PD Recommendation Report (PL-REZ-2022-000039)

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easement and a 10-foot-wide future road widening setback easement along its entire Mamalahoa Highway frontage. Since the highway fronting the property was transferred to the State in 2021, the Department of Transportation has the authority to determine whether and where access to the property will be permitted, if at all. According to the Department of Water Supply (DWS), water for the proposed project can be made available from an existing 12-inch waterline within Mamalahoa Highway. The existing farm dwellings are serviced by a one-inch water meter and individual residential lot owners of the other proposed lots will be responsible for installation of their own water meters and related infrastructure. The applicant will be required to comply with DWS rules and regulations regarding water supply, including, but not limited to, constructing necessary water system improvements, maintaining valid water commitments for the proposed subdivision as well as remitting facilities charge payments and submitting documents conveying improvements and necessary easements to the Water Board of the County of Hawaii. As there is no municipal sewer system in the area, wastewater will be served by Individual Wastewater Systems (IWS) meeting the approval of the State Department of Health (DOH). Conditions of approval will be included to address the preceding. All other essential utilities are available to the property. Police and fire services are available within three (3) miles of the site in Waimea. There are no severe geological or topographical problems for the property that cannot be properly rectified, or which would render the land unusable. According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency the subject property contains several flood zone designations including Zone "X", "XS", "AO", .AE", and"AEF". The topography of the project site is fairly level with slight slopes from 0 to 3 percent. In accordance with comments from Department of Public Works, Engineering Division, the applicant will be required to comply with the County Flood Code when developing the property and to dispose of development generated runoff on site and not directed toward any adjacent properties, including Mamalahoa Highway. All earthwork activity, including grading, grubbing and stockpiling, will conform to Chapter 10, Erosion and Sedimentation Control, of the Hawaii County Code. Conditions of approval will be -7-