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The Honorable J Yoshimoto, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 9 The Hawai`i County Council has adopted Ordinance No. 07 -99, which amended Chapter 25 (Zoning Code), Article 2, Division 4, Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended) by adding a new section relating to concurrency conditions. The council added requirements relating to traffic impacts and water supply relative to the approval of rezonings. To determine whether road conditions are adequate in an area, the ordinance requires some rezoning applications to be accompanied by a traffic impact analysis report (TIAR). The ordinance also requires evidence that water is available for the new rezonings. If these requirements are not met, then the rezoning should not be approved or should not take effect unless improvements to traffic and water occur before the occupancy of the project. In Ordinance 07 -99, the Council addressed the issue of water in rural areas where there is no reasonable prospect of a public water system, but where the county may wish to allow some commercial and possibly light industrial rezonings to serve the growing rural population, such as the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates and Hawaiian Ranchos area. The Council added Section 25- 2- 46(n), which states "to facilitate the development of village centers in rural areas that are not currently served by a public water system, the council may waive the water supply requirements for rezonings for commercial or light industrial uses in areas that do not currently have a public water system, and where the department of water supply has no plans to build a public water system, and which are (1) designated as an "urban or rural center" or "industrial area" on Table 14 -5 of the General Plan and (2) designated for urban use on the Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Map of the General Plan; provided that conditions of zoning shall require water supply consistent with public health and safety needs such as sanitation and firefighting." The water supply necessary for sanitation and firefighting, in these circumstances, can be handled by requiring adequate storage facilities through conditions of the rezoning. As required by Section 25- 2- 46(n), the proposed request is designated as a "urban or rural center" and "industrial area" on Table 14 -5 of the General Plan and is designated for urban use on the Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Map of the General Plan (urban expansion area/rural). The proposed Change of Zone from an Agricultural (A -1 a) to an Industrial - Commercial Mixed -three acre (MCX -3a) zoned district will conform to, among others, the following goals, policies and standards of the Land Use and Economic General Plan Elements and the General Plan LUPAG Map: In order to consider an area for any type of zoning designation, the applicable goals, policies and standards of the General Plan must be adequately addressed. It is only through such a comprehensive policy analysis approach that evaluations and decisions can be made to better time and stage developments to achieve growth determined by the General Plan and related