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the approval of the subject request would support the goals and policies of the Land Use <br /> and Economic elements of General Plan. <br /> Land Use Element <br /> • Encourage the development and maintenance of communities meeting the needs <br /> of its residents in balance with the physical and social environment. <br /> Economic Element <br /> • Provide residents with opportunities to improve their quality of life through <br /> economic development that enhances the County's natural and social <br /> environments. <br /> • Strive for an economic climate which provides its residents an opportunity for <br /> choice of occupation. <br /> The primary land use goal of the Puna CDP is to direct urban uses towards "village <br /> centers." The subject property is located outside of a village center; however, as the <br /> massage therapy establishment will be within an existing dwelling, it is a home <br /> occupation, thus not considered an urban or commercial use, and will provide the <br /> applicants an additional source of income. Thus, the request is consistent with the goals <br /> and objectives of the Puna CDP. <br /> The proposed use is not contrary to the objectives sought to be accomplished <br /> by Chapter 205A,Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to Coastal Zone Management <br /> program. The subject property is not situated within the Special Management Area. It is <br /> located over eight(8) miles from the nearest coastline and will not be impacted by coastal <br /> hazard and beach erosion. There are no identified recreational resources, historic <br /> resources,public access to the shoreline or mountain areas, scenic and open space <br /> preserves, coastal ecosystems, marine resources, or other natural and environmental <br /> resources in the area. Thus, the proposed request and use of the property will not <br /> adversely impact those resources. <br /> It is not anticipated that endangered or threatened candidate species of flora or <br /> fauna are located within the special permit area because it has been cleared and <br /> developed. Presently, there is no evidence of any traditional and customary Native <br /> Hawaiian rights being practiced on the site, nor existence of known valued cultural, <br /> -6- <br />