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Dr. Holeka Goro Inaba, Council Chair <br />and Members of the County Council <br />County of Hawaii <br />April 09, 2025 <br />Page 3 <br />supply has determined that it can meet the water requirements of the project and issue <br />water commitments using its existing system; or (2) speck improvements to the existing <br />public water system, or a private water system equivalent to the requirements of the <br />department of water supply will be provided to meet the water needs of the project and <br />conditions of zoning delay occupancy until the necessary improvements are actually <br />constructed. " <br />Although the applicant has no current plans for construction on the rezone area, <br />should the change of zone request to CV-10 be granted, the applicant would be able to <br />establish any use permitted in CV-10 zoning, including a variety of commercial uses such <br />as restaurants and automobile service stations, 5 double -family residential units or 5 <br />multiple -family residential units. Concurrency requirements established by the County <br />Council mandate that adequate water is available to service the potential of higher density <br />development. <br />According to the Department of Water Supply (DWS), an existing 8-inch <br />waterline within. Mamalahoa Highway, fronting the recently consolidated parcel, supplies <br />water to two (2) existing 5/8-inch meters, with each meter limited to one unit of water <br />with an average daily usage of 400 gallons. DWS states that the existing water system <br />cannot support the proposed change of zone and cannot provide additional water beyond <br />the existing services. Further, DWS notes that in order to make water available, extensive <br />improvements and additions would be required to the DWS system including storage, <br />booster pumps and distribution facilities, for which sufficient County funding is not <br />available. Lastly, the existing 8-inch waterline is inadequate to provide the required fire <br />flow of 2,000 gallons per minute for fire protection, as required by DWS Water System <br />Standards for commercial zoning. Additionally, DWS's existing storage facilities that <br />serve the area are inadequate to provide the requisite volume of water needed for fire <br />protection as required per DWS Water System Standards. <br />Although the applicant has proposed using the existing 8-inch water line to supply <br />water to the rezone area for any new development, comments from DWS clarify that <br />additional water is not available. Furthermore, the applicant has not proposed another <br />method of providing water that would comply with concurrency requirements, such as a <br />private water system equivalent to DWS standards. <br />Section 25-2-46(n) of the Zoning Code states, "To facilitate the development of <br />village centers in rural areas that are not currently served by a public water system, the <br />council may waive the water supply requirements.for zoning amendments for commercial <br />or light industrial uses in areas that do not currently have a public water system, and <br />where the department of water supply has no plans to build a public water system, and <br />