2026-01-05 Exhibit 02_SMA Use Permit Assessment Application

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D. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA 13. Subject Property The property is trapezoid in shape and 3.677-acres in size and situated between the Kalapana-Kapoho Beach Road and the shoreline (see Figure 8-Aerial Site Map). The Aerial Site Plan is based on March 7, 2023 imagery obtained via Google Earth. The subject property is currently vacant of any use or structure, aside from some limited clearing by the previous landowner for a proposed driveway and house pad circa 1992. However, the proposed home was never constructed and the previously cleared driveway and house pad is now overgrown with vegetation. More recently, the Applicant cleared and graded a portion of the subject property along its northern boundary, beginning at the Kalapana-Kapoho Beach Road and extending all the way down to the shoreline. Upon issuance of a Notice of Violation by the Planning Department, all work has ceased and the Aerial Site Map shows that vegetation has begun to reestablish itself. 14. Surrounding Zoning/Land Uses The subject property is located within a portion of the Kaimu-Makena Homesteads, a collection of lots and subdivisions that span an area along the eastern side of the junction of Pahoa-Kalapana (Hwy 130) and Kalapana-Kapoho (Hwy 137) roads, and is predominately zoned for Residential and Agricultural (RA) uses with a minimum lot size of 1/2-acre. Adjacent to the east and makai of the Kalapana-Kapoho Beach Road are State lands zoned for Open (0) uses with agricultural-zoned lands (A-3a) along the mauka side of this road. The subject property basically defines the eastern- most extent of the Kaimu-Makena Homesteads. 15.ALISH: Other Important Agricultural Lands The subject property is not classified as by the Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii. 16. Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land Classification System Soils within the subject property are classified as having very poor agricultural productivity rating (Class E soils). 17. US Soil Survey: Hakuma highly organic hydrous loam (666) These soils series consist of shallow, moderately well drained soils formed in basic volcanic ash over pahoehoe lava. Hakuma soils are on the low elevation, windward slopes of Mauna Loa and Kilauea volcanoes. Slopes range from 2 to 10 percent. Mean annual rainfall is about 154 inches. Hakuma soils are generally found in open canopied forest. A few areas are used for pasture. Natural vegetation is ohia lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha), treefern (Cibotium chamissoi or C. glauca), uluhe (Dicranopteris linearis) and guava (Psidium guajava). 11 I Page