PD BACKGROUND REPORT (AMEND REZ-11-136__PL-REZ-2021-002)

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also not be a noisy one,except as may be associated with a typical residence and the agricultural operations. Any noise-generating facility - such as generators -would be carefully placed to minimize their noise impacts to adjoining properties. Further, it is unlikely that this site would be used as a processing plant, as it would be more economical to send the grown products elsewhere. The project area is outside of any officially designated floodway. Nonetheless, a drainage system will be designed in a manner to protect the property as well as to minimize the volume of surface runoff generated by this development. This may be also accomplished through having an approved SCS agricultural conservation plan. As the site has been fully improved in the past, it would not appear to have any archaeological sites. Nonetheless, work will cease if unanticipated archaeological remains are discovered while continuing its farming operations. Work will resume only after proper clearances from the State and/or County have been received. Being fully disturbed, the prospects of the site serving as a habitat for rare or endangered plant or animal life appear remote. As the A-5a zoning would allow a farm dwelling,the project will indirectly fulfill the objectives of the housing element by creating additional lots. Even if only the potential for two (2)more lots would be realized,the project would still provide lots while enhancing the site's agricultural potential. The Plan also emphasizes that developments be mindful of an area's natural beauty. In this situation, the project has been used in a manner where it blends with the existing terrain. Furthermore, the project should create no adverse visual impacts to Mauna Kea or Waipio Valley from the Belt Highway. As the project site is about eight(8) miles from the ocean,the usual coastal resources concern is absent or not pronounced. There will be no interference with shoreline access. Then,too,through the use of a DOH-approved wastewater system, impacts to the coastal water will be minimized. There will be little impact to public facilities. The wastewater will be private. The applicant will construct the water and road systems. Schools and other public facilities are also located proximate to the site,most of them being less than two (2) miles away in the town of Waimea. In terms of the Land Use and Agricultural elements,the pertinent goals, policies,and standards of the General Plan note the following: 6