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Maile David, Council Chair and Members of the County Council County of Hawaii Page 6 According to DWS, the 8-inch waterlines within Kekuanao`a Street and Kalanikoa Street are inadequate to provide 2,000 GPM of flow for fire protection, as required per the DWS Water System Standards for Industrial-Commercial Mixed zoning. Any improvements required by the Fire Department and/or Department of Water Supply to ensure that fire protection requirements are met shall be implemented. The preceding will be added as conditions of approval. The subject properties are accessible to the County sewer and the existing dwelling is currently connected to the County's sewer line; therefore no sewer study is required at this time. However, at the time the applicant applies for a change of use permit for the existing structure and/or applies for building permits to construct another structure, the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) may require the applicant to submit wastewater calculations from a certified engineer and the applicant may be required to make sewer improvements as the Director of DEM may reasonably require. Solid waste will be handled by commercial haulers. The project site has no severe geological or topographical problems which cannot be rectified, or which would render the land unusable. The properties are located within Zone "X", an area determined by FEMA to be an area of minimal flood hazard. All development-generated runoff shall be disposed of on site and shall not be directed toward any adjacent properties, with drainage improvements prescribed by a drainage study approved by DPW. The preceding will be added as conditions of approval. Electricity and telephone services are available to the property. Police, fire and medical services are available nearby in Hilo. The request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to Coastal Zone Management. The project site is located more than one mile from the nearest shoreline and thus is situated outside of the Special Management Area and will not be impacted by coastal hazard and beach erosion. There is no record of a designated public access to the shoreline or mountain areas that traverses the properties. No professional archaeological and cultural study was conducted of the properties as they have been in residential use since 1953. According to the applicant, no valued cultural, historical, or natural resources exist on the properties and there is no evidence of any traditional and customary Native Hawaiian rights being practiced on the site nor are there any known historic sites on the property as listed on the State or National Register of Historic Places. By letter dated July 7, 2021, the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) determined that no historic properties would be affected by the proposed rezoning. The standard inadvertent archaeological find condition will be added to this approval recommendation.