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The Honorable Chairman. Holeka Goro Inaba and Members of the County Council County of Hawaii December 24, 2024 Page 4 Based on the preceding, and with recognition of the fact that the Hilo CDP has not been updated since 1975, the CN-20 zoning continues to be consistent with the General Plan. The uses proposed for the 8-acre portion of the subject property currently zoned CN-20 are consistent with permitted uses as defined in the zoning code. Likewise, the applicant's proposed uses for the remainder of the property, zoned agricultural (A -la), are consistent with permitted uses for agricultural zoning. Based on the preceding, the granting of the requested amendment would not be contrary to the General Plan, Community Development Plan or Zoning Code. Granting of the time extension would not be contrary to the original reasons for the granting of the change of zone. The proposed request will not unreasonably burden public agencies to provide infrastructure and utilities to the property. Access to the subject property is from Ponahawai Street, a County -owned and maintained, 24-foot-wide paved roadway with 4-foot-wide grass shoulders, within a 60- foot-wide right-of-way. The existing ordinance has several conditions related to required roadway improvements that are still applicable, and the Department of Public Works (DPW) has no objections to the current amendment request. In addition, at the time of the original rezone application, Hawaii County Civil Defense stated that the proposed project should have a second exit onto Ponahawai Street to serve as an emergency exit should the other become blocked; however, the original rezone was approved with deferral to DPW's request for one access point. As such the applicant continues to propose one access point, situated at the northwest, or mauka, corner of the rezone area. A Traffic Impact Analysis Report (TZAR), included as part of the amendment application, analyzes traffic impacts of the commercial portion of the proposed project. Based on the findings of the TZAR, levels of service are not expected to degrade any more than would be expected without the proposed project. Despite this, traffic improvements were recommended, primarily to establish a dedicated left -turn lane from Ponahawai Street into the subject property, a requirement that continues to be addressed by the original conditions of approval for the rezone. County water is available from an existing 8-inch waterline fronting the property along Ponahawai Street, as well as from an existing 12-inch line along Komohana Street. The applicant notes that Department of Water Supply (DWS) standards estimate the average daily demand for the commercially zoned portion of the property at 24,000