PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-REZ-2023-000048)

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However, given that the 23,012-square foot rezone area has been developed with a dwelling since 1963,the Deputy Planning Director is not requiring the DPW recommended improvements. Instead, the Deputy Planning Director recommends that a 10-foot-wide road widening strip along the Kawailani Street frontage of the property be set aside and delineated on the subdivision plans. Further, that all structural setbacks be taken from this future road widening line. This recommendation by the Deputy Planning Director is consistent with a rezone request approved by the County Council in 2021 (Ordinance No. 21-64, dated October 6, 2021) for a property located approximately 3,400 feet east of the subject property. In that rezone, the DPW and Planning Director recommended improvements to the Kawailani Street frontage but the County Council removed the condition because there was a dwelling on the property with existing access to Kawailani Street and the newly created lots would be accessed via Further, the approved ordinance condition was supported by a letter dated February 9, 2023,from the Department of Public Works stating that they have no objections to the proposed amendments. Conditions of approval will be added to address the preceding. The Department of Water Supply (DWS) is currently servicing the existing single- family dwelling on the subject property with one 5/8-inch water meter fronting the parcel. County water is available to support the proposed 2-lot subdivision. DWS notes that should this rezoning request be approved, the applicant will be required to submit construction plans and design calculations prepared by a professional engineer for review and approval, and to construct all necessary water system improvements required by DWS prior to the issuance of Final Subdivision Approval. Conditions of approval will be added to address the preceding. There is no municipal sewer system servicing the subject area. The existing single- family dwelling on the subject property is currently being serviced by its own individual wastewater systems. Should any new dwellings, such as an ohana dwelling,be constructed on the future RS-zoned lot resulting from the proposed subdivision, the Department of Environmental Management(DEM)notes that the applicant shall follow DOH regulations for wastewater systems. A condition of approval will be added to address the preceding. The subject property is located approximately 2.0 miles from the nearest police station on Kapolani Street and approximately 1.5 miles from the nearest fire station off Haihai Street. A condition of approval will be included to require the applicants to meet all -4-