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2021 JUL 23 HM9:57 <br /> RECD COH - DHCD <br /> �Y OI <br /> Mi(cliell D Roth '."` Zendo Kern <br /> tf,+tor +� thrrtrw <br /> Lcc E.Lord Jeffrey W Darrow <br /> VarrapnXDit—tor A)04-101 <br /> �i•' r <br /> West Hawat r Office Etst HJ%VAI I Olti,.e <br /> 74.5044.V1e heohul.arole Hwy101 Pauahi Strret,Suit;3 <br /> Katlua-kona,Hawat r 9y74ti County of Hawai 1 Htlo,H1w11 106720 <br /> PIKrne 1 SU81 32,14770 Phund I X081 Y61-X218 <br /> fat!805133?•3563 PLANNING DEPARTMENT Fax 1X081961-8742 <br /> July 23, 2021 <br /> Mrs Susan K Kunz, Housing Administrator <br /> Office of Housing and Community Development <br /> 1990 Kino`ole Street, Suite 102 <br /> Hilo, HI 96720-5293 <br /> Dear Mrs Kunz: <br /> SUBJECT: Exemption Request, Honua'ula Living Community 201H <br /> Honua`ula LLC <br /> Tar Mat Keys: (3) 7-4-004:014 & 092,North Kona, Hawaii <br /> This is to acknowledge receipt of your second request for comments dated July 9, 2021, for the <br /> above referenced 201 H application and thank you for the opportunity to comment. <br /> We understand that Honua'ula LLC is proposing a 100°16 affordable houeing project on 5.354 <br /> acres of land across two parcels within the North Ilona District. The applicant proposes to <br /> construct 112 multiple-family dwelling units at 6001•0 of Average Median Gross Income (AGNII) <br /> for a duration of twenty(20)years. <br /> The subject properties currently total 6.001 acres in size and are roughly rectangular in shape. <br /> Parcel 14 is currently pari of a subdivision action (SUB-20-001943) that will eventually reduce <br /> the land area from 4.0 acres to 3.353 acres. The property is currently zoned Agncultural -1 acre <br /> (A-la) by the County and Urban by the State Land Use Commission. The General Plan Land <br /> Use Allocation Guide (LUPAG) map designates the project area within the Low Density Urban <br /> designation and is located within the Kona Urban Area as designated by the Kona Community <br /> Development Plan The property is not situated within the Special Management Area (SMA). <br /> Access to the project is from Kealaka'a Street. Surrounding land uses include single and <br /> multiple family dwellings,affordable housing and a church. <br /> The applicant is requesting to exempt the requirement of a change of zone from A-la to Multiple <br /> Family Residential — 2,000 square feet (RM-2), which would be required to allow the requested <br /> density of the project. Furthermore, the applicant is requesting that the General Plan Land Use <br /> gN w jil uvnrn h,t,�t� L"n,d," /h^ar's 01unh i,tin fquul UPrn+mnrn P,nuder and Fnipfmcr I <br />