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Aaron S.Y. Chung, Council Chair and Members of the County Council County of Hawai`i Page 12 Planning Director's Recommendation for Amending Condition Q In their memo dated January 25, 2019 the Department of Public Works indicated they do not support the amendment of Condition Q to allow driveway accesses onto Komohana Street, Mohouli Street and the future Ponahawai Street extension as these roads serve as arterial roadways. DPW is supportive of allowing road lots onto these roadways, with their approval. This is similar to the future road lot across from Pu'uhonu Place that was granted preliminary subdivision approval by the Planning Department. The intersection of this road lot and Komohana Street will need to meet design and sight distance requirements of the DPW. The current Condition Q already allows for road lots with DPW approval. Based on DPW's concerns, the Planning Director does not support the applicant's amendment of Condition Q to allow driveways, rather than road lots, onto arterial streets. Applicant's Requested Amendment of Condition R Condition R: Unless otherwise specified by the Planning Director in consultation with the Department of Public Works, all streets to be dedicated to the County within the commercial development of the project shall be constructed to dedicable standards, including the provision of concrete curbs, gutters, and sidewalks. This shall not be required of all private, non-dedicable standard roads and residential subdivisions. Further, the installation of the curbs, gutters, and sidewalk may be deferred to the actual development of a commercial lot and not necessarily at the time a commercial lot(s) is being created through the subdivision process. Applicant's Reasons for Amending Condition R The applicant requests to amend this condition to remove the requirement that all roads in the WPD be built to County dedicable standards with curbs, gutters and sidewalks. Unless waived by the Planning Director, the condition requires that all roads have to be built to county dedicable standards with curbs, gutters, and sidewalks. The applicant intends to have portions of the roads within the project constructed to private, non-dedicable standards, as allowed by the County Subdivision Code and the Department of Public Works Standard Detail manual. This would apply specifically to residential subdivisions with 6 or less lots. Further,the Subdivision Code does not mandate curbs, gutters, and sidewalks for single- family residential subdivisions. Thus, due to added cost and consistency requirements,the applicant requests that this not be made mandatory.