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operations of commerce are conducted at the main office located in the Kohanaiki Industrial <br /> Area at 73-4174 Huliko'a Drive, Kaiiva-Kona, HI 96740. All employees are dispatched from <br /> this locality. Employees performing work at the special permit site, in all likelihood, would <br /> be less than 6 at any one time. <br /> B) Subject property and locality <br /> a) The proposed use is on TMK 7-S-017:044 which is a total of 23.38 acres in sire.The "permit <br /> area" is within all available non flood zone area localities of 9.23 acres. One is 1.88 acres <br /> and the second is 7.1 acres with a access dirt road of.25 acres.These area are indicated on <br /> the map.The address for TMK :031 next door to the west makai side is 75-456 Hualalai Road <br /> Kailua-Kona, Hl. No address has been issued for TMK 7-5-017:044 . Currently on TMK :031, <br /> at the south mauka corner, Kona Coffee and Tea Company has coffee milling operations <br /> ongoing annually.This building has a total floor area of 6,550 sf. It is comprised of office <br /> space, an efficiency dwelling and shop with storage. Both parcels have had projects in the <br /> past shelved for various reasons. TMK :044 has undergone grading under previous permits <br /> that haven't been extended.These previously graded areas have been used to store items <br /> for future use. Both of these parcels have become,what seems like, resting places for items <br /> over many years. The topography of these parcels is gently rolling with some steeper areas. <br /> The areas specified for use under this permit request are located in all areas of TMK 7-5- <br /> 017:044 outside of the 100 year flood line. These areas are depicted on the map for TMK <br /> :044.An area that straddles both parcels in the amount of 6.03 acres is a permitted <br /> construction jobsite for a private project to improve the floodway based on a Conditional <br /> Letter of Map Revision prepared for FEMA.The upper mauka side of TMK :044 is vacant <br /> space for the future. This is the second permit area consisting of 7.1 acres. <br /> C) State and County Plans <br /> a) State Land Use designation:Agricultural <br /> b) County Zoning: A-1a <br /> c) General Plan: Urban Expansion <br /> d) Community Development Plan: Kona COP <br /> e) Special Management Area: Property is not within the SMA <br /> Dy Surrounding zoning and land use <br /> a) Surrounding properties are of similarly zoned A 1-a to the north and east. Properties to the <br /> west and south are zoned A-5a. There are properties zoned RS-10 and RS-7.5 further south. <br /> The surrounding land uses consist of mainly vacant land.There are residential subdivisions <br /> located a distance from the property to the north,west and south. All well over 500 feet. <br /> E] Flood Insurance Map Rate(FIRM) <br /> a) The FIRM that is currently in affect is dated 1994. Over the past few years new flood studies <br /> have been conducted. One was conducted by Lyons and Associates by Kona Coffee and Tea <br /> when designing the floodway improvement development. The County of Hawaii has <br /> conducted their own flood study and has submitted their information to FEMA. The letter of <br /> map revision that the county has submitted went into a 90 day comment period through <br /> FEMA as of February 9, 2016. Flood hazard areas identified on the Flood Insurance Rate <br /> Map are identified as a Special Flood Hazard Area (5FHA). SFHA are defined as the area that <br />