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on rezonings in North and South Kona until the adoption of the Kona Community Development Plan, or December 1, 2008, whichever occurs first. Probably as a result of the council resolutions, there have been no new rezoning applications received by the Planning Department in Kona during the 2007-2008 period, until this current application. Although the council may choose to delay action on this and other rezoning applications, the Planning Department is required by the Zoning Code, which is an ordinance and overrides any contrary resolutions, to receive and process rezoning applications, and to make recommendations on them. Similarly, the Zoning Code requires the Planning Commission to make recommendations to the council on rezoning applications within a set time frame. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND SERVICES 25. Access: Access to the project site will be from Alii Drive via the extension of the Naniloa Street stub -out at Queen Kalama Avenue. Naniloa Street has a 20 ft. wide pavement within a 50 -ft right-of-way. Queen Kalama Avenue has a 20 ft. wide pavement within a 50 -ft. right-of-way. Access from Alii Drive is also available from Laaloa Avenue via Naniloa Street which has a 20 ft. wide pavement within a 60 -ft right-of-way. No vehicular access easements are provided from the future Kahului-Keauhou Parkway. The project proposes to connect with the future Kamehameha Investment Corporation's development (TMK: 7-8-10: 002) south of the project site, as well as connections to Alii Drive through the currently vacant parcel (TMK 7-7-8:001) makai and adjacent to the project site. Discussions have been initiated with the adjacent makai landowner. 26. Traffic and Concurrency: On June 25, 2007, Ordinance No. 07-99, establishing "concurrency" standards for roads and water, in rezonings, took effect. This is Section. 25-2-46 of the Zoning Code. This is the first rezoning application in West Hawaii of a sufficient scale to trigger a "concurrency" analysis. Under Ordinance No. 07-99, any rezoning proposing a development that will generate 50 or more trips at the AM or PM peak hour needs to prepare a traffic impact analysis report ("TIAR") that analyzes the project's effects on local and regional traffic. This project barely exceeds the 50 trip minimum threshold for a TIAR. The Planning Department required a revised TIAR for this project because the TIAR initially submitted did not address regional traffic impacts. -5-