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Aaron S.Y. Chung, Council Chair and Members of the County Council Page 4 previously cleared and used for cattle grazing. While the majority of the property is currently heavily vegetated, the applicant indicated that this is secondary growth and not intact native forest. Furthermore, a portion of the parcel has been recently cleared and used as employee parking for the adjacent Kilauea Lodge operation. Finally, there is a twelve (12)-foot wide perpetual easement for a road right-of-way for use in common situated along the entirety of the eastern property line that provides legal access to the parcel to the east of the subject property. However, it appears that the current driveway does not align with the access easement and the easement's intersection with Old Volcano Road is blocked by a section of rock wall. A prohibition of blocking this roadway easement will be added as a condition of approval. There is a mixture of residential,village commercial and agricultural zoning and uses in the area. The properties directly adjacent to the west and north west are similarly zoned Village Commercial(CV-10)and consist of the existing Kilauea Lodge properties.Properties adjacent to the north and east are zoned Single-Family Residential (RS-20) and consist of residential dwellings; the property to the directly to the south (across Old Volcano Road) is zoned agricultural(A-20a)and currently vacant.The subject property is located approximately one(1)mile from the Volcano School of Arts and Sciences and approximately 0.3 miles from the Cooper Center, and proximate to commercial areas, a hardware store and post office. In 1995,the County Council approved Ordinance No. 95-101 which similarly rezoned 2.537 acres of land directly adjacent to the north of Kilauea Lodge property from RS-20 to CV-10 in order to allow expansion the lodge operation. A condition of that Ordinance approval required the applicant to consolidate the two properties together as the proposed uses would be accessory to the existing lodge operation. The required consolidation was subsequently granted in 1996. As the proposed retail store is intended to be primarily accessory to the lodge use and the proposed new cottage units are intended to be accessory to the same,a condition of approval will require consolidation of the subject parcel with Kilauea Lodge Parcel (TMK (3) 1-9-004:055) prior to the issuance of Final Plan Approval for ally commercial use. All essential utilities and services are available to the site. The subject parcel is currently accessed via a driveway on the eastern side of the subject property from Old Volcano Road, a divided, two (2) lane, County owned and maintained roadway with approximately 38 feet of pavement within an approximately 42-foot right-of-way. Proposed access to the property includes a twenty(20)-foot wide asphalt concrete driveway for access to retail structure and parking situated on the northern end of the subject property. The applicant further proposes the cottages and related parking be accessed by a twenty(20)-foot