PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-REZ-2021-000008)

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other essential utilities and services are available to the site. Thus,the proposed use will not unreasonably burden public agencies to provide infrastructure. The project has no severe geological or topographical problem which cannot be properly rectified, or which would render the land unusable. The property is situated in Flood Zone"X", which is an area determined by FEMA to be outside of the 500-year flood plain. There are no municipal waste collection services in the County. All solid waste generated by the development will require private disposal at an approved refuse collection facility. Electric and telephone services are available to the property. Police, fire, and medical services are available nearby in Pahoa. The request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to Coastal Zone Management. The project site is located more than six (6) miles from the nearest shoreline and thus is situated outside of the Special Management Area and will not be impacted by coastal hazard and beach erosion. There is no record of a designated public access to the shoreline or mountain areas that traverses the properties. Through the previous Use Permit process for a medical clinic on the property, the Department of Land and Natural Resources-State Historic Preservation Division issued a "no-effect" determination by letter dated September 9, 2013, due to previous grubbing/grading of the property. The standard inadvertent archaeological find condition will be added to this approval recommendation. As the property has been extensively grubbed and graded, no floral or faunal surveys have been prepared for this application. According to the applicant, vegetation, birds, and animals are introduced and common to urban areas of the island, thus none of the present plant or animal species are considered endangered. Lastly, this recommendation is made with the understanding that the applicant remains responsible for complying with all other applicable governmental requirements in connection with the proposed use, prior to its commencement or establishment upon the subject properties. Additional governmental requirements may include the issuance of building permit, compliance with the Fire Code, installation of improvements required by the American with Disabilities Act(ADA), among many others. Compliance with all applicable governmental requirements is a condition of this approval recommendaiton; -7-