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• The Honorable .1 Yoshimoto, Chairman and Members of the County Council • Page 3 which complies with all applicable Department of Health rules and regulations. The applicant states that upon construction of the retail garden center, a septic wastewater treatment system meeting the Department of Health and Environmental Protection Agency standards will be installed. Urban Districts shall include lands characterized by "city -like" concentration of people, structures, streets, urban level of services and other related land uses. Several commercial and industrial uses have been established over the years on surrounding properties and the subject properties through special permits. Recently large areas of land north of the Milo Street extension and east of the Kea'au -Pahoa Bypass have been reclassified from the Agricultural to the Urban district, and rezoned from agricultural to industrial or mixed commercial-industrial. As industrial and industrial - commercial uses already exist in the immediate area, the urbanization of the project site will not contribute towards scattered urban development. There are no severe geological or topographical problems which cannot be properly rectified or which would render the land unusable. The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency designates the property as Zone "X areas outside of the 500 -year flood plain. The property is located over three miles from the shoreline, at an elevation of about 300 feet above sca level and are fairly level. All project generated runoff will be disposed of on -site to avoid any negative impact to surrounding properties Thus, the reclassification meets with the standard which states that the lands included • within the urban district "....shall he those with satisfactory topography and drainage and reasonably free from the danger of floods, tsunami and unstable soil conditions and other adverse environmental effects." While the property is within the State Land Use Agricultural and County's Agricultural (A -20a) zoned district, it is not currently being used for active agricultural purposes. The property is improved with a 4.000 square foot sales otficeiwarchouse and loading bay, along with a 192 -square loot storage arca. The greenhouse and nursery supply operation will he relocated to the proposed new 5,000 square foot building. The existing office and warehouse facility will then he used for the applicant's retail nursery and garden supply store. The State of l- I.aw:u'i ALISI I Map classifies the subject property as Prime Agricultural Land. The Land Use Study Bureau's Overall Master Productivity Rating for the soils in the arca is "C" or "Fair." Surrounding properties to the west and south are in the State Land Use Urban district and zoned MCX-20 (rezoned in I998). • ML -20 (rezoned in 2004), and Single - Family Residential across from the Kccau Bypass Road. Properties to the north and east are in the State Land Use Agricultural district and zoned .A -20a. The Ulupono Town Center is located across the project site to the west. The [Hawaii Right to Farm Act, HRS chapter 165, was enacted to protect fanning