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PC-7 Page 3 January 23, 2001 The General Plan provides for a floating zone concept for retreat resort areas to take advantage of new concepts, trends, economic influences, unique resources and other situations which may occur that would make a retreat resort a viable option for an area As defined in the General Plan, a "Retreat Resort Area' is "an area which provides the user with rest, quiet, and isolation for an envirorvnental experience It shall have sewer, water, roads, employee housing, and recreational facilities, etc " The maximum hotel amts allowable are up to 100 rooms as determined by the zoning designation Ordinance No. 94-63, approved on June 8, 1994, zoned Parcels 13 (14 427 acres) and portion of 44 (8 5 acres) as V-43 Prior to 1994, Parcels 3 and 13 were zoned RS-15, and Pazcel 44 was zoned A-40a The property is not situated within the Special Management Area and is located over a mile from the coastline The Northwest Hawaii Community Development Plan, adopted as Ordinance No. 445 in 1979, did not include Zone Guide maps for the Kukwhaele area The Hamakua Regional Plan, adopted on November 8. 1990, by the County Council recommends the Kukwhaele-Watpio area for retreat resort (up to 100 units), while preserving the rural character and preserving the cultural and scenic mtegnty of the rim to VVaipio Valley Parcels 3 and 44 have frontage on both the Honokaa-Waipio Road and the Old Government Road There is a dwelling on Parcel 44, however, the majority of the parcel is covered with old cane The maJority of the hales will be on Parcels 44 and 13. Parcel 3, site of the old social hall, is partially cleared with a pazking area to the rear of the building, and the remainder of the land is in cane and forest The applicant would like to refurbish the old social hall into, perhaps, a restaurant The Old Manager's House and a guest house aze located on Parcel 13, and will be reserved as the owner's residence and guest house for the manager/owner's guests respectively The Manager's Estate is on the State Register of Historic Places and will not be a part of the proposed development The elevation of the subject property is approximately 840 feet along the Honokaa-Watpio Road and slopes downward at less than 15% towazds the Old Government Road The USDA soil classification is Paauhau, which is a silty clay loam with slow runoffand slight erosion These soils were used mainly for sugarcane cultivation The Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (AL[SH) classifies the property as Pnme Agricultural Lands, while the gulch areas are identified as other important Lands The Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land Classification System classifies the soil as "C" or Fair The subJect property is located within Zone "X", an area determined to be outside the 500-year flood plain PC-7