.PD BACKGROUND REPORT (PL-SMA-2023-000043)

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COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT,CHAPTER 205A,HRS S N/S N/A (Key:S=Supportive,N/S=Not Supportive,N/A=Not A licable Discussion: This application discusses potential impacts and mitigation measures of the proposed Winter Farm project which will be reviewed by the Planning Department and the Windward Planning Commission.As part of the application process two public notices to surrounding property owners and lessees of record are required. Objective: A Protect beaches or public use and recreation. Policies: (A) Locate new structures inland from the shoreline setback to conserve open space, X minimize interference with natural shoreline processes, and minimize loss of improvements due to erosion; (B) Prohibit construction of private erosion-protection structures seaward of the shoreline, X except when they result in improved aesthetic and engineering solutions to erosion at the sites and do not interfere with existing recreational and waterline activities;and (C) Minimize the construction of public erosion-protection structures seaward of the X shoreline. (D) Prohibit private property owners from creating a public nuisance by inducing or X cultivating the private property owner's vegetation in a beach transit corridor;and (E) Prohibit private property owners from creating a public nuisance by allowing the private X property owner's unmaintained vegetation to interfere or encroach upon a beach transit corridor. Discussion: Except for livestock fencing,as discussed above,the proposed Winter Farm project will be set back at least 100 yards from the shoreline.The Applicant has no plans to induce or cultivate landscaping that would interfere or encroach upon the shoreline's lateral public transit corridor. Marine Resources Objective:(A)Promote the protection, use, and development of marine and coastal resources to assure their sustainabili . Policies: (A) Ensure that the use and development of marine and coastal resources are ecologically X and environmentally sound and economically beneficial; (B) Coordinate the management of marine and coastal resources and activities to improve X effectiveness and efficiency; (C) Assert and articulate the interests of the State as a partner with federal agencies in the X sound management of ocean resources within the United States exclusive economic zone; (D) Promote research, study, and understanding of ocean processes,marine life, and other X ocean resources in order to acquire and inventory information necessary to understand how ocean development activities relate to and impact upon ocean and coastal resources;and (E) Encourage research and development of new, innovative technologies for exploring, X using,or protecting marine and coastal resources. Discussion: The objective and policies of"Marine Resources"are not applicable to the proposed Project. 14