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Communication 199 Bill 62 Page 2 of 3 approximately 50-foot right-of--way with a 40-foot wide pavement. There is an existing roadway easement within the property which gains access to Highway 11. 5. County water is available to the site from an existing 8-inch waterline within Highway 11 or an existing 6-inch waterline within Kukui Street, both fronting the subject pazcel. 6. The County Police Station is located less than two miles from the property and the Ka`u Hospital is located approximately 12.5 miles away. All utilities aze available to the site. 7. The Planning Director recommended favorably on this request based on the following: • The Change of Zone request will conform to the goals, policies and standazds of Land Use (Commercial) and Economic Elements of the General Plan. The request would complement a policy of the General Plan that states commercial facilities shall be developed in azeas adequately served by necessazy services, such as water, utilities, sewers and transportation systems. • The Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map designates this azea as Medium Density Urban and the requested Village Commercial zoning is consistent with this designation. • The Department of Public Works recommends that applicant provide improvements to the entire frontage along Kukui Road (pavement widening with concrete curb, gutter and sidewalk, drainage improvements, and any required utility relocation). The Planning Director is not recommending such curb, gutter and sidewalk improvements because the conditions of zoning limit development to the current home. These improvements would not connect with any other sidewalks and would have limited usefulness. • The Change of Zone request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to Coastal Zone Management as the subject property is not located in the Special Management Area. • Given that the entire site has been previously grubbed and graded as a dwelling site, the presence of any known raze, threatened, or endangered floral and fauna species is remote. Likewise, the existence of archaeological sites within the property is unlikely. • The Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) indicate that the project azea is located within Zone "X," areas determined to be outside the 500-year flood plain and there are no significant drainage ways that adversely affect the project site. • Requisite of the Planning Director's favorable recommendation for the Change of Zone request, aze thirteen (13) conditions contained in Bill No. 62 that outline PC Report No. 22