PD BACKGROUND REPORT (PL-SPP-2021-000005)

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7. Hours of operation: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., 7 days per week 8. A perimeter fence and screening landscaping will mitigate potential noise and visual impacts. The requested self-storage service will consist of 5 buildings totaling 18,000 square-feet of gross floor area with a total of 180 separate rentable 10'x10' storage units. The second story of the office and mailing service building is intended to be used as the primary residence of an on-site operator. All site driveways and parking areas are proposed to be paved and will comply with all drainage improvement requirements including drywells or other appropriate drainage structure as determined by a drainage study. 3B. Subiect Property Description The subject site identified as TMK (3) 1-6-008: 328 consists of 1.64 acres zoned A-la, Agricultural 1-acre. The parcel is located at 16-308 Ainaloa Boulevard, roughly 1 mile southwest of its intersection with Kea`au-Pahoa road, or Highway 130. The Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) designated this land as Rural. The Land Study Bureau classifies the soils for this property as "E" or low agricultural productivity. This area of the Puna District is considered Lava Zone 3, on a scale ranging from 9 to 1 (least hazardous to most). This site is located 5.5 miles inland from the ocean and is not in a Conservation District or Special Management Area. The property has already been grubbed and graded. The parcel is largely well-maintained grass, with numerous pine trees planted on the property line. Other types of vegetation surrounding the property include various ferns, ti and a few scattered albizia trees. A similar Special Permit Application (SPP 12-000132) was approved on the subject property for a convenience store with a commercial kitchen on parcels TMK (3) 1-6-008: 240 & 241 on June 19, 2012. These plans were formed by the previous property owner and the applicants did not wish to pursue the previous plans. On January 25, 2018, the applicants notified the Hawaii County Planning Department of their wish to revoke the Special Permit. The department acknowledged the request and revoked the permit in accordance with Planning Commission 6-5 on February 5, 2018. The applicants then submitted a Subdivision Application (SUB-17-00174)to consolidate the 2 existing properties noted above and re-subdivide them into four(4) lots, totaling 4.64 acres. A Variance Application (VAR-18-000475) was also submitted to the Hawaii County Planning Department on April 9, 2018 and was acknowledged by the department on April 20, 2018. The variance requested relief for SUB-17-00174 from constructing minimum County dedicable water supply system improvements for the four(4)lots, as required by Hawaii County Code, Chapter 23, Article 6, Division 2, Improvements Required, Section 23-84, Water Supply, (1)(2). The Hawaii County Planning Department approved SUB-17-001774 and VAR-18-000475 on June 7, 2018. 6