PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-SLU-2021-001)

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RKaupulehuSLU.EC.11.4.21 COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION KA`UPULEHU LAND LLC STATE LAND USE DISTRICT BOUNDARY AMENDMENT APPLICATION (PL-SLU- 2021-000001) Upon careful review of the request, the Planning Director is recommending that a favorable recommendation for the State Land Use Boundary Amendment be forwarded to the County Council. Since this recommendation is made without the benefit of public testimony,the Deputy Planning Director reserves the right to modify and/or alter this position based upon additional information presented at the public hearing. The favorable recommendation is based on the following findings: The applicant is requesting a State Land Use Boundary Amendment from an Agricultural to an Urban district for approximately 2.653 acres of land. The applicant has submitted a concurrent request for a Change of Zone from Agricultural - 5 acres (A-5a) to Neighborhood Commercial— 10,000 square feet(CN-10) for approximately 2.325 acres of land and Single-Family Residential— 10,000 square feet(RS-10) for approximately 3.024 acres of land. The subject property is located at 64-983 Mamalahoa Highway, approximately one mile east of its intersection with Kawaihae Road, Pu`ukapu Homesteads, South Kohala, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 6-4-024:027. If the requested land use entitlement changes are approved, the applicant proposes to subdivide the property into a total of nine (9)lots; three (3) commercial lots and six (6) residential lots with a minimum lot size of 10,000 square feet each. The approval of the reclassification from the State Land Use Agricultural to the Urban District for 2.653 acres of land will not be in violation of Section 205-2, Chapter 205,Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS),nor will it be inconsistent with the Land Use Commission Rules,the County General Plan, and the Hawaii State Plan. Under the Land Use Commission Rules, one of the standards for considering an area for urban reclassification states that, `In determining urban growth for the next ten years, or in amending the boundary, land contiguous with existing urban areas shall be given more -1-