PD BACKGROUND REPORT (PL-SMA-2023-000036)

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Walua Partners, LLC.: Special Management Area Use Permit Application III. DESCRIPTION OF EXISTING CONDITIONS: A. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA The project site is a 3.0-acre parcel located between Kuakini Highway and Walua Road at Wai'aha 1", North Kona approximately 62 feet above sea level at the lowest point of the property and 90 feet above sea level at the highest point of the property. The property is currently vacant but has been substantially graded in the past with the surface modified for cut and fill. The property is bounded on the north by residential condominiums, on the south by commercial property developed for professional offices, on the west by Walua rd. and the Ali'i Cove condos (200 multiple-family residential units), and on the east by Kuakini Highway and a vacant lot. 1. Existing Uses: The property is vacant and unused. 2. Existing Zoning: The parcels to the north and south are zoned CV-10, to the east A-1a, and west the Ali'i Cove project is zoned as RM-4. B. TOPOGRAPHY Extensive grading has occurred on the property in the past. Minimum additional grading would be conducted to prepare the property for the proposed development. The property is roughly trapezoidal and slopes gently upward from Walua Road to Kuakini Highway. C. U.S.D.A. SOIL TYPE: The surface soil on the property is of the Punalu'u soil series. It is Punalu'u extremely rocky peat. This soil is characterized by rapid permeability, slow runoff, and slight erosion hazard. In a representative profile the surface layer is black peat about four inches thick. It is underlain by pahoehoe lava bedrock. This soil type is typically used for pasture. The Soil Conservation Service categorizes this soil type as Capability 13