PD BACKGROUND REPORT (PL-SPP-2022-000012)

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3. Such use shall not unreasonably burden public agencies to provide roads and streets, sewers,water, drainage, school improvements, and police and fire protection Access between the Project Site and the Applicant's existing baseyard and processing facilities is provided by Hoolaulima Road, a County-maintained roadway having a meandering pavement width of approximately 30 feet. This road is currently being straightened and improved by the County. Once improved, the State will eventually transfer ownership over to the County, where off-road rock haulers used by the Applicant will no longer be permitted and tractor trailers will be used in its place. The Applicant anticipates that quarry operations will require use of 4 to 5 rock-hauling trucks (or 8 to 10 tractor trailers) making about three trips per hour between the quarry and the crusher site at its baseyard, as it has done for many years during the operation of its adjacent quarry. Therefore, quarry-related traffic will not substantially increase from current levels, especially when taking into account the closure of the South Hilo Sanitary Landfill. Water for dust suppression will either be trucked to the site or provided by catchment tank. Electrical and telephone services are not required for the quarry operation. Portable toilets will be provided and maintained for employees to use at the site. As the Project Site is located in the City of Hilo, medical, police and fire services are all readily available. 4. Unusual conditions,trends, and needs have arisen since the district boundaries and regulations were established Since the district boundaries and regulations were established in the 1960s and 1970s, the State Department of Land and Natural Resources has issued several land licenses in the area for quarry operations because this area has proven to be reliable resources for raw rock material that is widely used in the construction industry. Similarly, the County and State has processed a number of Special Permits to allow quarry activities on these State-owned lands. Through the issuance of a Special Permit, various "non-agricultural" uses may be considered provided that such uses are found to be reasonable but unusual in nature, such as quarries. The immediately surrounding area within this particular section within the City of Hilo has evolved into an area that provides a range of resource opportunities, both natural, recreational and infrastructural, by accommodating an airport, landfill, drag strip, skeet range, military facilities, baseyards and quarries. The proposed quarry is just an extension of existing uses within an area that has seen decades of similar uses. 5. The land upon which the proposed use is sought is unsuited for the uses permitted within the district The Project Site is currently not used for any agricultural purpose. Soils with the Project Site are classified as "E" or "Very Poor" for agricultural productivity. Other studies mentioned earlier find these lands as being severely limited for use for cultivation, and therefore only useful as pastureland, wildlife or woodland. Beyond its classification, what soil that once existed within the Project Site has been significantly disturbed due to past surface quarrying activities by the County. The Project Site, like its surrounding 141 Pa ,