2022-05-19 Leeward Exh B (Item 2 Council Bill No 120 PL-CC-2022-000001)

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charge. So the reason is to clarify the time that EV charging stations are required to be used. The Director agrees with this proposed amendment and recommends adopting this change. Additional proposed amendments to amend the Alternatives and exemptions section to read as follows: "The location does not"under Subsection (1), sorry, Subsection (b)(1) "The location does not have established electrical service or lacks adequate electrical infrastructure to provide 240-volt electrical service for electric vehicle charger implementation." And again, these, this is the section that references alternatives and exemptions. So the Councilmember just wanted to clarify what it meant to not have adequate electrical infrastructure to the site, and again, to clarify and quantify what is meant by "sufficient electrical current." The Director agrees with this proposed amendment and recommends adopting this change. Under Section 3. Definitions, amend "Electric vehicle charging system," "Alternating current Level 2 charging station," and"Direct current fast charger"to delete references to installation compliance with Article 625 of the National Electrical Code, as that's already covered when the County adopted Chapter 5D of the Hawaii County Code, and that's the County's Electrical Code. So,just, the idea here is if those sections change and we have them specifically referenced, then we have to amend the Zoning Code coming through in the future. So the Director agrees with this proposed amendment and recommends adopting this change. Additional amendments under Alternatives and exemptions, the Councilmember proposes to add Subsection (c) as follows: "Owner(s) of multiple parking facilities within the State who intend to use the aggregation allowance provided in Section 291-71, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall provide the director with documentation to demonstrate that the electric vehicle charging requirements have been met at the time of the application for a plan review." The Director agrees with this proposed amendment and recommends adopting this change with the suggested change from "plan review" again to "Plan Approval." And the idea here is we want some, we want them to provide some evidence that they've met their requirement under this aggregation opportunity. So those are the Director's proposed changes and some additional proposed changes from the Councilmember, and so, in addition, this letter that came in on April 29h from Councilmember Kimball, she is requesting the Planning Commission consider the following discussion points to help strengthen the bill, and they are as follows: For existing places of public accommodation that come in for plan review and would be subject to Section 25-4-54.1(b), what other criteria should exist for the EV charger requirement to be triggered? Some plan reviews may not have anything to do with parking. Should they have this requirement? So that's certainly for you to consider, but the Director has crafted a response: "Places of public accommodation where EV parking requirements are considered under this bill would occur, thus all will have a parking component. Additionally, most circumstances where Plan Approval is triggered, required parking is considered." So I think, certainly you folks can discuss that, but just to give you an idea of how we deal with parking under Plan Approval as a matter of practice. Based on the preceding, the Director believes current language of the bill would be sufficient. 8 EXHIBIT B