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SECTION 2. Chapter 25, article 2, division 4, Hawaii County Code, is amended <br /> <br /> by adding a new section 25-2-46 to read as follows: <br /> "Section 25-2-46. Concurrence requirements. <br /> (a) Purpose. In addition to requirements otherwise imposed, this section creates <br /> concurrence standards for roads and water supply in chance of zone actions. <br /> (b) Applicability. This section applies to any application for rezoning, or for an <br /> extension of time to perform conditions of zoning, received by the Planning Department <br /> after the effective date of this ordinance, except for rezonings that reduce the amount of <br /> development allowed under existing zoning, or which amend zoning conditions without <br /> changing the amount of development allowed or extending time for performance. <br /> (c) Definitions. As used in this section: <br /> `Acceptable level of service' means that the level of service of a hi way or intersection <br /> at the AM or PM peak hour is "D" or better. <br /> `Critical road area' means a geographical area where the arterial and/or collector roads <br /> serving the area have been determined by the Council to be worse than the acceptable <br /> level of service, based on professional studies. <br /> `Level of service, or LOS' means a qualitative measure describing operational conditions <br /> within a traffic stream, and shall be determined using the procedures in the latest edition <br /> of the Highway Capacity Manual, Transportation Research Board. <br /> `Mitigation' means specific actions to reduce traffic congestion. Mitigation is of two <br /> types: `local mitigation' which consists of improvements to roads and intersections that <br /> are in the immediate vicinity of a project, including channelization of intersections, turn <br /> lanes into a protect and similar improvements, and `regional mitigation' which consists of <br /> 2 <br /> <br />