2021-05-20 Leeward Exh D (SPP 21-000224)

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Good morning commissioners and members of the Leeward Planning Commission. Presented to you today is a Special Permit request for Mr. Arnold Rabin for SPP 21-000224. The subject property is located within the South Kona district and is identified on your screen by the red pointer. Just to orient you with the area in which the request is being made, the top portion of the map is Kealakekua Bay, and the bottom portion of your map is the Pu`uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park. Both are located makai from the subject property. On your screen you have a zoomed in location map, and you can see the subject property, which is identified again by the red pointer—red star. One of the more notable sites near the subject property is the Honaunau Elementary School, which is located directly across the subject property via Hawaii Belt Road and to the east. The applicant's request is for a special permit to establish a real estate office as a home occupation in approximately 120 square foot room within his existing farm dwelling. This is a site plan which was submitted to the Planning Department by the applicant. You can see that the existing residence is within the subject property. There's also a driveway access that connects to Hawaii Belt Road via an access easement which is to the right of your screen. This is the floor plan that was submitted to the Planning Department by the applicant. You can see that approximately 120 square foot portion of his dwelling that he has labeled as "office," which is where the proposed home occupation is being requested is outlined in red. On your screen you have the current County zoning map of the subject property and surrounding areas. The subject property is outlined in red and is currently zoned as Agricultural with a minimum lot size of 1-acre, also known as A-la, and is, it is indicated in the darker green color. The surrounding properties are similarly zoned Agricultural with a minimum lot size of 1-acre, and further away from the subject property, both mauka and makai, you have properties that are zoned Agriculture with a minimum lot size of 5-acres, which is indicated in the lighter green color. The State Land Use designation for the subject property is Agriculture and is indicated by the green shown on your screen. The surrounding properties are also within the State Land Use Agricultural District as well. The General Plan Land Use Allocation Guide Map, also known as the LUPAG, designates the subject property and the surrounding properties as Important Agricultural Lands, which you can see is indicated in the light green color on your screen. This is an aerial photo of the subject property which is outlined in red. There's currently a farm dwelling located on the subject property. You can see the access easement that crosses the nearby TMK, which connects the subject property to Hawaii Belt Road. Hawaii Belt Road is running from the top of your screen to the bottom, and across of Hawaii Belt Road is the Honaunau Elementary School. This is a slide showing you the current subject property's access to Hawaii Belt Road. And lastly, the Planning Department has not received any testimony from the public for this Special Permit application. The Planning Director is recommending an approval with conditions for the 2 EXHIBIT D