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RLeeseREZ.crk.2.25.2024 <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAI`I PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br /> RECOMMENDATION <br /> RYAN LEESE <br /> CHANGE OF ZONE APPLICATION (PL-REZ-2023-000055) <br /> Upon careful review of the request against the guidelines for granting a change of zone, <br /> the Planning Director is recommending that a favorable recommendation for a Change of <br /> Zone from Agricultural 20-acre (A-20a) to Family-Agricultural-5 acre (FA-5a) for 21.942 <br /> acres of land be forwarded to the County Council. Since this recommendation is made <br /> without the benefit of public testimony, the Director reserves the right to modify and/or alter this <br /> position. This favorable recommendation is based on the following findings: <br /> The applicants are requesting a Change of Zone from Agricultural 20-acre <br /> (A-20a)to Family Agricultural-5 acres (FA-5a)to subdivide the 21.942-acre property <br /> into four(4)parcels, consisting of a minimum of five (5) acres each. The subject <br /> property was purchased by the applicant and his two partners in May 2023, and all intend <br /> to own a lot and eventually reside within the proposed 4-lot subdivision. The last <br /> remaining lot will be purchased by a mutual friend and local doctor as a retirement <br /> property. These collective friends and partners wish to make this property their personal <br /> residence. <br /> In order to consider an area for any type of zoning designation, the applicable <br /> goals,policies, and standards of the General Plan must be adequately addressed. It is <br /> only through such a comprehensive policy analysis approach that evaluations and <br /> decisions can be made to better time and stage developments to achieve growth <br /> consistent with the General Plan and related planning documents. The implications of <br /> these evaluations and decisions must also be considered as they may have an impact on <br /> similar areas in the County. <br /> The Change of Zone request from Agricultural (A-20a) to the Agricultural <br /> (FA-5a) zoned district will conform to the goals,policies, and standards of the <br /> General Plan Economic and Land Use elements. The Land Use Pattern Allocation <br /> -1- <br />