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SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATION PROPOSED 3-ROOM BED AND BREAKFAST RACHELLE ONAKA HOLUALOA 1ST AND 2ND, MAUKA SECTION, NORTH KO NA, HA AI] TAX MAP KEY: (3) 7-6-005: 017 INTRODUCTION Ms. Rachelle Onaka ("Applicant") would like to establish a 3-room bed and breakfast ("B&B") facility within an existing single-family dwelling and arl adjoining guest house on a 1 .312 acre property. The subject property is located mauka or east of the Old Mamalahoa Highway (also: known as the North Kona Belt Road) with a street address of 76-3724 Duarte Road. More specifically, it is situated immediately south of the Holualoa Elementary School and approximately one half (1/2) mile north of the intersection of the Old Mamalahoa Highway and Hualalai Road. As the site is designated Agriculture by the State Land Use Commission, a Special Permit is required to allow the requested use. This report is intended to support the request. IL PROJECT LOCATION As noted above, the subject parcel, consisting of 1.312 acres, is located on the mauka side of the Old Mamalahoa Highway. It is situated approximately one-half (1/2) mile north of the intersection of the Highway and Hualalai Road. The Holualoa Elementary School is located almost immediately north of the property. (Figures 1 & 2) The subject property does not front the Old Mamalahoa Highway. It is served by an existing 9+ foot wide paved road within a 50-foot wide easement. The easement bisects the subject property. (See Figure 2) Although the 1.312 acre site has an existing coffee farm and is bisected by the 50-foot wide easement, for the purpose of this application, the entire 1.312 acre site should be considered the requested or project site, as the entire site is used to directly and indirectly support the proposed B&B. I