2021-11-23 PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (REZ-21-000248)

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food truck operation the applicant has elected to operate only one food truck in hopes of also decreasing the amount of traffic that would access the subject property. Additionally, the applicant is proposing to work with their engineer to design more parking on -site to minimize potential parking on the adjacent Remnant Lot "J". Furthermore, the Director has recommended conditions of approval for landscaping requirements in an effort to deter visitors from parking within the adjacent Remnant Lot "J". All essential utilities and services are available to the site. The project site has frontage along Hoea Road which is a, minor collector road that is owned and maintained by the County with a roughly 20-foot-wide pavement and unimproved shoulders within an approximately 40-foot-wide right-of-way. The General Plan describes minor collector roads such as Hoea Road, as local streets used as through -streets within commercial and industrial areas and requires a minimum right-of-way of 60 feet. Based on the preceding, a condition requiring a 10-foot future road widening from Hoea Road has been added The property has no direct access to Akoni Pule Highway as there is a remnant parcel "J", which belongs to the State of Hawaii Department of Transportation (DOT) between the highway and the subject parcel. Based on the proposed zoning, the Department of Public Works (DPW) recommends that access to the project shall conform to Chapter 22, County Streets, of the Hawai `i County Code and shall include adequate site distances. Additionally, the applicant shall install streetlights and traffic control devices as may be required by the DPW -Traffic Division and shall be responsible for the design, purchase, and installation of such devices along Hoea Road. The preceding will be added as conditions of approval. Furthermore, the Department of Public Works (DPW) recommends that the applicant provide improvements to the subject property's entire Hoea Road frontage consisting of a pavement widening with concrete curb, gutter and sidewalk, drainage improvements and any required utility relocation meetings with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Applicant finds that imposing these roadways improvements is excessive and disproportional to the small scope of the proposed food truck use and the small land area requested to be rezoned. The nearest sidewalk fronting commercial -zoned properties is located at least 630 feet to the east of the property -5-