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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Stacy Higa, Chairman <br /> and Members of the County Council <br /> Page 7 <br /> <br /> uses may exist, the soil conditions within the property and surrounding area would <br /> preclude such agricultural activities from being conducted on the property. <br /> <br /> Access to the property will be from Kanehoa Street, a private roadway with a 50- <br /> foot right-of-way with 16 feet of asphalt paving and grass swales. Similar change of <br /> zones may occur in the area, creating home sites and placing additional traffic burden on <br /> Kawaihae Road. Therefore, conditions of approval have been included to ensure that the <br /> requested road improvements be planned for either through a Federal transportation <br /> program or a fair share contribution towards roads. <br /> <br /> The site is serviced by County water. As there is no municipal sewer system in <br /> the area, any additional structures will utilize individual wastewater systems approved by <br /> the State Department of Health. Underground electrical, telephone and cable services are <br /> available to the site. Police, fire and emergency facilities are located in Waimea, <br /> approximately eight miles east of the property. <br /> <br /> The request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to <br /> Coastal Zone Management Area. The property is not situated within the Special <br /> Management Area. It is located approximately six miles from the nearest coastline and <br /> therefore, will not be impacted by coastal hazard and beach erosion. There are no <br /> identified recreational resources, historic resources, public access to the shoreline or <br /> mountain areas, scenic and open space preserves, coastal ecosystems, marine resources or <br /> other natural and environmental resources in the area. Thus, the proposed request and use <br /> of the property will not adversely impact those resources. Because the property is <br /> developed, it is not anticipated that endangered or threatened candidate species of flora or <br /> fauna are located within the subject property, nor has the area been identified as a <br /> significant botanical or biological habitat. Presently, there is no evidence of any <br /> traditional and customary Native Hawaiian rights being practiced on the site, nor <br /> existence of known valued cultural, historical or native resources in the area. Thus, it is <br /> not anticipated that the proposed request will have any adverse impact on cultural or <br /> historical resources in the area. <br /> <br /> Based on the above findings, the approval of the Change of Zone request from an <br /> Agricultural 5-acre (A-5a) to a Residential and Agricultural 2-acre (RA-2a) zoned district <br /> would result in an appropriate land use pattern that will further benefit the public. <br /> <br /> For your favorable consideration, amendments to the SLU Boundaries Maps and Section 25-8-7 <br /> (North and South Kohala District Zone Map) of Chapter 25, Zoning Code, of the Hawaii County <br /> Code are transmitted. <br />