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Dr. Holeka Goro Inaba, Council Chair and Members of the County Council County of Hawaii April 09, 2025 Page 4 which are (1) designated as an "urban and rural center" or "industrial area" on table 14-5 of the general plan and (2) designated for urban use on the land use pattern allocation guide map of the general plan; provided that conditions of zoning shall require water supply consistent with public health and safety needs such as sanitation and fire -fighting. However, this section of code does not apply to the subject application because the rezone area is in Na`alehu, which is served by a public water system. The public water system simply does not have the ability to provide additional water beyond the existing services and the existing waterline does not have the ability to provide the fire flow needed for commercial zoning. The surrounding area of Na`alehu consists primarily of lots that have maintained their original zoning since the adoption of the Zoning Code in 1967..There are three instances of nearby parcels that were rezoned to CV-7.5 zoning, however these change of zone actions were approved prior to the establishment of concurrency requirements. As discussed above, the proposed request for a change of zone does not meet the minimum concurrency requirements for water, as set forth in Hawaii County Code, Section 25-2-46. Please note that pursuant to Ordinance No. 24-87 and Section 25-2-42(c)(4) of HCC, a report on surrounding properties within 1,000 feet of the subject property can be found in the Planning Department Background report as Exhibit 3. Based on the above discussion, the Planning Director is recommending that the Windward Planning Commission forward an unfavorable recommendation for the proposed change of zone request to the Hawaii County Council. We are enclosing a draft bill to amend Section 25-8-30 (Na`alehu Zone Map), Article 8, Chapter 25 (Zoning), of the Hawaii County Code. Please note that because of this unfavorable recommendation, there are no proposed conditions attached to the draft bill. The Planning Department's background report, recommendation report, and PowerPoint presentation are available for review at the following Laserfiche Weblink address: https•//records hawaiicounty.gov/weblinkBrowse.aspx?dbid=l&startid=146832 The Commission meeting minutes of April 3, 2025, can be found at the following link once it is available: https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/Browse.aspx?dbid=l &startid=147999