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Aaron S.Y. Chung, Council Chair and Members of the County Council County of Hawaii Page 5 ■ Development shall not be permitted in natural hazard areas unless proper on-site improvements are provided. ■ Development shall be located in areas where public utilities can be economically provided at an adequate level to meet the demand for the concentrated service. ■ Recreational area and/or facilities shall be considered in multiple residential development. The subject, 51.058 -acre property is irregularly shaped property and situated at the southern end of Alii Drive at the beginning of the Mamalahoa Highway Bypass, east (mauka) of the highway and west (makai) of the Kona Country Club mauka golf course in the Keauhou Resort. The subject parcel is currently vacant of any structures or other improvements. The RM zoning and proposed development is consistent with other multiple family/resort type uses in the surrounding area, which include the Kona Country Club mauka golf course to the north and east (zoned Open), open space zoned A -5a west and south of the site, and a future access road to the south. The proposed development will be developed in accordance with the Zoning Code, including the requirement to obtain a new Final Plan Approval, which will ensure appropriate on-site parking, drainage and landscaping requirements will be met. In addition, the proposed amendment meets the concurrency requirements of the Zoning Code which address traffic, potable water, and Civil Defense Siren availability. The applicant submitted two (2)Traffic Assessments (TA), conducted by Austin, Tsutsumi & Associates for both the current proposed 29 -dwelling unit residential development as well as a TA for a larger, 60 -dwelling unit development currently entitled by density and SMA Use Permit for the project site. According to the latter TA, "The trip generation projected for the 60 -unit project indicates that a total of 13 vehicles per hour (vph) are anticipated during the AMcommuter peak hour of traffic and a total of 17 vph are anticipated during the PMcommuter peak hour of traffic, and thus the Project does not meet the minimum criteria of 50 peak hour trips specified in the Zoning Code's Concurrency Requirements to require a Traffic Impact Analysis Report (TIAR). " As previously stated, the applicant has a water allocation/commitment of sixty (60) units available to the parcel. Condition C of the subject ordinance requires the applicant to construct water improvements outlined in DWS' July 29, 2009 memorandum addressed to the Planning Department prior to obtaining Certificate of