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Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman <br /> and Members of the County Council <br /> Page 4 <br /> provide medical services to the existing and proposed elderly housing developments in <br /> the vicinity as well as service the Puna District region. <br /> The Land Study Bureau's Overall Master Productivity Rating is designated for <br /> urban uses. The Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) designation has not been mapped <br /> in detail for this area, but the entire region is within Zone X which is an area <br /> determined to be outside 500-year flood plain. The State Department of Agriculture <br /> Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) Map classifies the area as existing <br /> urban development. The subject property is located in the Village of Keaau and is in <br /> close proximity to schools, commercial areas, employment centers, and especially to <br /> the public safety services. Access to the subject property from the Keaau-Pahoa Road <br /> is provided by the Old Volcano Road and Pili Mua Street. Pili Mua Street is a <br /> County-owned and maintained roadway which has a 50-foot right-of-way and a <br /> pavement width of 22 feet plus paved swales. According to the Department of Water <br /> Supply, water will be made available upon the installation of an 8-inch waterline along <br /> Pili Mua Street fronting the property. The property has no severe topographic or <br /> geologic problems which cannot be properly rectified or which would render the land <br /> unusable for the proposed commercial use. As the parcel is within the village proper, <br /> it is assumed that if any archaeological resources once existed, [hey have long been <br /> lost. According to "old timers" from Keaau, the area was used as a pasture for <br /> plantation horses. <br /> Based on the foregoing, approval of the change of zone from Single Family <br /> Residential (RS-15) to Village Commercial (CV-10) would result in an appropriate land <br /> use pattern that will further the necessity, convenience and welfare of [he general <br /> public. <br /> For your favorable consideration, an amendment to Section 25-8-25, the Keaau Zone Map, of <br /> <br /> the County Zoning Code is transmitted. <br /> 0 <br /> <br />