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Rodney & Lorrie Diamond Application for Special Permit TMK (3) 1- 5- 017:112 Flood Insurance Rate Map The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has classified the area in which the subject property is located, as Zone X. Zone X is land with no recognized flood potential and is located outside both the loo -year and 500 -year floodplain. This classification means that the property is located outside of the 0.2 percent annual chance floodplain, and that no base flood elevations or depths are shown for this zone (NFIP,2009). The risk of flooding from large surface water flood events is low. A copy of the FIRM designation is attached as Exhibit C. Archaeological Resources The subject property is a I-acre parcel zoned Agricultural I acre (A -la) and is located at 15 -1815 32nd Avenue, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Puna, Island of Hawaii. The subject property is not listed on the National or State Register of Historic Places and information from the County of Hawaii Real Property Tax indicate a residential structure was permitted in year 2001. The subject property is not anticipated to have any archaeological resources. the Applicant has secured a "No- Effect" letter from the Department of Land and Natural Resources State Historic Preservation Division. The letter is attached as Exhibit B Floral and Faunal Resources The subject property includes introduced fruit trees, vegetable and herb gardens, and various introduce ornamental plants. The subject property does not have any high -value floral resources. Common birds such as Japanese white -eye, Northern Cardinal, Spotted Dove and Common Myna birds are seen on the subject property and none of these birds are listed or candidates for threatened or endangered species. Valued Cultural Resources The Subject Property is located on 32nd Avenue, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Puna and is not anticipated to have any valued cultural resources. Public Access The Subject Property is not located adjacent to or near any shoreline or mountain areas; therefore, the project would not affect public access to these resources. Description of Access Access to the Subject Property is via a drive way on 32nd Avenue in Hawaiian Paradise Park. 32nd Avenue is a two lane gravel road that has a 40 foot right of way. The roads of the Hawaiian Paradise Park Subdivision are privately owned and maintained. Traffic Impacts The subject property is anticipated to have unassuming traffic impact in both the morning and afternoon hours. One owner /employee commutes daily to the subject property from his home in Volcano Village. The other two employee /owners live in the residence located on the subject property. One or two work vehicles will be leaving and returning to the subject property, daily at most, often times less. Drilling equipment is left on the remote jobsites until the work is completed. This often takes several days of work. Drilling equipment is routinely transported from one jobsite to the next Page 6