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The Honorable J Yoshimoto, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 5 Wastewater will be disposed of by individual wastewater systems meeting the requirements of the Department of Health. All other essential utilities or services are available to the property. There is no severe geological or topographical problem for the property that cannot be properly rectified or which would render the land unusable. The majority of the property is located in Zone "X", an area determined by FEMA to be located outside of the 500-year floodplain. Should this request be approved, the applicant could apply for a Second Farm Dwelling allowing for the construction of a second dwelling unit on each newly created lot. The potential to allow additional dwellings would contribute to the cumulative burden on the existing infrastructure. As such, a condition will be included to prohibit a second dwelling unit and a Condominium Property Regime (CPR) on each lot. The condition will require that restrictive covenants be included in the deeds of all the proposed lots for the subdivision prohibiting second dwelling units to preserve the residential/agricultural ambience of the area. Typically the County Council requires that applicants provide a fair share contribution to mitigate the potential regional impacts of their development on public facilities and services such as roads and parks. For Family Agricultural (FA) zoning, the County Council has historically required this contribution for lot sizes of one acre or less. A fair share contribution would thus not be required for FA-2a zoning. Additionally, if this rezoning is approved, there will not be an increase of additional dwellings as one existing dwelling will remain on each of the newly created lots. The request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to Coastal Zone Management Area. The property is not situated within the Special Management Area. It is located approximately 2 miles from the nearest coastline and will not be impacted by coastal hazard and beach erosion. There are no identified recreational resources,historic resources,public access to the shoreline or mountain areas, scenic and open space preserves, coastal ecosystems, marine resources or other natural and environmental resources in the area. Thus, the proposed request and use of the property will not adversely impact those resources. It is not anticipated that endangered or threatened candidate species of flora or fauna are located within the subject property because the property was previously bulldozed and cleared and is currently used for farming. Presently, there is no evidence of any traditional and customary Native Hawaiian rights being practiced on the site, nor existence of known valued cultural,