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The Honorable J Yoshimoto, Chaimran and Members of the County Council Page 4 relocation. Five-foot wide fuhire road widening strips will be required along both streets. The DPW further recommends that the applicants provide a minimum 20-foot property line radius at the intersection of Laukapu Street and Hualani Street within the future road widening setbacks. This recommendation, along with the future road widening strips, will be required as conditions of approval. County water is available to the site. The project will connect to the County's sewer line. Solid waste will be handled by commercial haulers. Lf required, a Solid Waste Management Plan will be prepared. Electricity and telephone services are available to the site. The project site has no severe geological or topographical problems which cannot be rectified or which would render the land unusable. The property is located within Zone "X", area determined to be outside the 500-year floodplain. All development generated storm run-off shall be disposed of on-site and not allowed onto adjacenC properties or roadways. As the project site is developed, no professional archaeological survey was conducted. By letter dated April 24, 2009, the DLNR-HPD has indicated that no historic properties will be affected by this project. The applicants have stated that should any archaeological features or sites be discovered during the development of this project, work will immediately cease and the Planning Department will be notified. No professional flora or fauna surveys were conducted, as the applicants do not believe that rare or endangered floral or faunal resources are on the site. The property is located in an urban setting close to existing industrial and commercial uses and fully developed with a single-family dwelling. The request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to Coastal Zone Management. The property is not located in the Special Management Area. The project site is located more than one mile from the shoreline and will not be impacted by coastal hazard and beach erosion. There is no record of a designated public access to the shoreline or mountain areas that traverses the property. According to the applicants, no valued cultural, historical or nahu-al resources exist on the property and there is no evidence of any traditional and customary Native Hawaiian rights being practiced on the site. Thus, it is not anticipated that the proposed request will have any adverse impact on cultural or historical resources in the area. Therefore, no action is necessary Co protect these rights. Based on the above findings, approval of this change of zone request from a Single-Family Residential (RS-10) to an Industrial-Commercial Mixed (MCX-20)