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COUNTY OF HAWAII <br />STATE OF HAWAII <br />BILL NO. 62 <br />( DRAFT 2 ) <br />ORDINANCE NO. 11 71 <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25, ARTICLE 2, DIVISION 4, SECTION 25- <br />2-46 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), <br />RELATING TO ADDITION OF CIVIL DEFENSE SIRENS TO CONCURRENCY <br />REQUIREMENTS. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br />SECTION 1. Chapter 25, article 2, division 4, section 25 -2 -46 of the Hawai`i County <br />Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: <br />Section 25 -2 -46. Concurrency requirements. <br />"(a) Purpose. In addition to requirements otherwise imposed, this section creates <br />concurrency standards for roads [and], water supply [in change of zone actions], and <br />civil defense sirens. <br />(b) Applicability. This section applies to any zoning amendment application[ for change <br />of zoning district], or for an application for extension of time to perform a condition <br />of zoning amendment[,]received by the planning department after the effective date <br />of this ordinance. <br />(c) Definitions. As used in this section: <br />"Acceptable level of service" means that the level of service of a transportation <br />facility at the a.m. and p.m. peak hour is "D" or better. <br />"Approved development" means development for which zoning has been granted <br />by the County. <br />"Civil Defense siren" means a noisemaking mechanical or electronic device, <br />generating sound to provide warning of approaching danger. The siren is one type of <br />tsunami warning system and is linked to the Hawai'i State Civil Defense Outdoor <br />Siren Warning System, activated by the County's civil defense system or by <br />neighboring tsunami warning centers, in case of a potential life - threatening tsunami <br />or other natural disaster. <br />"Critical road area" means a geographical area where any of the transportation <br />facilities serving the area have been determined by the council to be worse than the <br />acceptable level of service. <br />"Immediate vicinity of a project" means the area in which transportation facilities <br />will be required to mitigate impacts caused primarily by the project. <br />"Level of service, or LOS" means a qualitative measure describing operational <br />conditions within a traffic stream, and shall be determined using the procedures in the <br />latest edition of the Highway Capacity Manual, Transportation Research Board. <br />"Mitigation" means specific actions to reduce traffic congestion. Mitigation is of <br />two types: "local mitigation" which consists of improvements to roads and <br />