PD RECOMMENDATION (SPP 20-214) - Laserfiche WebLink

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Economic: • Provide residents with opportunities to improve their quality of life through economic development that enhances the County's natural and social environments; • Economic development and improvement shall be in balance with the physical, social and cultural environments of the island of Hawai`i; • Provide and economic environment that allows new, expanded, or improved economic opportunities that are compatible with the County's cultural natural and social environment; • Encourage the development of the retirement industry(policy) Housing: • Maintain a housing supply that allows a variety of choices; • Encourage the construction of specially designated facilities or communities for elderly persons meeting institutional care and small home care units for active elderly persons. • Accommodate the housing requirements of special need groups including the elderly, handicapped,homeless and those residents in rural areas. Land Use: • Designate and allocate the land uses in appropriate proportions and mix and in keeping with the social, cultural, and physical environments of the County. • Encourage the development and maintenance of communities meeting the needs of its residents in balance with the physical and social environment. The proposed use is not contrary to the objectives sought to be accomplished by Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to coastal zone management program. The subject property is approximately 4.5 miles from the nearest shoreline and is not located within the Special Management Area. Given the fact that the property has been previously cleared, landscaped and developed with five (5) structures and a parking area, it is unlikely that any archaeological features and threatened plant, animal or avian species will be adversely affected. There is no designated public access to the mountain areas over the property.