2020-09-21 Leeward Exh A (SPP 20-000218)

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slide, and then off of the highway Waiono Ranch Road runs mauka and runs along the southern edge of the property boundary. The applicants are requesting a Special Permit to legitimize the establishment of a venue for weddings and similar gatherings on a 2.25-acre portion of a 20-acre CPR unit within an 80-acre property. And the slide says "legitimize the establishment"because the applicant has been operating for the past three years an event venue out of their existing farm dwelling. The proposed use would include construction of a 3,500-square foot event venue building that would include a large covered deck, a large foyer, kitchen, two rooms for wedding preparation, a storage room, women's restroom, men's restroom, and unisex restroom. Food will be brought by the guests or provided by caterers or food trucks. And alcohol will be permitted at events but not provided by the applicant. The applicant requests to continue to use the grounds of the permit area, but not the applicant's farm dwelling, with temporary event tents and port-a-potties, to accommodate rescheduled events and already reserved events until the construction of the wedding venue building is completed. Events will occur inside the event venue building, which will have sliding glass doors that would be closed prior to playing music, and outside the building within the 2.25-acre permit area. The applicant is also open to limiting the volume on a supplied PA system, should it be required as a condition of the permit. Events will be limited to weddings, vow renewals, community and charity events. Events will be held daily between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. by reservation. No overnight accommodations are proposed. The applicant proposes 100 events per year, or an average of two events per week, with a maximum of four events per week; a maximum of 125 guests at the venue at one time; and an average events would consist of about 50 guests. The proposed use would generate a maximum of 250 to 500 visitors per week, and the applicant proposes to limit guests to bring no more than 20 vehicles to the venue and use a shuttle service consisting of passenger vans or busses, which will be hired to transport guests between their lodging and the venue. For guests not staying in hotels, for example a local Kona wedding, guests would be required to be dropped off at a shuttle pick-up location. This is the county zoning map that shows the subject property outlined in red. Again, the permit area is shown with the red dot. And the property is zoned Agricultural-20 acres, along with the surrounding property owners to the, I'm sorry, the surrounding properties to the east, west and south; this is shown with the dark green. The Wai`aha Springs State Forest Reserve is just north of the subject property. The State Land Use district for the property and surrounding area is Agricultural, which is shown in the light green. The General Plan designation for the property and surrounding area is Important Agricultural Land, which is shown in the light green color. And this is the Kona CDP Map. Again, you can see the permit area shown with the red dot, and you can see it's located about one and a half miles mauka of Holualoa. The CDP map shows the Kona Urban Area outlined in red, and the Holualoa Rural Town Transit Oriented Development shown in the blue outline; so the property is located outside of both of these areas. 3 EXHIBIT A