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area with respect to recreational resources, historic resources, public access to the shoreline, scenic and open space resources, coastal ecosystems, marine resources, economic uses, coastal hazards, managing development, public participation, and beach protection. 7. Special Management Area: The property is situated within the Special Management Area (SMA). The applicant will file a SMA Assessment application upon the final approval of this request and subdivision of the property. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA 8. Subject Property: The property is an approximately 20,660-square foot vacant oceanfront parcel located on the makai side of Puako Beach Drive, north/northwest of the Puako Apartments. The site is vacant and has been previously grubbed and graded as part of the development of the area and to accommodate a dwelling previously located on the site. The minirrium building site average width in the RS-10 zoned district is 70 feet. The subject property is approximately 105 feet wide at the mauka boundary and 133 feet wide at the makai boundary. If the property were subdivided into two parcels, the average building site width would be approximately 60 feet. As such, the applicant will be required to apply for a variance from the minimum building site average width. 9. Surrounding Land Uses/Zoning: There are single-family, multiple-family, and commercial uses in the surrounding area. Along Puako Beach Drive to the west are lands zoned RS-10 with single-family uses. The adjacent property to the west is zoned V-1.25 and improved with asingle-family dwelling. Properties to the east are zoned V-1.25 with single-family dwellings and storage facilities. The Puako Beach Apartments are located south/southeast of the subject property across Puako Beach Drive on lands zoned V-1.25. Southwest of the property is a lot zoned CV-15, site of the Puako Store. 10. Elevation: The property is level with no grades above five per cent. 11. U.S.D.A. Soil Typc: Kamakoa Series, very sandy loam, 0 to 10 percent slopes. This soil is rapidly permeable, runoff is slow, and the erosion hazard is slight. 12. Land Study Bureau's Productivity Rating: Urban. 13. FIRM: Zone "AE", flood zones subject to the 100-year flood. -2-