PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-REZ-2022-000016)

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All essential utilities and services are available to the property. The subject parcel is currently accessed via one (1)paved driveway connection to Laukahi Place,which is a County owned and maintained roadway with an approximately twenty-five (25) foot pavement width within an existing forty (40) foot wide right-of- way. The southern side of Laukahi Place is improved with an approximately eight(8) foot wide sidewalk. As a local street, Laukahi Place should have a total 50-foot-wide right-of-way (currently 40 feet),however,the Deputy Director is not inclined to require a future road widening setback as it was not required of other properties that were rezoned to CV in the immediate area. Based on the proposed zoning, the Department of Public Works (DPW) recommends that the applicant provide improvements to the subject property's Laukahi Place frontage consisting of,but not limited to pavement widening with concrete curb, gutter, and sidewalk, drainage improvements, signs and markings, streetlights, and any relocation of utilities, meeting the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the approval of the Department of Public Works. DPW recommends the improvements to be located within any future road widening setback established by the Planning Department and that all driveway connections and construction meet the requirements of Chapter 22, County Streets, of the Hawaii County Code. Additionally, DPW recommends that the applicant install any required streetlights or traffic control devices as may be required by the Traffic Division, Department of Public Works, with design,purchase and installation being the responsibility of the applicant. As the applicant is currently proposing to convert an existing dwelling into a small retail building, they have requested the DPW roadway improvement requirements outlined above be deferred to when the scope of the business is expanded or enlarged beyond the footprint of the existing structure. The Deputy Planning Director is not inclined to support that request as there has been no representation that the applicant ever intends to expand or enlarge beyond the footprint of the existing structure, thus the improvements may never be made. The proposed retail use is considered a permitted use in the CV zoning district. Moreover, these improvements have been required of other landowners in similar rezonings and are appropriate for this type of zoning in urban -4-