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13. County Zoning: Single-Family Residential (RS-10). 14. City of Hilo Zone Map: There is a 5-foot future road widening setback along the subject property's Manono Street frontage. 15. SMA: The subject property is not located within the Special Management Area boundary. nFS('RIPTION OF THE PROIF.CT SITE 16. Subject Property: The subject property is approximately 22,500 square feet in size, rectangular in shape and relatively level. It has a 100-foot frontage and runs 225 feet to the rear, and is landscaped with lawn, various trees and plants including ti and bird of paradise. There is an approximate 30-foot long planting buffer along the southern boundary of the subject property. The slightly curving driveway, approximately 175 feet in length from front to rear, is situated approximately 11 feet at its closest point to the southern boundary. The property is a portion of the Waiakea Houselots which was created by the Territory of Hawaii in the early 1900's, with lot sizes ranging from 10,000+ to 20,000+ square feet. The Waiakea Houselots area, encompassing approximately 200 acres of land, includes the lands bounded by Piilani Street, Kanoelehua Avenue, Kawili Street and Mililani Street. 17. Topography: The subject property is relatively level but slopes slightly from east to west. The driveway is slightly lower than the existing residence, and the lawn on the eastern portion of the property is slightly higher than the existing driveway and the proposed parking area. 18. U.S.D.A. Soil Type: Soils on the site are identified as Keaukaha Series (rKFD) extremely rocky muck, 6 to 20 percent slopes. The soils consist of well-drained, thin organic soils overlying pahoehce lava bedrock. In a representative profile, the surface layer is very dark brown muck about 8 inches thick. The soils above the lava is rapidly permeable. The pahcehoe lava is very slowly permeable, but water moves rapidly through the cracks. Runoff is medium and the erosion hazard is slight. -3-