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Director's approval of the proposed project with several additional improvements and qualifications. (Planning Department Exhibit 3—KVDC Letter Dated July 26,2013) 17. Special Management Area: The property is not situated within the Special Management Area and is approximately 940 feet from the nearest shoreline. DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT SITE AND SURROUNDING AREA 18. Project Site and Property: The property is approximately 6.27 acres in size and is currently vacant of structures and uses. It is situated on the south side of the Hualalai Road approximately 1,000 feet mauka(east) of the intersection of Hualalai Road and Kuakini Highway. 19. Surrounding Zoning/Land Uses: The properties are surrounded by lands designated as Urban by the State Land Use Commission. To the east is a property zoned RS-10 and further east is the Aloha Kona Subdivision made up of residential lots zoned A-5a(non- conforming). To the southeast is The Pines residential complex, which is zoned RM-4. To the south are properties zoned A-1 a and further south are properties zoned RM-2 and RM-4. To the west are properties zoned V-1.25 and V-.75. To the north are properties zoned CV-7.5. 20. FIRM: According to the Flood Insurance Rate Map prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the project site is located within Zone X, an area outside the 500-year flood plain. 21. Flora/Fauna Resources: A formal flora or fauna survey of the property was not conducted by the applicant. The original applicant submitted information based on a visual inspection of the site and the archaeologist's report of this area, that the vegetation consisted predominately of exotic grasses and moderately dense trees, including elephant grass, fountain grass, sour grass,kiawe trees and koa-haole trees. The archaeological report also noted the presence of ilima,bitter yam, lilikoi, day flower,plumeria,hibiscus, waiwi, and an autograph tree. The applicant also noted that based on much of the surrounding areas being developed with structures, it does not appear likely that one would find rare or endangered animal life on the site. 22. Archaeological Resources: An archaeological reconnaissance survey of the project site was conducted by Paul Rosendahl, Ph.D, Inc, in April of 1979. The survey identified the -3-