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5. Cenetafl 1?lan L~esig'2ation (LUPACB Map): Low Dealsity Urban 6. Zoning:IZS-20 7. Community Development Plan: In the Puna Community Development Plan, both Keaau and Pahoa are considered "town centers", rather than the smaller `pillage centers"."Town centers are the model on which Puna's future land use pattern will be based, redirecting Puna's extensive subdivisions from their present course of sprawl development " By subdividing the subj ect parcel, the applicant will own a lot in an akeady-established Keaau residential neighborhood, rather than a lot in a sprawling subdivision. Also in the Puna Community Development Plan is a proposal to limit parcels less than five acres from subdividing. Planning Director Chris Yuen wrote in his recommendations on the PCDC "This would make it impossible in many cases for subdivisions to allow conveyances to family members, which may be the hope and expectation of many property owners." (Hawaii Tribune-Herald, May 13, 2008). 8. Special Management Area: The subject pazcel is not located in a Special Management Area. C. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND ENVHtONMENTAL SETTING OF THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA Physical Characteristics/Errvironmental Setting: 9. Description of subject property, location, climate, topography, slope, soils (including size, shape, existing structures): The subject property consists of 35,850 sq ft in Keaau, on the Big Island of Hawaii. The parcel is approximately 6 miles from the shoreline. The average high temperature ranges from 79 to 83 degrees. The average low temperature ranges from 63 to 69 degrees. The average precipitation ranges from 7 to 14 inches per month. The slope of the property is fairly flat and the soil is rocky. There are two permitted homes on the front half of the pazcel and a small storage shed. At the back of the parcel is a small storage shed and a pigeon coop. The main residence is L-shaped, 640 sq ft with a garage. The ohana is also L-shaped, 1704 sq ft with a garage. 9-A. The owners of the subject parcel intend to meet the conditions of the rezoning and subsequent subdivision by adjoining the original & ohana dwellings with a covered walkway. Planned also is the removal of the kitchen of the original dwelling to create one single family residence. 10. Lava Hazazd Zone: Zone 3 11. Distance from coastline: Approximately 6 miles. 12. Agricultural Lands of Importance in the State of Hawaii (ALISH) designation: There is no ALISH designation for the subject parcel. ~ ' ,