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PROPOSED AMENDMENT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25, ARTICLE 2, DIVISION 4, HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED) BY ADDING A NEW SECTION RELATED TO CONCURRENCY CONDITIONS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Purpose and findings. The council finds that because of road congestion in Hawaii County, it is necessary to assess the traffic impacts of major developments, and if they will add traffic to roads that are now congested, or will foreseeably be congested in the future, that the rezoning should not take effect unless improvements to the traffic situation occur before the occupancy of the project. At the same time, the council recognizes that the lack of affordable housing near employment centers is one of the factors that creates traffic problems, by forcing workers to commute long distances, and does not want to inhibit the supply of affordable housing. In addition, there are situations where commercial or light industrial rezoning may be desirable to reduce traffic. For cxample, thousands of homes are being built in rural subdivisions approved in the 1950's and 1960's, mostly in Puna and Ka'u. These generally have no areas zoned for commercial and light industrial uses, and development of these necessary services has not kept pace with the movement of population to these areas. The council also finds that it is desirable to have standard expectations for water supply for new rezonings. In some rural areas, however, there is no reasonable prospect of a public water system, but the county may wish to allow some commercial and possibly light industrial rezoning to serve the growing rural population. The water supply necessary for sanitation and firefighting, in these circumstances, can be handled by requiring adequate storage facilities. SECTION 2. Chapter 25, article 2, division 4, Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), is amended by adding a new section 25-2-46 to read as follows: "Section 25-2-46. Concurrence requirements. ~ Purpose. In addition to requirements otherwise imposed, this section creates concurrency standazds for roads and water supply in change of zone actions. (bl Applicability. This section applies to any application for rezoning, or for an extension of time to perform a condition of zoning, received by the Planning Depaztrnent after the effective date of this ordinance. (c) Definitions. As used in this section: `Acceptable level of service' means that the level of service of a transportation facility at the AM and PM peak hour is "D" or better. improved development' means development for which zoning has been granted by the count