP, clarifying was language needed to the explanatory blurb following the policy. Policy 6: Until the General Plan identifies appropriate areas or criteria for Industrial development to occur in the Hdmdkua Planning Area, industrial uses may be permitted outside LUPAG Industrial designated areas through the following regulatory review processes: Hamakua CDP: Recommended CDP Revision Summary February 2018