PD Recommendation Report (PL-REZ-2022-000030)

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maintained paved roadway, with the fifth lot maintaining current access by way of West Kawailani Street. The Department of Public Works (DPW)notes that all driveway connections and construction within the Kawailani Street and South Kumuwaina Place right-of-way shall conform to Hawaii County Code and access shall meet DPW approval. DPW recommends that the applicants provide improvements to the subject property's Kawailani Street frontage within the established future road widening setback meeting the approval of DPW. Conditions of approval will be added to address the preceding. Given the small scale and scope of the project, a TIAR was not performed. According to the applicants, the proposed change of zone and 5-lot subdivision is expected to generate much less than the 50 peak-hour trip benchmark in the concurrency section of the zoning code. According to the Department of Water Supply (DWS), water service can be made available to the subject property from an existing 6-inch waterline along Kumuwaina Place and an existing 8-inch waterline along Kawailani Street. Conditions of approval will require the applicants to pursue and maintain water commitment until such time as the required water facilities charges are paid in full and that final subdivision approval will be subject to compliance with the requirement to constrict any necessary water system improvements. The subject property is not currently serviced by the County sewer system. The applicants notes that there is no municipal sewer service to the property and that individual wastewater systems will be necessary for any new residential construction. Any new individual wastewater systems will meet requirements of the Department of Health regulations. The preceding will be added as a condition of approval. Solid waste will be disposed of at authorized transfer stations, all essential utilities are available to the property and the closest police, fire and medical facilities are located nearby in Hilo. A condition of approval will be included to require the applicants to meet all applicable County, State and Federal laws, rules, regulations, and requirements. There are no severe geological or topographical problems for the property that cannot be properly rectified, or which would render the land unusable. The subject property is in an area designated as Zone "X, an area determined to be outside the 500-year flood plain, on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)by the Federal -4-