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The Honorable J Yoshimoto, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 4 Under the current zoning, the owners were able to build a second house on the original lot as an `ohana dwelling', but could not subdivide the property. If approved, the applicants could build an ohana dwelling on each newly created lot, resulting in twice the amount of density. The Planning Director supports this rezoning request to allow a two - lot subdivision, but only on the condition of allowing one home on each lot. Therefore, a condition will be included in the change of zone ordinance to prohibit a second dwelling (ohana) unit and a condominium property regime on each lot. As a result, the rezoning will not increase the potential number of houses but gives the owners the option of subdividing into two lots. The surrounding area is predominantly in single family residential use and is zoned RS -10 and RS -15. There was a similar change of zone from RS -15 to RS -10 near the subject property, which was approved in 1991. The Hilo Municipal Golf Course is located directly across Haihai Street, which is zoned Open. All utilities and services are available to the site. Access to the property is from Haihai Street and Likeke Street. Both streets are County -owned with an approximate 20- foot pavement within a 40 -foot right -of -way. The Department of Public Works is recommending that the applicants provide a 10 -foot wide future road widening setback along Haihai Street and a 5 -foot wide future road widening setback Likeke Street, including a minimum 20 -foot property line radius at the roads' intersection. Therefore, a condition of approval will be added requiring the applicants to provide the above referenced future road widening setbacks and radius. County water is available to the property and both dwellings are hooked up to County water. The existing dwelling along Haihai Street utilizes a cesspool and the existing dwelling along Likeke Street utilizes a septic system for sewage disposal. Solid waste will be disposed of by the homeowners or commercial haulers at appropriate sites designated by the Department of Environmental Management. Electricity, telephone and cable services are available to the site. The police and fire stations are located in Hilo. The property has no severe geological or topographical problems which cannot be rectified or which would render the land unusable. The project site is located within Zone "X ", area determined to be outside the 500 -year floodplain. All development generated storm run -off shall be disposed of on -site and not allowed onto adjacent properties or roadways.