Waikoloa Lutheran Church Use Permit Application Packet_FINAL (4_12.14.2023)_v1

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decisions require decision makers to consider a project's impact to native Hawaiian gathering and fishing rights. Specifically, there must be a discussion of the cultural, historical, and natural resources and associated traditional and customary practices of this site and the impact of this project to these resources and practices. In this situation, the subject site is not adjacent and/or proximate to the shoreline. As such, fishing and coastal access is not an issue. Furthermore, although there is vegetation on the site,the vegetation for the most part has been introduced. It is not know whether the subject or immediate surrounding area was used in the recent past for the gathering of plants by native Hawaiian. However, as the site has not been used for any type of residence, it would appear unlike that the site would serve such purpose today. In the unlikely event that legitimate gathering claims are made by the native Hawaiians,the applicant and the landowner intend to respect and honor such claims and provide the needed access within the site. F. Tsunami,Volcanic and Earthquake Hazards Given its elevation (800+) and distance from the nearest shoreline (3+miles), it is located outside of the Civil Defense's Tsunami Evacuation Zone. Thus, there should be little or no threat from high waves. The United States Geological Survey(USGS) classifies this area to be within Lava Flow Hazard Zone 3, on a scale of ascending risk, 9 to 1. This suggests that this area has a fairly low risk of being vulnerable to lava flow. The entire island of Hawaii fall within Earthquake Zone D, according to the recently revised County Building Code. As such, The Applicant understands and accepts that there will be added structural requirements during the building permit process to address this seismic hazard. G. Other In residential areas most noise comes from transportation, construction, industrial, and human and animal sources. Road traffic noise is the major source of noise. The noise can be highly variable. It is common that Day-Night sound levels - Ldn - in different areas may vary a range of 50 dB. Manmade noise in this area,however,is regular influenced by traffic along Paniolo Avenue. Although this project will introduce additional vehicular traffic to this area, it will be very insignificant due to its size and type(church) of use. Thus, any traffic increase should result in a noise increase of less than 55 Ldn,which is within acceptable levels within an urban environment. 15