PD BACKGROUND REPORT (PL-REZ-2022-021)

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Commission Resolution No. 1 on May 21, 1975, identifies the property for residential use. 17. Special Management Area (SMA): The Special Management Area is a part of the Coastal Zone Management Program and regulated by the County. The site is located over two (2)miles from the nearest shoreline and is not situated within the SMA. DESCRIPTION OF SUBJECT PROPERTIES AND SURROUNDING AREA 18. Subject Property: The vacant property was formerly used as a nursery and is currently covered in a variety of non-native trees, shrubs and grasses. There are three road easements within parcels 35 and 37 that provide access to parcels 03, 30, 32 and 33. The Palai Stream runs along the east boundary of the subject property. 19. Surrounding Zoning/Land Uses: There is a single-family dwelling on Parcel 30,which is an RS-10 zoned lot fronting Kanoelehua Avenue that is surrounded by the subject property. With the exception of the Puainako Town Center, which is located northwest of the property across the East Kahaopea Street/Highway 11 intersection, the surrounding area is in single-family residential use. There are two vacant parcels zoned RS-10 between the subject property and the Hilolani Subdivision to the east. The majority of these two parcels are situated in the"AE" flood zone. The Ka`iulani and Ruthie Subdivisions are located to the south and the Waidkea Homesteads Houselots are located to the north on lands zoned RS-10. 20. Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH): Urban. 21. Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land Classification Systems: Unclassified. 22. U.S. Soil Survey: The soils on the subject property are classified Ola`a Series (OID), consisting of extremely stony, silty clay loam with 0 to 20% slopes. The soil has a very dark brown extremely stony silty clay loam surface layer approximately nine inches thick and is underlain by A`a lava. Permeability is rapid, runoff is slow, and the erosion hazard is slight. 23. Flood Zone: Portions of the property are in an area designated as Flood Zone AE on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Flood Zone AE is a Special Flood Hazard Area inundated by the 100-year (1% chance of occurring in any given year)where flood elevations have been determined. 24. Floral/Faunal Resources: The property was grubbed of invasive vegetation in 2001 and -3-