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The Honorable J Yoshimoto, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 5 Zoning Code, the purpose of the CG district is to provide for commercial uses ands services on a broad basis to serve as the central shopping or principal downtown area for a city of region. Additionally, no CG district shall be established until there is a demonstrated need for such action and no two CG districts shall be established in such relationship to each other that they cannot act as one center and yet are too close together to serve two distinct regions. Various conditions of approval have been added to ensure the development complies with other sections of the Zoning Code related to landscaping, off-street parking and loading, building density, minimum yards and setbacks and building height limits. By limiting the Project District to those land uses permitted only in the RS, RM, CN and CV districts, the request is consistent with the General Plan and Zoning Code. The request for a Project District will not result in a substantial adverse impact upon the surrounding area, community or region. The property is located within well-established residential areas that are zoned for single-family residential use. In close proximity to the property are lands zoned and/or developed for commercial uses, such as the medical facilities located immediately makai of Komohana Street. The applicant's objective is to develop a mixed-use project while still protecting the important cultural and environmental resources of the area. The applicant has recognized the benefits of planning and designing a project in a manner that is sensitive to the natural features and unique heritage of the land. The overall design theme provides generous open space with active and passive type recreational uses. This open space area will consist of approximately 26 acres that will include the Alenaio Stream drainageway. The project proposal is to improve the banks of the drainageway for use as a linear park with the provision of bicycle and pedestrian pathways. The development would have the potential to adversely affect surrounding properties which are mostly residential in character, if mitigation measures were not required. However, several conditions of approval will mitigate adverse impacts of the project related to noise, air quality (dust) and drainage. For example, since this particular area has experienced major flooding in the past the Planning Department believes it is reasonable and prudent to prevent the construction of residential structures and other substantial buildings within the floodways (FIRM Flood Zones "A" and "AE"). Additionally, the applicant will prepare a drainage study and construct necessary improvements in order to contain all development -generated runoff on-site. The applicant is required to comply with various State Department of Health standards by controlling dust during construction and reducing the effect of construction equipment