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Dru Kanuha, Council Chair and Members of the County Council Page 5 All essential utilities and services are available to the site. Access to the property is from Kilauea Avenue, a County-owned and maintained roadway with a pavement width of approximately 35 feet within an existing 60-foot wide right-of-way with three lanes, with the middle lane as a dedicated left/right turning lane. The City of Hilo Zone Map and the General Plan Facilities Map reflect that Kilauea Avenue is planned to be widened to an 80- foot wide right-of-way. The Department of Public Works recommends the applicant provide improvements to the subject property's entire Kilauea Avenue frontage consisting of, but not limited to, pavement widening with concrete curb, gutter and sidewalk, drainage improvements, and any required utility relocation, meeting the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the approval of the Department of Public Works. The applicant will also be required to install any streetlights and traffic control devices that may be required by the Traffic Division, Department of Public Works. The applicant shall be responsible for the design, purchase, and installation of such devices. DPW further noted that the site plan submitted with this change of zone application is inconsistent with the zoning code in that include the parking layout which would force some vehicles to back out onto Kilauea Avenue. In order to provide these facilities, additional right-of-way will be needed. Therefore, the Department recommends that the future road widening strip and road frontage improvements be required as a condition of approval for the change of zone. According to the Institute of Transportation Engineers Trip Generation Manual, a 2,280 square foot High Turnover (Sit-Down) Restaurant would generate about 43 trips during the a.m. and p.m. peak hour periods. This does not trigger the need for a Traffic Impact Analysis Report (TIAR), however, to be consistent with the concurrency requirements of the Zoning Code, a condition of approval will require submittal of a TIAR should a different land use be developed that would generate over 50 peak hour trips. The applicants will be responsible for constructing any improvements identified in the TIAR required by the Department of Public Works. The project site has no severe geological or topographical problems which cannot be properly rectified or which would render the land unusable. The property is located in flood zone "X" which is an area determined by FEMA to be outside the 500-year flood plain. All development generated storm run-off shall be disposed of on- site and not allowed onto adjacent properties or roadways.