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The 1.143.acre parcel is triangular in shape and has five buildings as described above. The subject parcel sits at approximately 530 ft of elevation. The subject parcel address is 420 Ainalako Road. 3C INSTITUTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS State Land Use The subject property is designated State Land Use Agriculture and the special permit will consist of approximately 1.143-acres of land. As such, no State Land Use Commission action is required. The County of Hawaii can process the special permit request. Special Management Area The subject property is approximately 4.5 miles from the coast and outside of the SMA. County Zoning and General Plan The County zoning of the subject site is Agriculture 1 acre (A-1a). The County General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) map, if scaled, designates the parcel as Important Ag Lands. According to the General Plan, allowable uses within the Agriculture Designation, with appropriate zoning, may include "Hospitals, sanitariums, old age, convalescent, nursing and rest homes." Relative to this designation, the General Plan allows consideration for"a Special Permit"on agriculture land where the requested use meets certain criteria as outlined in section 4 of the permit application and chapter 205 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes as amended. The subject parcel is located within the State Land Use designation agriculture. Based on the Land Study Bureau Overall Master Productivity Rating the subject parcel is classified as D, or poor. Under the Agriculture Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) classification system, the subject site is classified as Prime. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service has designated the soil type for the subject site as Panaewa very cobbly hydrous loam with 2 to 10 percent slopes; it is moderately well drained with a high runoff class. The farmland classification is "not prime farmland" and the mean annual precipitation is approximately 160 inches. 4