PD Background Report (PL-REZ-2023-041 & PL-SMA-2023-029)

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Management Program and regulated by the County. The SMA are lands extending mauka from the shoreline as delineated on the maps filed with the Planning Commission as of June 8, 1977, or as amended pursuant to Section 9-23 of the Planning Commission Rules. In conjunction with this proposed rezoning, the applicant has submitted a Special Management Area Use Permit application for the proposed four-lot subdivision in the preparation of future homesites and associated development. The Board of Land and Natural Resources certified the shoreline along the top of the sea cliff on January 14, 2022 and the Director has set the minimum shoreline setback at forty (40) feet inland from the certified shoreline. DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT SITE AND SURROUNDING AREA 11. Project Site: The 20.027-acre property is irregular in shape and located makai of Old Mamalahoa Highway. The property is located mauka of a rocky cliff shoreline and sits at an elevation of about 210 feet at the top of the cliff to 320 feet at the southern boundary (mauka) of the property with a gentle 19% slope. The subject property has been used for cattle grazing and a small orchard for the past 20 years and is currently improved with a two-story residence and a garage that was completed in 1998. 12. Surrounding Zoning and Land Uses: Surrounding lands are zoned MG-la to the west and A-20a to the east. The project site is located makai of the residential areas of Milo Village and northwest of Kukui Camp Subdivision, both of which are zoned as Single-Family Residential (RS-10). Lands immediately south were rezoned to the Family-Agricultural (FA- la) zoning district in late 2022 in support of a proposed 7-lot subdivision. Immediately adjacent to the west is the former `O`okala Mill site, comprising in excess of 40 acres of General Industrial (MG-la) zoned lands. The Alailoa Gulch forms the eastern boundary of the subject property, with Moonlight Road forming its southern boundary. 13. U.S.D.A. Soil Type: The property is classified as `O`okala medial silty clay loam, 0 to 35 percent sloped, which has been used primarily for sugarcane. Permeability is rapid, runoff is medium and the erosion hazard is moderate. Roots can penetrate to a depth of 4 to 5 feet. 14. Land Study Bureau's Soil Rating: The Land Study Bureau overall Master Productivity Rating classifies the soils within the area as "B" or"Very Good" and"E" or"Very Poor" for agricultural productivity. 15. Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH): Prime Agricultural Lands and Unclassified. Prime Agricultural Lands, which is land best suited for the -3-