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J Yoshimoto, Council Chair and Members of the County Council Page 3 • Require developers to provide basic infrastructure necessary for development. The hillside that makes up the 2-3-37 plat, which the property is located in, is identified in the General Plan Natural Beauty Element as an area of natural beauty for the view plane looking towards Hilo Bay from the hilltop. The applicants propose to limit the building height of all structures to 25 feet or one-story in order to preserve the view plane of Hilo Bay for adjacent neighbors looking mauka of the property and motorists traveling on Komohana and Ponahawai Streets. The Zoning Code limits the height of structures within the CN-zoning districts to 40 feet. We applaud the applicants for proposing a one- story height for its proposed structures to maintain the view plane,but note that the maximum height allowed within this zoning district is still less than the 45-foot height limit allowed within the property's existing Agricultural zoning classification. Either way, we do not believe that any structure built to the maximum height limit will have a significant adverse impact upon visual resources due to the slopes of individual properties along this section of Ponahawai Street and the orientation of Ponahawai Street that already provides a view corridor directly towards the ocean. The applicants will provide necessary on-site infrastructure to support development of the property with commercial land uses as well as curb, gutter, sidewalk, and drainage improvements to the frontage of the property along Ponahawai Street. The rezone to Neighborhood Commercial will allow the applicants to provide goods and services to Hilo neighborhoods in an area that is served by infrastructure, which will result in a more appropriate land use pattern that will further the public necessity and convenience. All essential infrastructure to support the proposed rezoning is or can be made available to the site. The property fronts Ponahawai Street, which has a right- of-way width of 60 feet with a 24-foot wide pavement and 4-foot wide grassed shoulders. The subject property and the adjoining property(TMK 2-3-037:011)to the east each have a 15-foot wide access easement fronting Ponahawai Street for a combined width of 30 feet. Each property has reciprocal access rights over this easement. The applicants propose to construct a 20-foot wide paved private roadway from Ponahawai Street to the project site over this common easement. The applicants are also amenable to providing curb, gutter, and sidewalk improvements fronting the property along Ponahawai Street as recommended by the Department of Public Works. County water is available from an existing 6-inch waterline fronting the property along Ponahawai Street. According to the Department of Water Supply, the existing