Waikoloa Lutheran Church Use Permit Application Packet_FINAL (4_12.14.2023)_v1

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D. Roadway and Traffic Waikoloa Lutheran Church's subject site fronts Paniolo Avenue which is a north- south connector roadway that runs through Waikoloa Village. The proposed church site is 1.4 miles from Waikoloa Road, 6.9 miles to highway 19 and 7.8 miles to highway 190. Paniolo Avenue is a 4 lane county dedicated roadway that has 2 northbound lanes and 2 southbound lanes within the 80'-0"wide right-of-way,that follows Department of Public Works standard R-32. Vehicular traffic coming to the church going northbound will turn from the left northbound lane and southbound traffic coming to the church will turn from the right southbound lane into the property. This allows traffic to pass both directions without having traffic stopped in either direction when a vehicle turns into the proposed church site. The existing Baptist church south of the proposed church site has the same ingress- egress access to Paniolo Avenue. The proposed parking lot will be asphalt pavement. The parking lot is ADA compliant. There is 2 ADA parking stalls and loading aisles as shown on the civil plans. The driveway width according to the civil plans, sheet C101 will be 36.3ft (entry and exit of vehicles). Pedestrian access to the proposed church site will be from Paniolo Avenue's sidewalks which are on both the east and west side of Paniolo Avenue. In phase 1 a concrete sidewalk will be connected at the driveway's connection to Paniolo Avenue to the parking lot and church's sanctuary and restroom facilities. Phase 2 will include access to the Church by a new concrete pedestrian walkway and a concrete ramp with rails. This access will be ADA Compliant. The Church will generate at least 50 to 75 vehicular trips on Sunday mornings between 7:00 AM and 12:00 PM. While the total number of trips may appear high, it would occur only on Sunday mornings and spread out over the three (3) services occurring at different times. Each of these services should generate about 20-25 movements,beginning at 6:30 am for the first service: another one around 8:30 am for the second service; and around 10:30 am for the last service. During the course of the week, the three (3) evening services would occur between 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM, with an anticipated 20-25 vehicular movement per service. Non-regular intermittent evening sessions or classes would occur between 3:00 PM and 8:00 PM. These will not be scheduled during evening services and are anticipated to be 22 vehicular movements during that period for class attendees and full time staff or congregation members who are supervising the activities. In sum, none of the movements would occur during the AM/PM peak hours of Waikoloa Elementary School. The heaviest movements on Sundays would be spaced over a 3-5-hour period and occur on a traditionally non-working day. Accordingly,the project should not have a significant,if at all,traffic impact during the AM/PM peak hours of the region. 12