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The applicant is seeking fire subject change of zone for estate planning purposes to divide the property between the two co-owners. The change of zone will allow the landowners, who hold an undivided interest in the property as tenants in conunon, to leave an opportunity to utilize their own defined parcels. e. Technical Data Reeardine the Prooertv (1) Site Characteristics. The property is located at Puukapu Homesteads, First Series, Puukapu, District of South Kohala, Island and County of Hawaii. It is approximately one mile east of the town of Kamuela, and nearly 10 miles inland or mauka from the shoreline of Ka~vaihae. The property has an elevation ranging between 2,800 to 3,000 feet. The property has a gentle slope wluch does not exceed 10%. The United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service Soil Survey Report classifies the soil on the property as being in the Maile Series (MLD). The Maile series consists of well-drained silt loams that formed in volcanic ash. In a representative profile, the surface layer is about 14 inches thick and consists of reddish-brown to very dark brown silt loam. It is underlain by fine sand-size aggregates of about 46 inches thick. The surface layer is medium acid and the subsoil is slightly acid and neutral. Permeability is moderately rapid, runoff is slow, and the erosion hazard is slight. The property is not rated under the ALISH (Agricultural Lands of Importance in the State of Hawaii) system of classification. A marginal portion of the property fronting Mamalahoa Highway is rated B or good if irrigated, and the remaining area of the property is rated C or fair by the Detailed Land Classification maps for the Island of Hawaii. According to the DOWALD (Department of Water and Land Development) rainfall averages 40 inches annually. All of the land surrounding the property is zoned for Agricultural use. The property abuts A-40a zoned districts to the west, north and east, and A-Sa and A-3a zoned districts to the south of Mamalahoa Highway. (2) Floodine and Tsunami Inundation. The Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) prepazed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers designates the property as being in Zone X or outride of any known flood prone area. There are no known drainage problems on the subject property, and being that the property is nearly !0 miles away from the shoreline, it is not subject to the threat of tsunami inundation. HILOIW96TIN381.IVCYL -2-