PD BACKGROUND REPORT (PL-REZ-2022-028 & PL-PUD-2022-001)

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mitigate any adverse visual and noise impacts to existing and potential neighboring residential or agricultural properties. C. Hawaii Coastal Zone Management Program The objectives of the Hawaii Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Program are outlined in Chapter 205a, Hawaii Revised Statutes. The principal goal is to assure the protection and maintenance of the State's coastal resources. Although the entire State falls within the CZM area, the permitting process is geared for those areas proximate to the coast and identified by the County as the Special Management Area. Nonetheless, a general review of a project's consistency to the CZM policies - regardless of its location - must still be made. In that regard, please note the following: • The proposed project will not have any substantial adverse environmental or ecological effect. (Please refer to discussions in pertinent Chapters below.) Any effect that may result will be minimized to the extent practicable and will be clearly outweighed by public interest. • The proposed development would be consistent with the objectives of the CZM program. Specifically: o there would be no impact to the area's recreational resources. This is not a shoreline property; o the site does not have any known historical resources that require preservation. Any inadvertent finds will be addressed pursuant to the requirements of the State DLNR- HPD. o the project will not affect any scenic and open space resources; o the coastal ecosystem will not be impacted; o the project will help stabilize employment opportunities by providing additional market house lots, and hence furthering the economic uses of the site; o the site is more than a mile from the shoreline, and thus there would be no coastal hazard or beach erosion or marine resource impacts; and 9