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The Honorable Dominic Yagong, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 4 this designation since the 1989 General Plan was adopted. This designation allows for commercial, multiple residential and related services (general and office commercial; multiple residential — up to 87 units per acre). Thus, approval of the CG zoning request would allow for uses that are consistent with the High Density form depicted on the LUPAG Map. The property has been developed since 1938 with a single-family dwelling. The applicant proposes to renovate the existing dwelling and convert it into an office for its operations, which would not substantially change the property. Immediately surrounding lands are zoned RS -10 and primarily consist of single-family dwellings. Nearby commercial uses include a credit union and medical office building located about 150 feet to the north, at the intersection of Lono St and Kino`ole St, on properties zoned CG -20 and CN -10. There is also a vacant lot zoned CG -10 in this area. About 320 feet to the southwest at the Kino`ole St — West Lanikaula St intersection is a law office and kidney dialysis clinic on lands zoned CN -20. The establishment of the CG zoning, and in this particular situation, the establishment of a real estate board office would be consistent with the existing land use pattern established within this portion of Hilo. To mitigate any possible visual or noise impacts the commercial zoning would have on adjacent properties, the applicant would be required to comply with the Planning Department's Rule No. 17 regarding landscaping between commercial and residential properties. Landscaping will be indicated on plans submitted for Plan Approval and reviewed in more detail by the Planning Department at that time to identify and address any specific concerns unique to the subject property and proposed use. Additionally, the applicant will comply with the requirements of the Zoning Code for the CG zoning district which would include but not be limited to building height restrictions and property setbacks. Therefore, a favorable recommendation of this change of zone request to CG -20 would be appropriate. All utilities and services are available to the site. Access to the property is from Kino`ole Street, which is a two-lane County roadway within a 60 -foot wide right-of-way fronting the property. The General Plan identifies Kino`ole Street as a major collector street which requires a minimum right-of-way width of 60 feet. Thus, additional right-of- way is not required from the subject property for future road widening. There is an existing 4 -foot wide sidewalk and planting strip along the property's Kino`ole Street frontage. However, the Department of Public Works recommends that the applicant replace the existing sidewalk with a "full width" concrete sidewalk of 10 -feet width meeting the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The applicant proposes to establish an approximately 2,200 -square foot real estate board office on the property, which according to the ITE Trip Generation Manual, 7rh Edition, will generate