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Communication 884 Bill 282 Page 2 of 4 improvements are made to Mamalahoa Highway providing a continuous left turn lane. Both the State Department of Transportation and the Department of Public Works recommend that the driveway access from the subject property be aligned opposite of Saint Paul Road. The Department of Public Works is also concerned with minimum sight distance requirements and recommends applicants improve additional right-of--way along entire frontage of Mamalahoa Highway and add a 10-foot wide future road widening setback easement along the widened Mamalahoa Highway. 4. All utilities and services are or will be made available to the project site and the property is located less than four miles from the nearest police station and approximately two miles from the nearest fire station. 5. The Planning Director's favorable recommendation on this request is based on the Following: • The Change of Zone request would be consistent with the goals, policies and standards of the Economic, Land Use and Commercial Elements of the General Plan. • The Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map component of the General Plan is representative of goals and policies that guide the coordinated growth and development of the County, and designates this area for Medium Density Urban development. The Medium Density designation allows village and neighborhood commercial and single family and multiple family residential and related functions (multiple family residential - up to 35 units per acre) • The Land Use Concept Map of the Kona Regional Plan, adopted by Resolution in 1984, designates the area as Village Commercial and the proposed use will complement the goals of the Kona Regional Plan. • According to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), the project azea is within Zone X, an area determined to be outside the 500-year flood and also located outside of any tsunami inundation area. New construction or improvements to the property must comply with, Chapter 10 and Chapter 27 of the Hawaii County Code relating to Erosion and Sediment Control and Flood Hazard Control. • No endangered or threatened species of floral or fauna nor any archaeological sites are anticipated to be found on the property. • A botanical study of the property was conducted on May 17, 2002 by Ron Terry, Ph.D., and Layne Yoshida, M.A. • On January 2Q 2004, the Department of Land and Natural Resources -State Historic Preservation Division (DLNR-SHPD) determined that previous grading has altered the land, and therefore "no historic properties will be affected." Nevertheless, a condition will be included to require notification of the Department of Land and Natural Resources -State Historic Preservation Division should any archaeological sites be encountered. • The Change of Zone request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawal`i Revised Statutes relating to Coastal Zone Management as the subject property is not located within the Special PC REPORT NO. 101