PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-REZ-2022-018)

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RCardozaREZ.8.112022 COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION REPORT LEONARD CARDOZA TRUST CHANGE OF ZONE APPLICATION (PL-REZ-2022-000018) Upon careful review of the request against the guidelines for granting a change of zone, the Planning Director is recommending that a favorable recommendation for a Change of Zone from Agricultural 20-acre (A-20a) to Family Agricultural 1-acre (FA-la) for approximately 15.411 acres be forwarded to the County Council. Since this recommendation is made without the benefit of public testimony,the Director reserves the right to modify and/or alter this position. This favorable recommendation is based on the following findings: The applicant is requesting a Change of Zone from Agricultural-20 acres (A-20a) to Family Agricultural-1 acre (FA-la) for approximately 15.411 acres of land, in order to create a seven (7)lot subdivision. The proposed FA-la zoning would allow up to 15 lots to be created on the subject property. According to the Zoning Code, the Family Agricultural (FA) zoning district provides for a blend of small-scale agricultural operations associated with residential activities and which may be characterized by farm estates, small acreage farms, or subsistence lots. If the requested land use entitlement changes are approved,the applicant is proposed to subdivide the property into seven (7) lots, consisting of 4.12 acres, 2.87 acres, 2.56 acres, 1.96 acres, 1.47 acres, 1.33 acres and 1.1 acres in size. The applicant initially considered FA-2a zoning in order to subdivide the 15.411-acre project site into seven (7)lots, in alignment with the number of available water meters; however, given the existing cane haul roads on the project site are of sufficient width and structure to serve as the primary access roadways,the proposed subdivision layout was then reconfigured to take advantage of these existing can haul roads. Thus,then resulting in the reconfigured lots falling below 2 acres in size and necessitating the requested rezoning to FA-la. In order to consider an area for any type of zoning designation,the applicable goals, policies and standards of the General Plan must be adequately addressed. It is only -1-