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Aaron S.Y. Chung, Council Chair and Members of the County Council Page 3 feet. Since the Hualalai Road right-of-way is currently only 50 feet wide, Condition D of the ordinances required the applicant subdivide and dedicate a future road widening strip along the property's Hualalai Road frontage by May 2011. The Planning Director supports the applicant's request to amend Condition D because road widening strips are typically not dedicated to the County until road improvements such as pavement widening, curb, gutter and sidewalk improvements are first constructed in the road widening strip. These improvements are typically done prior to completion or occupancy of a project. The General Plan also calls for the protection, restoration and enhancement of sites, buildings, and objects of significant historical and cultural importance to Hawaii. The property has two significant historic and cultural sites: the Kuakini Wall and a burial. In 1992 the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) approved the former landowner's Preservation Plan, which recommended stabilization of the Kuakini wall, buffer fencing around both sites, signage near the burial, and further assessment of some of the features around the burial site. The Director recommends adding Condition O to the ordinance in order to have the applicant implement these preservation and burial treatment measures. Additionally, it is recommended that the standard condition (Condition P) be updated related to reporting inadvertent archaeological and cultural finds during construction. In a memo dated March 5, 2009, the Kona CDP Manager at the time, detennined that the request for a time extension to complete construction of the project was consistent with the objectives and policies of the Kona CDP. The applicant's proposed project will also meet Policy PUB -4.4 (Sewer Priorities) and Policy TRAN-3.4 (Retrofit of Existing Streets) of the Kona CDP by connecting the development to the County sewer system and providing improvements to Hualdlai Road fronting the property within a future road widening strip. The concurrency section of the Zoning Code states that a traffic study is required whenever a proposed development will generate over 50 peak hour trips. The applicant's November 2016 TIAR concluded the project will generate less than 50 peak hour trips and the nearby intersections will continue to operate at acceptable levels -of -service. Section 25- 2-46(m) (Concurrency Requirements) of the Zoning Code indicates that a zoning amendment application shall not be granted unless the Department of Water Supply has determined that it can meet the water requirements of the project and issue water conunitments using its existing system. The site is serviced by the County water system and the applicant had 50 water commitments that expired in February 2017. The Department of Water Supply (DWS) indicates that they cannot support more than 50 dwelling units on the property at this time. Additional water will require extensive improvements to the County water system, which may include source, storage, booster pumps, and transmission and