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<br /> <br /> u <br /> <br /> <br /> BACKGROUND AND COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Contents <br /> <br /> 1 SUMECT REQUEST <br /> 1.1 Applicant 1 <br /> 1.2 Project Location 1 <br /> 1.3 Statement of Objectives and Reasons for Request 1 <br /> 1.4 Project Description 2 <br /> 2 CONFORMANCE WITH STATE/COUNTY PLANS 2 <br /> 3 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING OF THE <br /> PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA 5 <br /> 3.1 Physical Characteristics/Environmental Setting........... 5 <br /> 3.2 ArchaeologicaVllistoric Resources 6 <br /> 3.3 Natural Resources 6 <br /> 3.4 Socio-Economic Characteristics 6 <br /> 3.5 Public Facilities 7 <br /> 4 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS 7 <br /> 4.1 Relationship Between Local Short-Term Uses of the Environment <br /> and the Maintenance and Enhancement or Long-Term <br /> Productivity 7 <br /> 4.2 Mitigative Measures Proposed to Avoid, Minimize, Rectify or <br /> Reduce Impacts 7 <br /> 4.3 Alternatives to the Proposed Development 8 <br /> 4.4 Irreversible. and Irretrievable Commitments of Natural Resources <br /> 5 AGENCIES CONSULTED 8 <br /> <br /> <br /> 1 SUBJECT REQUEST <br /> <br /> 1.1 Applicant <br /> The applicant is Iris H. Kuwaye, one of the fee simple owners of the Site. <br /> <br /> 1.2 Project Location <br /> <br /> The Site is located in Waiakea, South Hilo District, Hawaii, at the corner of Mohouli and Lei <br /> Streets (see Figs. 1 and 2). The TMK is 2-2-21:18. <br /> <br /> 1.3 Statement of Objectives and Reasons for Request <br /> <br /> The Applicant requests rezoning from RD-3.5 to CG-10. The objective is to construct a small <br /> office building with the primary tenant as State Farm Insurance with additional space for possibly two other <br /> small tenants. The reason to request rezoning is the primary tenant's need for office space since the current <br /> lease for the State Farm Insurance office is month to month, the current site lacks adequate parking, and <br /> the proposed Site is conveniently located to clients in an area that is in transition from residential to <br /> commercial uses along the main arterial (Mohouli Street). The proposed rezoning from RD-3.5 to CG-10 <br /> is consistent with the existing LUPAG High Density Urban designation. The Site is adjacent to a lot that <br /> <br /> Background and County Environmental Repon 1 <br />