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

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B. Impacts to Public Welfare, Community's Character and Surrounding Properties The project should not cause any significantly adverse impact to the public welfare, community's character, and surrounding properties. The required infrastructure to and within the project site is and/or will be provided by the Applicant. Being within an urban environment, this area is already being serviced by other public services, particularly police and fire. Accordingly, there should be no significant adverse impact to the public welfare. While a little larger than a conventional residential structure, the new structure is less than 20 feet tall,well within the required 35 foot maximum for a single-family residential zone. With the planned landscaping, the visual impact of this project would generally be consistent with the evolving mixture of commercial and residential uses in the area. It should be noted a church—like a hospital or park—are uses that directly service the residential community. They are, thus, land uses that are generally consistent with a community's character. While the project will generate some traffic, the primary access from Paniolo Avenue is already adequate.In addition to the traffic occurring during the non-peak AM/PM hours, unlike a retail operation, traffic is not anticipated to be continuous. The proposed development should not generate any direct air quality impacts. As the project itself is not expected to have uses that generate adverse air pollutants, the only discernible air quality impact would be associated with vehicular traffic to and from the site. While the added traffic will have an impact to the ambient air quality, the impact should not be significant. This is due in part to the higher EPA standards for vehicular air emissions and the prevailing trade wind, as well as the traffic occurring during non-peak hours. There will also be short term noise impacts during the limited construction phase. To mitigate this impact,the development of this project—particularly the site work — will be limited ro daylight hours and on weekdays. The contractor will also be required to comply with established State Department of Health guidelines and standards relating to noise and emission controls. C. Infrastructure and Government Services Impacts The project will not unreasonably burden public agencies to provide roads and streets, sewers,water,drainage and other related infrastructure.Paniolo avenue acts as the access roadway for vehicular, bike and pedestrian traffic to the project. Paniolo Avenue has 2 lanes each direction for ingress-egress and acts as collector roadway for Waikoloa Village so adequate access will not be a concern, Furthermore, on each side of paniolo avenue there are concrete sidewalks and a bike lane to accommodate pedestrians and biker who are coming to and from the 21