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Heather Kimball, Council Chair and Members of the County Council September 15, 2023 Page 3 The Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map component of the General Plan is a representation of the document's goals and policies to guide the coordinated growth and development of the County. It reflects a graphic depiction of the physical relationship among the various land uses. The LUPAG Map establishes the basic urban and non -urban form for areas within the County. The proposed FA -la zoning conforms to the LUPAG Map that designates the subject property as Low Density Urban (ldu). Ldu designated properties are residential, with ancillary community and public' uses, and neighborhood and convenience -type commercial uses; overall residential density may be up to six units per acre. The subject property is located within the Hilo Community Development Plan (RCDP) area. The Hilo CDP was adopted by resolution No. 1 by the Hawaii County Planning Commission on May 21, 1975, and identifies the property as situated within the South Hilo Agriculture Area. All essential utilities and services are available to the site. Access to the subject property is off Makalika Street, which is a County -owned and maintained road with an 18 -foot -wide pavement and unimproved shoulders within a 50-foot-wideright-of-way. The Department of Public Works (DPW) notes that all driveway connections and construction shall conform to Hawaii County Code and access shall meet DPW approval. Conditions of approval will be included to address the preceding. The Department of Water Supply. (DWS) is currently servicing the 2 existing single-family dwellings on the subject property with one existing water meter fronting the parcel. DWS notes that should this rezoning request be approved, the applicant will be subject to submit construction plans and design calculations prepared by a professional engineer for review and approval. The applicant will also be required to construct all necessary water system improvements required by DWS prior to the issuance of Final Subdivision Approval. Conditions of approval will be included to address the preceding. There is no municipal sewer system servicing the subject area. The two existing single-family dwellings on the subject property are currently being serviced by their own individual wastewater septic systems that were previously approved by DOH. The subject property is located approximately 4.5 miles from the nearest police station on Kapiolani Street and approximately 2.8. miles from the nearest fire station on Haihai Street. 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. The subject property is in an area designated as Zone "X, an area determined to be outside the 500 -year flood plain, on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). A condition of approval will be added to