PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-REZ-2022-018)

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designations whenever possible adds clarity and specificity, increases transparency into the land use designation process and more accurately reflects the County's and the community's land use goals and intentions. All essential utilities and services are available to the property. The subject property is currently accessed via Old Mamalahoa Highway,which is a County owned and maintained roadway. Old Mamalahoa Highway will provide direct access to one (1) parcel which shares its frontage. The remaining six (6)parcels will be accessed via a 50- foot wide private agricultural-standard roadway which was previously used as cane haul roads. These former cane haul roads have pavement widths of at least 20 feet. A small segment of road along the western side of the project site within the existing 40 footwide easement and adjoining 10-foot road widening will be improved to a full 20-foot wide agricultural pavement. At this time the applicant is not proposing to install sidewalks on the interior roadways of the development. According to DPW-Engineering Division (DPW), construction within the County right-of-way will require a County ROW permit in conformance with Hawai`i County Code, Chapter 22, County Streets. The Planning Department will add this condition as well as other standard conditions that the applicant comply with the requirements of the DPW-Engineering Division for the interior roadways and any other roadway improvements. Based on the proposed zoning, DPW-Engineering Division recommends that the applicant provide improvements to the subject property's entire Old Mamalahoa Highway frontage consisting of, but not limited to paved shoulders, bike lanes, swale improvements, signs and markings, streetlights, safety devices and any required utility relocation,meeting the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the approval of the Department of Public Works. The applicant finds that imposing these improvements will be excessive due to the small 7-lot subdivision that will not require any off-site roadway improvements to accommodate the 7 peak-hour vehicular trips. The applicant further states that requiring paved shoulders,bike lanes and swale improvements as well as utility relocation would not conform to the existing conditions in the surrounding area and would be costly. The Planning Director agrees with the -4-