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Plan Approval <br />STATE AND COUNTY PLANS <br />12. State Land Use Designation: Urban. <br />13. GP LUPAG Map: Urban Expansion Area. <br />14. County Zoning: Open (0). <br />15. Coastal Zone Management, HRS, Chapter 205A: The entire State of Hawaii lies <br />within the Coastal Zone Management area. <br />16. Special Management Area (SMA): The project site is located mauka of the Queen <br />Kaahumanu Highway approximately 8,500 feet from the shoreline and not in the SMA. <br />The SMA is a part of the Coastal Zone Management Program regulated by the County. <br />DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT SITE AND SURROUNDING AREA <br />17. Subject Properties: Located along the east (mauka) side of the Queen Kaahumanu <br />Highway and the Kona International Airport at Keahole, the project site consists of two <br />adjoining parcels approximately 15.643 acres in size. Parcel 36 ("Keahole Generating <br />Station") consists of approximately 14.998 acres, and parcel 37 ("Airport Substation") <br />consists of approximately .645 acres. The project area is currently the site of the HELCO <br />Keahole Generating Station and Airport Substation developed in the early 1970's. <br />Existing facilities include generating turbines, fuel oil storage tanks, switching station and <br />a water treatment facility. The terrain is relatively flat and consists of lava flows, grasses, <br />and low brush. <br />18. Surrounding Zoning and Land Uses: The project site is bordered by the Queen <br />Kaahumanu Highway and a parcel zoned A -5a to the west. The adjacent vacant property <br />to the north is owned by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, in the State Land Use <br />Urban district, and zoned Open. Four 90 -foot towers owned by the Big Island <br />Broadcasting Company are located on a four -acre parcel to the east. The stats -owned <br />Keahole Agricultural Park zoned A -5a is located south/southeast of the property. The <br />Kona Palisades Subdivision is located approximately 3,500 feet mauka of the property to <br />the southeast and zoned A -5a. <br />-4- <br />