PD Recommendation Report Ching (PL-REZ-2023-044)

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a 20-foot pavement within a 60-foot-wide right-of-way. The remaining lot will be accessed from Waokele Street, a county-owned and maintained roadway with a 10-foot pavement within a 40-foot-wide right-of-way. The Department of Public Works (DPW) notes that all driveway connections and construction shall conform to Hawaii County Code and access shall meet DPW approval. Conditions of approval will be included to address the preceding. According to the Department of Water Supply (DWS), water service can be made available from an existing 2-inch water line within Old Mamalahoa Highway. The applicants have secured water commitments for the proposed 6-lot subdivision and will be required to maintain those commitments and construct water system improvements meeting DWS standards. Conditions of approval will be included to address the preceding. There is no County sewer system in the area, thus a condition of approval will require the installation of individual wastewater systems meeting State Department of Health regulations. Solid waste will be handled by commercial rubbish haulers or by individual homeowners at authorized landfill sites or transfer stations, all essential utilities are available to the property and the closest police,fire and medical facilities are located nearby in Waimea. 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 Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). A condition of approval will be added to require that all development generated runoff will be disposed of on site and not directed toward any adjacent properties and all earthwork activity, including grading, grubbing, and stockpiling, and the project will conform to Chapter 10, Erosion and Sedimentation Control, of the Hawaii County Code. Thus, the proposed change of zone meets this criterion. The request is not contrary to Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to Coastal Zone Management Area. The subject property is located approximately 10 miles from the nearest shoreline, is not situated within the Special -4-