.PD BACKGROUND REPORT (PL-SMA-2024-000047)

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4. Supportive Information: The applicant has submitted the attached in support of the request: (Planning Department Exhibit 1 — SMA Use Permit Application dated January 16,2024) 5. Landowner: CALCAM INVESTMENTS LLC,Monument, CO. BACKGROUND INFORMATION 6. Special Management Area (SMA): The project parcel is completely unaltered and undeveloped, no previous SMA approvals have been requested. 7. Chapter 343, HRS: Pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) Ch. 343-5, the proposed activities do not trigger the need for an Environmental Assessment (EA), therefore,no EA is required. STATE AND COUNTY PLANS 8. State Land Use Designation: Agricultural 9. General Plan LUPAG MAP: Rural (rur) and Open (ope) 10. County Zoning: Agricultural 1-acre (A-la) 11. Puna Community Development Plan (PCDP): The Puna Community Development Plan was adopted by the Hawaii County Council by Ordinance No. 08-116 on September 10, 2008, and amended on November 4, 2010, by Ordinance No. 10-104; on June 8, 2011, by Ordinance Nos. 11-51, 11-52, & 11-53; and on December 6, 2011,by Ordinance Nos. 11-117 & 11-118. 12. Special Management Area (SMA): The project is located within the Special Management Area and therefore,the proposed development is subject to SMA review. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA 13. Subject Property: The property consists of approximately 23,958 sf and is located on the makai side of Paradise Ala Kai Drive. The property is rectangular in shape and is undeveloped and overgrown with vegetation. The property is generally flat, with a slight slope to the shoreline which consists of an unvegetated volcanic bench. To the north is a parcel developed with a single-family residence and related improvements, to the south by an undeveloped parcel, to the west is Paradise Ala Kai Drive, and to the east is the ocean. -2-