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Dr. Holeka Goro Inaba, Council Chair and Members of the County Council County of Hawaii March 19, 2025y Page 6 construct and dedicate water system improvements and pay required facilities charges as part of the subdivision process. The preceding will be added as a condition of approval. The subject property is not serviced by the County's sewer system, thus all existing development on the property has been developed with individual wastewater systems (IWS) meeting with the requirements of the State Department of Health (DOH). A condition of approval will require that wastewater disposal for any new development on the property similarly meets DOH standards. Solid waste will be handled by a commercial hauler and disposed of at authorized landfill sites, all essential utilities are available to the property and police, fire and medical facilities are located nearby 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. The subject property is in an area designated as Zone "X", an area determined to an area of minimal flood hazard, on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). A condition of approval will be added to require that all development generated runoff will be disposed of on -site and not directed toward any adjacent properties and all earthwork activity, including grading, grubbing, and stockpiling, and the project will conform to Chapter 10, Erosion and Sedimentation Control, of the Hawaii County Code. The request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to Coastal Zone Management Area. The subject property is located approximately 4.5 miles from the nearest shoreline, is not situated within the Special Management Area and will not be impacted by coastal hazards and beach erosion. There is no designated public access to the mountains or the shoreline that runs through the property. The proposed use will not adversely impact any recreational resources, including access to and along the shoreline, scenic and open space nor visual resources, coastal ecosystems, and marine and coastal resources. Therefore, the proposed use is not contrary to the objectives of Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes. The request will not have a significant adverse impact to traditional and customary Hawaiian Rights. In view of the Hawaii State Supreme Court's "PASH" and "Ka Pa `akai O Ka Aina" decisions, the issue relative to Native Hawaiian gathering and fishing rights must be addressed in terms of the cultural, historical, and natural resources and the associated traditional and customary practices of the site.