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5) Community Development Plan: The Hilo Community Development Plan, adopted by Resolution on May 21, 1975, designates the subject area as Single Family Residential 15,000 (RS-15), consistent with the existing zoning designation. 6) Special Management Area (SMA): The subject property is not situated within the SMA boundary. C) PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING OF THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA 1) Description of the subject property: The subject property has an area of 22,140 square feet and is located along the west side of Kehaulani Street, approximately 420 feet north of the Kawailani Street-Kehaulani Street intersection, Waiakea Homesteads, First Series, Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii. There is an existing single family dwelling on the subject property which was constructed in 1951. 2) Lava Hazard Zone: The subject property is in a region where the volcanic hazard, as assessed by the United State Geological Survey, is determined to be Lava Flow Hazard Zone 3 on a scale of ascending risk from 9 to 1. Zone 3 includes the lower slopes of Mauna Loa, including the entire City of Hilo, which are gradually less hazardous than Zone 2 because of greater distance from recently active vents and/or because the topography makes it less likely that flows will cover these areas. 3) Distance from the coastline: The coastline is situated approximately 2.5 miles northeast of the subject property. 4) Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) designation: The project site does not include prime, unique, or other important agricultural land of statewide or local importance. 5) U.S.D.A. Natural Resources Conservation Services Soil Service Report soil type: The U.S.D.A., Soil Conservation Services Soil Survey of the Island of Hawaii classifies the soil of the subject property as the Olaa Series (OID) which consists of well-drained silty clay loams that formed in volcanic ash. The surface layer and subsoil are about 16 and 9 inches thick, respectively. Permeability is rapid, runoff is slow, and the erosion hazard is slight. 6) Land Study Bureau soil rating: The subject property is designated as an urban area and was not given a soil rating. 7) Existing drainage ways or improvements: There is a drainage ditch and drainage intake within the road right of way near the southeast corner of the subject property. The intake receives drainage flowing from the south and empties into a culvert that crosses under Kehaulani Street to the eastern side of the street. The proposed rezoning and subdivision of the subject property will not alter or affect the existing drainage improvements. 8) Air/noise/water quality: The air quality of the subject property is primarily affected by pollutants derived from the volcanic emissions from the ongoing