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3B. Subject Property Description The subject site, identified as TMK(3) 9-2-008: 019, consists of 1-acre of land zoned Agricultural 1-acre (A-M). The parcel is located at 92-8988 Ginger Blossom Lane within the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates subdivision approximately 300 feet south from its intersection with Sea Breeze Parkway and roughly 800 feet north of its intersection with Kona Drive. No permanent structures currently exist on site. Temporary structures formerly used on the property include a 30x50 metal pole tent, a 10x20 shipping container, a 15x20 wooden shade cover, two (2)portable toilet facilities, and one (1) mobile trailer toilet facility. The applicant has removed these temporary structures. The Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) designates this land as Rural (Figure 3), and the Land Study Bureau(LSB) Overall Productivity Rating classified the soils as "E" (very poor) (Figure 4). The U.S. Department of Agricultural Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) has designated the property's soil as aa lava flows with 2 to 20 percent slopes (2klfr). This soil type is excessively drained and has a very low runoff class. It is not considered prime farmland. The Hawaiian Ocean View Estates subdivision lies within Lava Zone 2, on a scale ranging from 9 to 1 (least hazardous to most) (Figure 5). The site is approximately 6 miles from the coastline and is not within the Conservation District or Special Management Area. Little to no vegetation exists on site. The subject property is cleared and fully graded. The Special Permit area will encompass the full I-acre parcel including the proposed pavilion, two (2)portable bathrooms, a shipping container for storage, a gravel driveway and parking lot, a water catchment tank for non-potable uses and a separate potable water tank. 3C. Institutional Considerations i. State Land Use The subject site is designated State Land Use Agricultural(Figure 6), and the Special Permit area consists of 1-acre.As such, no State Land Use Commission action is required. The County of Hawaii can process the Special Permit request. In recognizing that lands within agricultural districts might not all be best suited for agricultural activities and yet classified as such, and in recognition that certain types of uses might not be strictly agricultural in nature, yet reasonable in such districts, Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 205-6 allows County Planning Commissions to permit certain unusual and reasonable uses within the agricultural and rural districts other than those for which the district is classified. 8