PD Background Report Lili'uokalani Trust (PL-REZ-2023-051)

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Zendo Kern,Director September 11,2023 11 • Availability or provision by LT of all essential utilities and services. The discussion relates to the improvements to the roadway right-of-way, connection to the wastewater system, and the like. All off-site infrastructure improvements listed in the conditions of approval have been completed.This is also a commitment on the part of LT. • The site not having any resource issues, such as drainage, cultural/archaeological, botanical, or avifaunal. The zoned area is designated "X"on the FIRM map for the area. It is thus maintained that the reasons used to support the existing zoning still apply to, if the time performance condition is not deleted,the requested time extension. It should be noted, however,that since the CV-10 zoning was approved in 2000,the only substantive change to the Zoning Code was the adoption of the concurrency provision, Section 25-2-46. Specifically, it requires all rezoning, including time extension, address traffic, potable water, and civil defense siren concerns. Relative to traffic,the concurrency provision requires a Traffic Impact Analysis Report(TZAR) if more than fifty(50)trips are generated by a project during peak hours. In this situation, and given the size of the property, if one were to assume a 9,000+/-square foot structure,the projected TIAR threshold would not be met. According to the Institute of Traffic Engineering manual (the manual used by traffic engineers in preparing Traffic Impact Analysis Report),the AM/PM trip generation for office use is 1.49 trips per 1,000 square feet. Thus,for a maximum 9,000 square-foot office building,the projected movements would be no more than 14 movements. For a retail complex, it would be four(4)trips per 1,000 square feet or 36 movements. Thus,the projected use does not reach the TIAR"threshold". County water for the project is still available from Eho Street. Further,there is a civil defense siren less than 500 feet from the subject site. As such, approval of this request should not be incongruous with the concurrency provision of the Zoning Code. VI. SUGGESTED LANGUAGE Again, LT is requesting the deletion of Conditions B, C, D, F, and K. In the event Conditions B and C cannot be favorably considered, LT would suggest the following language to accommodate additional ti me: A. Amending Condition B to read as follows: Condition (8) Final Plan Approval of the development shall be secured from the Planning Department within ten years from the effective date of this[amendment]amended ordinance. To assure adequate time for plan approval review and in accordance with Chapter 25-2-72 (Zoning Code), plans shall be submitted a minimum of forty-five days prior to the date by which plan approval must be secured. Plans shall indicate internal driveway circulation with the adjacent Kona Coast Shopping Center. B. Amending Condition C to read as follows: 1100 ALAKEA STREET,SUITE 1100•HONOLULU,HAWAI'I 96813-2845 808-203-6150•ONIPAA.ORG