PD BACKGROUND REPORT (REZ 21-000248)

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16. Public Access: There is no record of designated public access to the mountain or shoreline traversing the property. 17. Traffic/Parking: As there is no trip generation designation for food truck operations, the applicant chose a 1,000 square foot fast food restaurant without a drive thru window and no indoor seating as an equivalent for their traffic generation analysis. Per the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Trip Generation manual, such an operation would generate an estimated 30 peak hour vehicle trips, thus does not meet the minimum 50 peak hour trips to trigger the requirement of a Traffic Impact Analysis Report(TIAR) under the concurrency section of the Zoning Code. Both the DOT and County Police Department raised concerns that the two (2)proposed parking stalls would be inadequate to accommodate the anticipated traffic generated by the food truck operation and that deficient parking on-site could force patrons to park on the side of the road on Akoni Pule Highway and Hoea Street and create unsafe conditions for pedestrians. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND SERVICES 18. Access: Access to the subject property is from Hoea Road, which is a County-maintained roadway with a roughly 20-foot-wide pavement and unimproved shoulders within an approximately 40-foot-wide right-of-way. The property has no direct access to Akoni Pule Highway as there is a remnant lot(Remnant"J" and TMK 5-5-009:045), which is owned by the State of Hawaii Department of Transportation (DOT), located between the highway and the subject parcel. The applicant attempted to purchase the remanat prior to submittal of this request, however,the DOT declined due to concerns regarding possible future development on the remnant that could affect sight distance at the intersection of the Akoni Pule Highway and Hoea Road. Based on the proposed zoning, the Department of Public Works-Engineering Division (DPW)recommends that all driveway connections and construction within Hoea Road conform to Chapter 22, County Streets, of the Hawaii County Code. Furthermore, based on the proposed zoning, DPW recommends that the applicant provide improvements to the subject property's Hoea Road frontage consisting of, but not limited to,pavement widening with concrete curb, gutter, and sidewalk, drainage improvements, and any relocation of utilities, meeting the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act -4-