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J Yoshimoto, Council Chair and Members of the County Council Page 3 for grazing. The land uses in the area are a mix of residential, community and agricultural uses. The adjacent properties to the south are approximately 1 and 3 acres in size and are zoned Single-Family Residential (RS-10). These properties are undeveloped and a flood zone crosses them from west to east. Properties to the east and north are zoned A-3a. Properties across Kupulau Road to the west are zoned A-1 a and are in residential use. Further to the west, the New Hope church was established with a Special Permit on land zoned A-1 a. The proposed change of zone would complement the existing and predominately residential land uses in the surrounding area and is consistent with the General Plan designation for the area. All utilities and services are available to the site. Access to the property is from Kupulau Road, which is a County roadway with an existing pavement width of approximately 17 feet within an existing right-of-way width of 30 feet fronting the property. The Department of Public Works (DPW)recommends limiting ingress/egress to a single location for the proposed lot. DPW also recommends that the applicant provide improvements to the property's Kupulau Road frontage if the property were subdivided into 3 lots, as the RA-1 a zoning would allow. If the property were subdivided into only 2 lots, as the applicant is proposing, improvements to Kupulau Road would not be recommended by DPW. The Planning Director concurs with these recommendations. County water is available to the site. The applicant will need to install an additional water meter to serve the proposed lot. The proposed lot will utilize individual wastewater treatment systems meeting with the approval of the Department of Health. Solid waste will be disposed of at appropriate sites designated by the Department of Environmental Management. The eastern portion of the property is located in Flood Zone AE, which is designated by FEMA as a Special Flood Hazard Area inundated by the 100-year flood where base flood elevations have been determined. Any development within Flood Zone AE will conform to Chapter 27, Floodplain Management, of the Hawai`i County Code. All development-generated storm runoff will be disposed of on site and not allowed onto adjacent properties or roadways. Police, fire, and emergency services are available nearby in Hilo. All essential utilities are available to the project site. Based on the above findings, approval of this change of zone request from an Agricultural 3-acre(A-3a)to a Residential and Agricultural-1 acre(RA-1a)zoned district would result in an appropriate land use pattern that will further benefit the general public. For your favorable consideration an amendment to Section 25-8-33, the City of Hilo Zone Map, of the County Zoning Code is transmitted.