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13RTAKi1aeuaLodgeLLCRE-Z.crk.12.19,19 <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br /> BACKGROUND REPORT <br /> RTA KILAUEA LODGE LLC <br /> CHANGE OF ZONE APPLICATION (REZ 19-000239) <br /> RTA KILAUEA LODGE LLC has submitted an application for a Change of Zone from a <br /> Single-Family 20,000 square feet (RS-20) to a Village Commercial 10,000 square feet (CV-10) <br /> zoning district for approximately 1.176 acres of land, The subject property is located on the north <br /> side of Old Volcano Road, approximately 500 feet west of its intersection with Wright Road, <br /> Olaa Summer Lots, Block"B", Puna, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 1-9-004:004. <br /> PROPOSED ACTION <br /> 1. Applicant's Request: Change the zoning district from Single-Family Residential— <br /> 20,000 square feet (RS-20) to Village Commercial 10,000 square feet (CV-10) zoning <br /> district for 1.176 acres of land. According to the Zoning Code, the Village Commercial <br /> district provides for a broad range or variety of commercial and light industrial uses that <br /> are necessary to serve the population in rural areas where the supplementary support of <br /> the general business uses and activities of a central commercial district is not readily <br /> available. Requirements for establishing a land use in the CV district, including a list of <br /> the variety of permitted land uses, are shown in Section 25-5-120 to 128 of the Zoning <br /> Code. (Planning Department Exhibit I —Zoning Code Requirements for Village <br /> Commercial Districts) <br /> 2. Proposed Development: The applicant is proposing 1) an expansion of the existing <br /> Kilauea Lodge on the adjacent parcel to the west, 2) the construction of a new, 1,920 <br /> square-foot retail building along the property's Old Volcano Road frontage, and 3) the <br /> construction of three (3) cottages along the north west comer of the property. While the <br /> application proposed that the cottages will be used as Short-Tenn Vacation Rentals, <br /> further discussion with the applicant revealed that the cottages are proposed to be used as <br /> lodge units, accessory to the existing Kilauea Lodge and will not have any kitchen/food <br /> -I- <br />