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Pete Hoffmann, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 4 will be added restricting the construction ofsingle-family dwellings and related improvements or other substantial buildings or subdivision roads within areas designated Flood Zone "A" by the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). Should this request be approved, the applicants may apply for a Second Farm Dwelling, allowing for the construction of a second dwelling unit on each lot. The potential to allow additional dwellings may contribute to the cumulative burden on the existing infrastructure. As such, a condition is included to prohibit a second dwelling unit and a Condominium Property Regime (CPR) on each lot. The condition will require that restrictive covenants be included in the deeds of all the proposed lots for the subdivision prohibiting second dwelling units to preserve the residentiaUagricultural ambience of the azea. The request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to Coastal Zone Management Area. The property is not situated within the Special Management Area. It is located over 4 miles from the nearest coastline and will not be impacted by coastal hazazd and beach erosion. There are no identified recreational resources, historic resources, public access to the shoreline or mountain azeas, scenic and open space preserves, coastal ecosystems, marine resources or other natural and environmental resources in the azea. Thus, the proposed request and use of the property will not adversely impact those resources. It is not anticipated that endangered or threatened candidate species of flora or fauna are located within the subject property because the property was previously utilized for sugar cane cultivation and ranching. Presently, there is no evidence of any traditional and customary Native Hawaiian rights being practiced on the site, nor existence of known valued cultural, historical or native resources in the azea. Thus, it is not anticipated that the proposed request will have any adverse impact on cultural or historical resources in the area. The request will not have a significant adverse impact to traditional and customary Hawaiian Rights. In view of the recent Hawaii State Supreme Court's "PASH" and "Ka Pa'akai O Ka Aina"decisions, the issue relative to native Hawaiian gathering and fishing rights must be addressed in terms of the cultural, historical, and natural resources and the associated traditional and customary practices of the site: Investigation of valued resources: No formal archaeological reconnaissance survey, oral history of kamaaina accounts of the azea, historical survey of documentary records, or botanical study was included in the application.