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Mamalahoa Highway. Although the property fronts the coastline, it is elevated from the shoreline by cliffs of approximately 200 feet in height and has no direct ocean access. The property is improved with an approximately 932-square foot house with a 210 square foot porch, a dilapidated dwelling(according to SHPD, constructed in 1908)with adjacent shed, and a 10 x 10 foot wood shed. The applicant proposes to demolish the dilapidated dwelling and shed. In addition,there is a 37-foot long, 12-foot wide, self- contained travel trailer on a graded site on the northwest side of the property, with a retaining rock wall makai of the trailer about four feet high and 40-foot long. There are two gates to the property fronting the Old Mamalahoa Highway. With the exception of the portion of the property fronting the ocean, a split rail/barbed wire fence runs more or less equally down the middle of the property and along the perimeter of the property. Several large plum trees, silver oaks,various fruit trees and wild guava grow on the property. One portion of the property (Elaine Powers' side) is grazed by animals, while the remaining portion (Bolner's side) is contoured and overgrown with approximately %2-acre mowed. Other structures on the property include a"blue stone" (for surveying purposes) and a wood-fired oven. 9. Building Permits: According to Building Permit Records, the following building permits have been issued(but not finalized) for the uses associated with this request: • Building Permit No. 2011-0521H for demolition of the existing dwelling • Building Permit No. 2011-0522H for the new dwelling • Building Permit No. 2011-0538H,plumbing for the new dwelling 10. Surrounding Land Uses/Zoning: Lands around the vicinity of the site are zoned Agricultural (A-20a) and include residential and agricultural uses on lots as small as just over an acre in size, with the majority of lots less than the 20-acre prescribed by zoning. 11. Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM): Minimal Tsunami Inundation area. 12. U.S.D.A. Soil Survey Report: Ookala medial silty clay loam, 10 to 20 percent slopes. 13. Land Study Bureau Soil Productivity Rating: "C"or"Fair." 14. ALISH Map: Prime Agricultural Land and Other Important Agricultural Land. 15. Flora/Fauna Resources: The parcel has been extensively disturbed for more than 100 years of residential and agricultural uses. Thus, no flora/fauna study was conducted of -2-