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is not affected by any kind of unusual conditions. So the shoreline determination itself <br />should incorporate seasonal surf. But the 40-foot setback beyond the shoreline is island- <br />wide; and there are some properties where you go in 20 feet beca <br />property or the size of the property with respect to other setbacks. But in this, but as a <br />standard itÓs 40 feet. <br />Now as far as tsunami and other kinds of unusual runoff, the way <br />to work, thatÓs supposed to be handled by the FIRM Maps, the Flood Insurance Rate <br />Maps, which establish the tsunami inundation zone. And those would vary in width <br />along the shoreline depending on past experience of tsunamis and storm surge and, also, <br />particularly with the topography. If the area is really low lying, like in parts of Hilo, the <br />tsunami inundation line may be very far in. If itÓs high cliff at Hamakua, for example, <br />thereÓs none at all. And in this part of the Kailua-Kona area, we may have a small map <br />from the Department of Public Works that shows the inundation line. And I canÓt, we <br />have to scale it out to see how far it goes until theyÓre building -. <br />Under the conditions as theyÓre written, the building would have to be elevated where itÓs <br />built over that inundation line. ThatÓs the standard under Chapter 27, HawaiÒi, the <br />County Flood Control Statute. It doesnÓt generally prohibit building in flood zones. It <br />merely requires elevation of the buildings. <br />SPRINGER:So, then, Mr. Director, in the illustration, the computer-generated <br />graphic that you have in front of you, might that affect the configuration or the front of <br />building as we see it? ItÓs under the microphone. <br />YUEN:It might. IÓm not sure, as I say, where the tsunami inundation line <br />is. And thereÓs different rules for this. It may be that they can -. IÓm not sure that the, it <br />may be that the building, that having a wall, and I canÓt tell how high it is to a habitable <br />floor. It may be that, I donÓt know whether this design would work or not under the <br />tsunami inundation. <br />SPRINGER:One more question, Mr. Chair. <br />GALDONES:Commissioner Springer? <br />SPRINGER:With regard to Mr. TylerÓs comments, in particular with regard to, <br />I guess, the standard set for us in the TSA case, do you have an <br />connecting runoff abatement to sewage, the sewer line? <br />YUEN:IÓd like to hear if Public Works has any comment about that <br />GALDONES:Ki? <br />EMLER:The question was regarding connection to sewer line? <br />SPRINGER:Yes. <br />12 <br /> <br />