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Maile David, Council Chair and Members of the County Council County of Hawaii Page 5 February 10, 2022 renewable energy, open area recreational uses, and community facilities, unless otherwise permitted by law. The proposed FA-2a zoning will allow for the continued use of the properties for agricultural purposes, thus change of zone meets the intent of the HCDP. All essential utilities and services are available to the property. Access to the property is from Kalaoa Camp Road, which is private roadway easement that bisects the property, with an existing 12-13 foot-wide pavement and three (3)-foot-wide gravel shoulders within a 30-foot-wide easement area. Kalaoa Camp Road is accessed from the Hawai`i Belt Road (Highway 19), a State owned and maintained road with a 22-foot wide pavement and paved shoulders within a 100-foot right of way. The applicants have legal rights to traverse the roadway easement and there are two existing driveways from Kalaoa Camp Road to each of the existing dwellings. A new driveway will be installed from Kalaoa Camp Road and will provide access to the third proposed dwelling. County water is available from an existing 4-inch waterline within Kalaoa Camp Road and the property is currently served via two (2), 5/8-inch water meters. According to the Department of Water Supply, there is one (1) additional unit of water available to the property the applicants will be required to install a new, 5/8-inch meter and related water system improvements and to serve the additional proposed lot. As mentioned above, a condition of approval will require the applicants to remove the roadway and utility easement from the total subdividable lot size to ensure that a fourth(4) lot cannot be created during the subdivision process, thus the proposed zoning will comply with the Zoning Code's Concurrency requirements related to water. The subject property is not currently serviced by the County sewer system. According to the applicants, wastewater is currently disposed of into existing, permitted cesspools for the existing single-family dwelling and existing additional farm dwelling. The proposed second additional farm dwelling will be serviced by a septic system meeting with the requirements of the Department of Health regulations. Solid waste will be disposed of at the nearby transfer station or Hilo landfill. Electricity and telephone are available to the property and police and fire services are available in Hilo. A condition of approval will be included to require the applicants to meet all applicable County, State and Federal laws,rules,regulations, and requirements. There are no severe geological or topographical problems for the property that cannot be properly rectified, or which would render the land unusable. According to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Public Works-Engineering Division (DPW), the property is located in Zone "X", an area outside of the 500-year flood area. There are no significant topographical constraints, and the property is not located in a flood zone. Conditions of approval will ensure that all development generated runoff will be disposed of onsite and that the applicant will comply with Chapter 10 related to Erosion and Sedimentation Control.