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<br /> Pete Hoffmann, Chairman <br /> and Members of the County Council <br /> Page 5 <br /> Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) designates the property as Zone "X", an area <br /> determined to be outside of the 500-yeaz flood plain. The property is unclassified by the <br /> Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) System and the Land <br /> Study Bureau. While the potential for agricultural uses may exist, the soil conditions <br /> within the property and surrounding azea would preclude such agricultural activities from <br /> being conducted on the site. Surrounding properties are zoned A-3a and includes a mix <br /> ofsingle-family dwellings, agriculture uses, and vacant land. Panaewa Farm Lots ls~ <br /> Series approved under Subdivision No. 1091 on February 11, 1957, is located adjacent to <br /> and immediately north of the subject site. This area was reclassified into the Urban <br /> District during the 1969 Boundary Review. <br /> Access to the property will be from Awa Street, a County road with a 50-foot <br /> wide right-of--way with a 20-foot wide pavement and 6-foot wide grass. County water is <br /> available to the site. As there is no municipal sewer system in the area, any additional <br /> structures will utilize individual wastewater systems approved by the State Department of <br /> Health. All essential utilities are available to the site. Police, fire and emergency <br /> facilities are located in Hilo. <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 4.5 miles from the neazest coastline and <br /> therefore, will not be impacted by coastal hazazd 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 azea. 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 azea 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 /> Based on the above findings, the approval of the Change of Zone request from an <br /> Agricultural 3-acre (A-3a) to a Residential and Agricultural .5-acre (RA-.Sa) zoned <br /> district would result in an appropriate land use pattern that will further benefit the public. <br /> <br />