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Maile David, Council Chair and Members of the County Council County of Hawai`i August 12, 2022 Page 5 fronting the property is inadequate for fire protection and the nearest fire hydrant is more than the required 150 feet from the property. Based on the preceding, a condition of approval required a fire hydrant to be located within 150 feet of the property. In addition, a condition of approval required the existing 4-inch waterline fronting the subject parcel to be upgraded to a 12-inch waterline for a distance of approximately 800 feet or the applicant must provide a private water system capable of providing a minimum flow of 2,000-gallons per minute for a 2-hour duration and a pipeline velocity of less than 10 feet per second. The condition of approval in Change of Zone Ordinance No. 17 65 required the applicant to provide fire suppression measures prior to the receipt of Certificate of Occupancy of any structure. At this time, the applicant is requesting that this condition be deferred to the Subdivision process and not prior to Certificate of Occupancy. However, it should be noted that the applicant does not have future plans to subdivide the property and the proposed microbrewery or any other industrial land use can be developed on the property without the need to subdivide the property. The applicant believes that the requirements for fire protection will be addressed via the building permit process as the Fire Department is one of the reviewing and approving agencies during such process. The applicant continues to state that during the building permit process, the Fire Department will address any necessary water requirements for providing fire protection consistent with the appropriate Fire Code in effect at that time. Based on the preceding, the applicant has proposed to amend Condition E's timing trigger to be Subdivision Approval rather than prior to Certificate of Occupancy. The Planning Director believes that the timing trigger for this condition should not be changed because this requirement is a necessity for health and safety measures for any proposed industrial use on the subject parcel. The Planning Director also understands that the Fire Department will review the plans against their code at some time. Based on the preceding, the Planning Director does not support the applicants request to defer the timing trigger to Subdivision approval however, the Planning Director is recommending the following to be added to Condition E "and/or another method of providing fire protection as approved by the Fire Department" to account for Fire Department's ability to instruct the applicant on which measures must be made and when. The request is no contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to Coastal Zone Management. The project site is not proximate to the shoreline and is situated outside of the SMA. Thus, the property will not be affected coastal hazards and beach erosion. There are no identified recreational resources, historic resources, public access to the shoreline or mountain areas, scenic or open space preserves, coastal ecosystems, or marine resources on the subject property.