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The Honorable Dominic Yagong, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 7 Should this request be approved, the applicant may typically apply for an Ohana Dwelling Permit, allowing the construction of a second dwelling unit as a separate or attached unit on each parcel. An additional dwelling may be constructed on each lot, doubling the existing density of the area. The potential to allow additional dwellings may contribute to a cumulative burden on the existing infrastructure that cannot be supported. The Planning Director therefore supports this change of zone request subject to a condition within the proposed ordinance that will prohibit the construction of a second dwelling (ohana) unit and/or the establishment of and a Condominium Property Regime on each proposed lot. All utilities and services are available to the site. County water is available to the site. The proposed lots will utilize individual wastewater treatment systems meeting with the approval of the Department of Health. Solid waste will be disposed of at appropriate sites designated by the Department of Environmental Management. All essential utilities are available to the project site. Police, fire, and emergency services are available in Waimea. Access to the project site is from Kakanihia Place, a private, one-lane graveled subdivision road with grass shoulders, all within an approximate 30-foot wide right-of-way. The gravel traveled lane is approximately 13 feet wide and serves 8 to 10 other parcels. According to the Department of Public Works (DPW), the Kakanihia Place approach to and within Mamalahoa Highway right-of-way is not paved and does not meet current Subdivision Code standard width of an improved agricultural-standard travel way of 20 feet within a 50-foot wide right-of-way. The parcels served, although zoned for 40-acne minimum lot sizes, are all less than 2 acres except for one 8-acre parcel. The DPW indicates that an inconsistency already exists in the existing lot sizes relative to existing zone designation. As such, this change of zone request to a 0.5-acre minimum lot size would normally require an upgrade of the roadway to current agricultural standard, as this action may set a precedent and trigger additional rezoning requests. The DPW recommends that the Kakanihia Place approach to Mamalahoa Highway be improved to a 24-foot minimum paved width with 20-foot minimum return radii with any necessary relocation of utilities. In addition, the minimum 20-foot pavement width should be continued within the private road not less than 40 feet from the intersection. All of these recommended roadway improvements can be expected within an area that is envisioned to transition into a more substantial residential neighborhood. However, we have a unique subdivision that was created in the late 1950s that is limited in the amount that it can further evolve. Kakanihia Place is a dead-end road that services a subdivision where most lots are less than one acre in size. Only two lots, including the project site,provide opportunities for further subdivision should approval of this change of zone set a precedent. That would result in a total of maybe three additional lots within this long-established residential subdivision. This