PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-REZ-2021-005)

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timeshare units are completed for occupancy (2027 to 2042) and 1,080 FTE on- going jobs at full buildout. Further, the magnitude of this project will directly benefit the residents of the County as the real property tax base will substantially increase. The proposed PD area is covered by the South Kohala Community Development Plan (SKCDP). Several SKCDP goals, policies, and actions reference resort areas, including directing the development of timeshares to the district's three (3) major destination resorts. Other goals, policies, and actions include: protection of historical, natural, and cultural resources; requiring water conservation measures for new, large scale development projects; ensuring the quality of South Kohala's groundwater and marine resources (including the expansion of water quality monitoring); providing support for water and wastewater facility upgrades; promoting the prohibition of future injection wells in the SMA if wastewater is not treated to an R-1 level of water quality; fostering the preservation of scenic views and landscapes, and conducting all activities and uses with clear environmental stewardship and sustainability methods. While many of the preceding goals,policies, and actions are not explicitly directed at resort areas, they have been incorporated into the Kumu Hou project proposal, and conditions related to the preceding are included in the concurrent SMA Use Permit for the project area. The Zoning Code is one of the tools used to implement the General Plan and is one of the County's primary land use control mechanisms; the Zoning Code sets the various types of uses allowed in a specific zoning districts. In this particular case, the applicant proposes to establish a PD to provide flexibility in the location of land uses without identifying where these uses would be specifically located on the property at this early stage of development. A minimum of 50 acres is required to establish a Project District. The request meets this criterion as "Area B"is approximately 133.8 acres in size. The Zoning Code allows Project District Zoning to include any permitted uses either directly or conditionally allowed in the RS, RD, RM, RCX, CN, CG, CV, or V zoning districts to also be permitted in a PD. The uses proposed -6-