PD BACKGROUND REPORT (SPP-19-212)

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3C INSTITUTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS State Land Use The subject property is designated State Land Use Agriculture and the special permit will consist of approximately 1-acre 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 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-la). The County General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) map, if scaled, designates subject portion of the parcel as Rural. According to the General Plan, allowable uses within the Rural Designation, with appropriate zoning, may include "commercial facilities that serve the residential and agricultural uses in the area, and community and public facilities." 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 Ratinq the subject portion of the parcel is classified as E, or very poor. Under the Agriculture Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) classification system, the subject site is unclassified. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service has designated the soil type for the subject site as Keaukaha highly decomposed plant material with 2 to 10 percent slopes; it is well drained with a high runoff class. The farmland classification is"not prime" and the mean annual precipitation is 120 to 150 inches. The parcel is generally flat, sitting at approximately 525 feet elevation with a slight slope down in a northeasterly direction. There are no perceptible topographic or geologic constraints. 3