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Aaron S.Y. Chung, Council Chair and Members of the County Council County of Hawaii Page 8 for any housing units built within a 100% affordable housing project with rents between 30% and 60% of Area Median Income (AMI). Please note that zoning is not project specific and allows for any project to be built that is a `permitted land use' in the RM zoning district. Therefore, the Director is recommending a favorable recommendation with modifications to Condition P and R, as he supports the intent of providing relief from those conditions should a 100% affordable housing project be constructed, as represented by the applicant. He does not support deleting these conditions entirely, because should this project not come to fruition, a market rate housing project could still be built with the current RM zoning and the standard conditions of approval would apply. Lastly, this recommendation is made with the understanding that the applicant remains responsible for complying with all other applicable governmental requirements in connection with the proposed use, prior to its commencement or establishment upon the subject properties. Additional governmental requirements may include the issuance of building permits, compliance with the Fire Code, installation of improvements required by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), among many others. Compliance with all applicable governmental requirements is a condition of this approval; failure to comply with such requirements will be considered a violation that may result in enforcement action by the Planning Department and/or the affected agencies. Based on the preceding findings, the Planning Director recommends forwarding a favorable recommendation for the applicant's proposed amendments Conditions E and G, a favorable recommendation with modifications to Conditions P and R and an unfavorable recommendation for the proposed amendment to Condition J be forwarded to the County Council. In addition, the Planning Director recommends that existing conditions in the ordinance be revised to reflect the current standard language for conditions of approval and to remove satisfied conditions. The accompanying draft bill to amend Ordinance No. 10 32 is provided for your consideration. Please note the proposed conditions of approval attached to the draft bill. Material to be deleted is bracketed and struck through; new material is underscored. We are enclosing copies of the staff Background, Planning Director's Recommendation, the Power point presentation and a draft transcript of the hearing for your information will be provided under separate cover.