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Michael Yee October 18, 2017 Page 6 relatively low traffic volumes during the peak hours, therefore,no operational issue are anticipated at the Puainako Street or Kekela Street driveways. C. Proposed Mitigation. The Report concluded that the Project trips traveling southbound on Kekela Street which are turning left to go eastbound on Puainako Street are experiencing the highest delay at this intersection. The existing southbound lane on Kekela Street is approximately 24 feet wide, which is sufficient to provide two 12-foot wide lanes. As recommended in the Report,potential mitigation to address the current and 5-year projected forecast of the TIAR would be to restripe the southbound Kekela Street to provide a left/through lane and a separate right-turn lane, which would: (1) improve operations at this intersection since the right-turn movement will no longer be impeded by a queue waiting to turn left, (2)minimize disruption to the southbound right-turn, which is the predominant movement at this approach, and (3)maintain traffic flow. The DPW has preliminarily informed the Applicant that it did not recormnend any access restrictions (i.e., limited to delivery vehicles) on Kekela Street during the original rezoning action, and would not object to an amendment to remove the limited access restriction, provided the Project ingress/egress on Kekela Street conforined to County standards. 5. Request No. 5 -Amend Condition H (off-site parking). This proposed amendment seeks to conforin the number of off-site parking and loading spaces at the 1:160 ratio based on the reduced square footage of project from the commercial uses from 9,600 to 10,132 square feet to 9,046 square feet. H. The project shall provide a minimum of one parking space for each 160 square feet ofgross floor area for commercial uses or the requirements of Section 25-4-51, whichever is greater. The minimum off-street parking spaces for this project shall[tnitia4yj be[�3] 57 spaces. Reason: The prior developer had contemplated a significantly larger commercial project which was twice the size of the currently proposed Project. At the last Hawaii County Council ("Council"),hearings on the prior developer's plan, and in lieu of following § 25-4-51(a)(4), HCC, which requires one parking stall for every 300 square feet of gross floor area for commercial uses (or 66 stalls), the Council utilized a formula of one parking stall for every 160 square feet of gross floor area for commercial uses (or 123 stalls). The commercial space of the proposed Project of 9,046 square feet. Therefore, the reduction in the number of off-site parking and loading spaces to conform to the parking requirements of one parking stall for every 160 square feet of gross floor area for commercial uses is 57 stalls.