PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-SLU-2021-001)

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of the State Department of Health (DOH). All other essential utilities are available to the property. Police and fire services are available within three (3)miles of the site in Waimea. Urban Districts shall include lands characterized by "city-like" concentrations of people, structures, streets, urban level of services and other related land uses. This proposed reclassification action does not represent the creation of a new urban concentration, as the subject site is located less than one (1) mile from the Waimea Town Center. The surrounding area is already an urban-like environment being less than one mile from the Waimea Town Center and having a mix of existing residential and commercial uses nearby. There are several types of commercial business operating within 500 feet of the subject property including two restaurants and a gas station. As these urban type uses already exist in the immediate area,the urbanization of the project site will not contribute towards scattered urban development and is generally compatible with the surrounding area. There are no severe geological or topographical problems which cannot be properly rectified, or which would render the land unusable. According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency the subject property contains several flood zone designations including Zone "X", "XS", "AO", "AE", and"AEF". Development on the property will need to comply with the County floodplain code. The topography of the project site is fairly level with slight slopes from 0 to 3 percent. The property is located over eight(8)miles from the nearest shoreline and thus is not situated within the Special Management Area, the tsunami inundation area or evacuation area. As conditions of approval of the concurrent Change of Zone application, all development-generated runoff will be disposed of on site and not directed toward any adjacent properties. All earthwork activity, including grading and grubbing, will conform to Chapter 10, Erosion and Sedimentation Control, of the Hawaii County Code. 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 offloods, tsunami and unstable soil conditions and other adverse environmental effects. " -4-