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Z ONING § 25-2-46 Section 25-2-46. Concurrency requirements. (a) Purpose. In addition to requirements otherwise imposed, this section creates concurrency standards for roads, water supply, and civil defense sirens. (b) Applicability. This section applies to any zoning amendment application, or for an application for extension of time to perform a condition of zoning amendment received by the planning department after the effective date of this ordinance. (c) Definitions. As used in this section: “Acceptable level of service” means that the level of service of a transportation facility at the a.m. and p.m. peak hour is “D” or better. “Approved development” means development for which zoning has been granted by the County. “Civil Defense siren” means a noisemaking mechanical or electronic device, generating sound to provide warning of approaching danger. The siren is one type of tsunami warning system and is linked to the Hawai’i State Civil Defense Outdoor Siren Warning System, activated by the County’s civil defense system or by neighboring tsunami warning centers, in case of a potential life-threatening tsunami or other natural disaster. “Critical road area” means a geographical area where any of the transportation facilities serving the area have been determined by the council to be worse than the acceptable level of service. “Immediate vicinity of a project” means the area in which transportation facilities will be required to mitigate impacts caused primarily by the project. “Level of service, or LOS” means a qualitative measure describing operational conditions within a traffic stream, and shall be determined using the procedures in the latest edition of the Highway Capacity Manual, Transportation Research Board. “Mitigation” means specific actions to reduce traffic congestion. Mitigation is of two types: “local mitigation” which consists of improvements to roads and intersections that are in the immediate vicinity of a project, including channelization of intersections, turn lanes into a project and similar improvements. “Area mitigation” consists of improvements which increase the capacity of an arterial or other major road, such as additional lanes, in the general region containing the project, or construction of a new arterial or collector road in the general area containing the project, or improvements to public transportation such as buses or park and ride facilities, sufficient to offset the traffic demand generated by the project. SUPP. 14 (7-2023) 25-29