2012-01-05 Windward Transcript Winegar

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to go through them and explain how the applicant is required by law to address in some cases and by conditions of the proposed change of zone ordinance as required by the Department. If you have Mr. Cooper's letter I will follow through on this point by point. The first is this traffic issue. And the first thing he says there is not enough parking to support the number of units to be developed. By the Code, we would be required to have 20 units of parking on the site. The applicant is proposing 35% more than that or 27 units. So I would dispute the fact that it is inadequate. It is 35% over the Code requirement. The second point was that the driveway or the location of the driveway is unsafe for two cars to enter and exit at the same time. If the existing drive way were to be used, that would be true. But the plan shows a 24-foot wide driveway, which frankly is wider than many roads on our island. So it is more than adequate to allow the safe ingress and egress of two cars. It will be 12-foot lanes. They point out that there is no on street parking, and that is correct. We are not proposing to use any on street parking here. The slide clearly shows there’s a guardrail that fronts most of the property, other than the driveway access. And the final point regarding parking was a request for a traffic impact analysis report. The Department of Public Works has warrants or basically requirements for when Public Works would require a traffic study. And typically that is, a 50-car per hour, per peak hour trip would trigger a traffic impact analysis report. The proposed use, a 14-build -, the apartment building is a 14-unit apartment building, would trigger 8 additional trips in the morning hour, peak hour, and ten in the afternoon. So, you know, less than 20 percent of what is required would trigger it. But you will notice in Condition E that Public Works is recommending a condition that basically says if the applicant proposes any other land use that would trigger this 50 units per hour, peak hour, a TIAR would be prepared, reviewed and approved by the Department of Public Works. So, currently, with the 14 units, it’s not a major traffic issue. The location of the site in the proximity of the University, the idea is to try to attract students who would be walking to the University. And the other thing is typically students don’t have the same hour, work hour, same peak hours as the normal public would. They don’t go to school at, you know, 7 o’clock and come back at 4:30 or 5 o’clock, more back and forth during the day. Particularly with this location they’d be able to walk back and forth. Now the second issue is the drainage issue. And Mr. Cooper provides a pretty extensive history of issues that he has had with the Department of Public Works relating to problems that occurred when roadway improvements were made fronting the property. And in reality that really doesn’t have much to do with this change of zone application. That’s a pre-existing condition. The requirements of the law in Chapter 27 are very, very clear for any development. And it is a, it appears in this ordinance as proposed Condition I. And basically it’s you cannot increase the volume or velocity of the flow of any water across the property; and that any water generated on the property by impervious surfaces, like the parking lot and the buildings, must be disposed of on site, which means drywells. And if the material and the area is so geologically set, there may be very deep drywells. But engineering wise, and it is very, very simple to calculate the amount and volume of flow and the requirements. And the Department of Public Works will ensure through its plan approval process that, in fact, any water generated on site will be disposed of on site. 4 EXHIBIT A