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The Honorable J Yoshimoto, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 3 commercial, single- family and multiple - family residential and related functions. The project site is located in an urban -like setting adequately served by transportation, utilities, commercial establishments and other amenities to support the proposed use. The urban classification also conforms to the standard that the development is within reasonable proximity to centers of trading and employment and basic services such as schools, police and fire protection, transportation systems and water. The project site is located near the Waikoloa Village urban area, and thus conforms to the Land Use Commission Rules that encourages urban development in close proximity to existing developments, services and facilities. The project site fronts both Paniolo Avenue and Waikoloa Road. Paniolo Avenue is a County collector road with an 80 -foot right -of -way with two through -lanes in each direction fronting the property. Paniolo Avenue is improved with a planter strip, sidewalk and streetlights. Waikoloa Road is an arterial street with a 120 -foot wide right - of -way with one through -lane in each direction. There is no sidewalk along Waikoloa road fronting the property. The DPW recommends that accesses to both Paniolo Avenue and Waikoloa Road be improved and channelized within the County right -of -way, including left turn lanes and right turn/deceleration lanes and left turn refuge lanes and traffic control measures, meeting with the approval of the DPW, prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy. The project is also consistent with the Hawai`i State Plan, a guide for the long - range development of the State. The Plan identifies goals, objectives, policies and priorities for the State and provides a basis for the determination of policies and allocation of limited resources. The project is consistent with the plan which encourages urban developments in close proximity to existing services and facilities. Urban Districts shall include lands characterized by "city- like" concentrations of people, structures, streets, urban level of services and other related land uses. The project site is located near urban -type uses, including various retail establishments within a shopping complex, a post office, multiple - family residential areas, and a golf course. This project will expand the already established Waikoloa mauka village residential /commercial area. Water can be made available to the site. Police and fire protective services are within close proximity to the project site, as well as in Waimea. All essential utilities can be made available to the property. The property has no severe geological or topographical problems which cannot be properly rectified or which would render the land unusable. According to the Department of Public Works, the project site is located in Zone "X ", an area outside of the 500 -year flood plain. The reclassification meets the standard which states that the