COM 0764.000 2018-2020 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

i 3 Michael Yee September 9, 2019 Page Two Kohala Shoreline, LLC proposes to develop a 6-lot subdivision makai of the Akoni Pule Highway (State Route 270) on the parcel located approximately three miles north of Kawaihae Harbor. The lots would vary in size from about 5 to 8 acres, with all building sites located mauka of the ala l©a (old coastal trail)/jeep road. A new Special Management Area Use Permit, voiding SMA No.379, and a change of zone are required. The property site is currently zoned Single-Family Residential (RS-15), which we propose to be modified to Residential and Agricultural (RA-5a) to permit larger lots and less dense development. Similar developments are located nearby at Kohala Ranch, Kohala Kai Subdivision and at Kohala by the Sea Subdivision. Road access would be from two permitted access locations along Akoni Pule Highway, although one of these locations is proposed to be relocated to avoid a gulch crossing. The lots would be provided with internal access and underground electricity, telephone and water service from existing j lines along the highway. The future homes would utilize individual wastewater systems designed pursuant to State Health Department requirements and would exceed those requirements by installing aerobic treatment systems, which produce a higher quality effluent that can be utilized for irrigation. The project proposes public parking and a mauka-makai shoreline access, as well as a continuous lateral shoreline access in the form of an existing easement near the shoreline. It is also expected that the Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail will utilize the ala loa, which meanders through the makai third of the a property. To translate the owner's mission statement of sustainable development to practical measures, the project has adopted several design and mitigation measures that far exceed requirements related to {' environmental permits. Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions will require adherence to a set of measures based on Low Impact Design(LID) Guidelines. A botanical survey conducted on the property found no threatened or endangered plant species. Vegetation consists of introduced species, except for several common plants indigenous to Hawaii. Implementation of archaeological preservation, data recovery plans and burial treatment plans, in consultation with the State Historic Preservation Division and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, will mitigate impacts to historic sites. Cultural impacts on traditional and customary gathering rights along the shoreline will be avoided by the large shoreline buffer area below the ala loa and public access provisions that will preserve the landscape and cultural uses of the shoreline area. The home sites would be located on land with a moderate slope and scattered kiawe trees, a minimum of 150 feet makai of the highway, a minimum of 40 feet in elevation above mean sea-level, and a minimum of 100 feet from the shoreline, mauka of the ala loaJeep road. Covenants will restrict homes to a height of 25 feet as measured according to Chapter 25 of the Hawaii County Code and will require a color scheme featuring earth-tones to minimize visual impacts. Due to these design features, low density/large lots and the sloping nature of the site, the project would have only minor visual impacts for drivers on Akoni Pule Highway looking toward the sea. The project is not expected to have a negative impact on coastal water resources, as it would be low-density, with homes utilizing advanced wastewater systems and separated from the ocean by the wide shoreline setback, with substantial measures to control sedimentation to be low current levels.