PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (SLU-20-054)

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• Stimulate and promote feasbile approaches that increase housing choises for low-income,moderate-income and gap-group households. • Promote design and location of housing developments taking into account the physical setting, accessibility to public facilities and services, and other concerns of existing communities and surrounding areas. Thus, the proposed project is consistent with the policies outlined in the Hawaii State Plan. The properties have no severe geological or topographical problems which cannot be properly rectified, or which would render the land unusable. According to the Department of Public Works—Engineering Division, the subject parcel is in an area designated as Zone X on the Flood Insurnace Rate Map (FIRM) by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Zone X is an area determined to be outside the 500-year floodplain. All development-generated runoff will be disposed of on site and not directed toward any adjacent properties. A drainage study will be prepared and recommended drainage system will be constructed meeting the approval of the Department of Public Works. All earthwork activity, including grading and grubbing, will conform to Chapter 10, Erosion and Sedimentation Control, of the Hawaii County Code. Any improvements to the subject property must comply with Chapter 27 of the Hawaii County Code, relating to Floodplain Management. Thus,the reclassification meets the standard which states that the lands included within the urban district, "...shall be those with satisfactory topography and drainage and reasonably free from the danger of floods, tsunami and unstable soil conditions and other adverse environmental effects. " While the subject property is located within the State Land Use Agricultural and County's Agricultural (A-la) zoned district, it has been vacant of any uses for several years and is not classified as Important Agricultural Land. The State of Hawaii Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH)Map classifies the subject property as "Unclassified." The Land Use Study Bureau's Overall Master Productivity Rating classifies the property as "D" or"Poor."The U.S.D.A. Soil Survey classifies the soils within the subject property as Keaukaha Series, Keaukaha extremely rocky muck with 6 to 20 percent slopes. The soil consists of well-drained thin organic -5-