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Heather Kimball, Council Chair and Members of the County Council October 13, 2023 Page 4 prevailing codes. The City of Hilo /one Map proposes a 60-foot-wide future road right- of-way for Kawailani Street in this area, therefore, a 10-foot-wide future road widening strip along the frontage of the subject property will be required. The Department of Public Works (DPW), Engineering Division recommends that the applicant provide improvements to the Kawailani Street frontage consisting of but not limited to, pavement widening with paved shoulders and swales, drainage improvements, and any required utility relocation meeting the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. DPW also recommends the installation of streetlights and traffic control devices as may be required by the Department of Public Works, Traffic Division. which the applicant shall be responsible for the design, purchase, and installation of Such devices. However, given that the 23,012-square foot rezone area has been developed with a dwelling since 1963, the Deputy Planning Director is not requiring the DPW recommended improvements. Instead. the Deputy Planning Director recommends that a 10-foot-wide road widening strip along the Kawailani Street frontage of the property be set aside and delineated on the subdivision plans. Further, that all structural setbacks be taken from this future road widening line. This recommendation by the Deputy Planning Director is consistent with a rezone request approved by the County Council in 2021 (Ordinance No. 21-64. dated October 6, 2021) fora property located approximately 3.400 feet cast of the subject property. In that rezone. the DPW and Planning Director recommended improvements to the Kawailani Street frontage but the County Council removed the condition because there was a dwelling on the property kith existing access to Kawailani Street and the newly created lots would be accessed via Further. the approved ordinance condition was supported by a letter dated February 9. 2023. from the Department of Public Works stating that they have no objections to the proposed amendments. Conditions of approval will be added to address the preceding. The Department of Water Supply (DWS) is currently servicing the existing single-family dwelling on the subject property with one 5/R-inch water meter fronting the parcel. County water is available to support the proposed 2-lot subdivision. DWS notes that should this rezoning request be approved, the applicant will be required to submit construction plans and design calculations prepared by a professional engineer for review and approval. and to construct all necessary water system improvements required by DWS prior to the issuance of Final Subdivision Approval. Conditions of approval will be added to address the preceding. there is no municipal sewer system servicing the subject area. The existing single-family dwelling on the subject property is currently being serviced by its own individual wastewater systems. Should any new dwellings, such as an ohana dwelling, be constructed on the future PS -zoned lot resulting from the proposed suhdivision. the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) notes that the applicant shall follow