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Although the site of the dwelling is situated mauki of Kuakini Highway, <br /> given the existing vegetation, topography, and distance from the <br /> Highway, the dwelling is not visible at all from the Highway. As such, <br /> the existing structure should create have no visual impacts from any <br /> public roadway. <br /> Thus, the requested project should have little or no significant short- or <br /> long-term noise, air quality, or visual impacts. <br /> VII. PLANNING AND LAND USE CONSIDERATIONS <br /> A. Surrounding Land Uses <br /> The land use character of this area is a mixture of low density <br /> residential use on the makki side, rural within the project and north <br /> side, and small farms on the mauka side. <br /> There are very limited, if at all, agricultural activities in this area, <br /> except for those areas further mauka whose access is from the Old <br /> Mamalahoa Highway. For the most part, the immediately surrounding <br /> lots are used and/or zoned for residential and agricultural purposes. <br /> There are A-9a zoned properties adjacent and south of the <br /> Ka'ainapono Subdivision. Properties on the makai side are zoned <br /> RS-95, while properties to the north and mauka of the Subdivision are <br /> zoned A-5a. For the most part, the A-5a zoned properties secure their <br /> access from the Old Mamalahoa Highway where there are some small <br /> coffee farms that dot that Highway. As such, although proximate to <br /> each other, the different points of access create a different sense of <br /> community: the subject site with its access from Kuakini Highway via <br /> Nani Kailua Drive through the adjoining single-family residential <br /> subdivision has a residential/rural ambiance; while the adjoining <br /> properties north and mauka of the subject site with their access <br /> predominantly from the Old Mamalahoa Highway has more of a <br /> rural/agricultural flavor. <br /> Given the existing and zoned conditions and varying accesses, the <br /> proposed maximum 3-room B&B would not be incongruous with the <br /> emerging rural-residential and rural-agricultural pattern of this area. <br /> B. Agricultural Impacts <br /> The requested use is intended to complement and enhance the <br /> 13 <br />