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Dru Kanuha, Council Chair and Members of the County Council Page 3 The subject property is located within Hilo near KTA Superstore and the Puainako Shopping Center. Several of the surrounding properties along Kilauea Avenue are zoned CN-10 and include commercial and food manufacturing uses such as a noodle factory, convenience store and salon spa. A chiropractic office was established through a Use Permit in 1986 across Kilauea Avenue to the south on land zoned RS-10. Surrounding properties to the north and south are zoned RS-10 and contain houses and `ohana units but overall this area along Kilauea Avenue is transitioning to more commercial uses. The applicant will provide basic infrastructure needed to support commercial uses such as County potable water, a Department of Health-approved wastewater system, road widening, concrete curb, gutter and sidewalk and drainage improvements along Kilauea Avenue, and electrical service. Thus, the applicant's request is consistent with surrounding land uses and zoning and the goals, policies and standards of the General Plan. All essential utilities and services are available to the site. Access to the property is from Kilauea Avenue, which is a two-lane paved County roadway with a northbound center left-turn lane fronting the subject property and grass shoulders, all within a 60-foot wide right-of-way. The General Plan identifies Kilauea Avenue as a secondary arterial street which requires a minimum right-of-way width of 80 feet, thus a 10-foot wide future road widening strip along the property frontage would be required to meet the General Plan standard. The Department of Public Works (DPW) recommends improvements along the property frontage of Kilauea Avenue to include curb, gutter, sidewalk and pavement widening within the future road widening setback. Due to the subject property's close proximity to the Kilauea Avenue-Puainako Street intersection, DPW also recommends access be limited to right-in and right-out restricted by a physical barrier. According to the Institute of Transportation Engineers Trip Generation Manual, a 3,000 square foot general office building would generate about 5 trips during the a.m. and p.m. peak hour periods. However, to be consistent with the concurrency requirements of the Zoning Code, a condition of approval will require submittal of a Traffic Impact Analysis Report (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.