PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-SMA-2022-012_Amend SMA-07-024)

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convenience-type commercial uses; overall residential density may be up to six units per acre. This property's RS-7.5 zoning and approved PUD to allow the development of a 62- lot subdivision on the property is consistent with this LUPAG designation. Furthermore, the project remains consistent with several goals,policies, and standards relative to the General Plan's economic and land use elements. The Kona Community Development Plan (KCDP)was adopted in 2008, and thus was not considered during the original SMA Use Permit analysis. However, the proposed project is consistent with the requirements of the KCDP as amended in 2019,which designates the property within the Kona Urban Area(KUA), and within the outer fringes of the Kahalu`u Neighborhood Transit Oriented Development(TOD) area on the Official Concurrency Map. The proposed development can be considered"InfilP' development as defined in the KCDP as it is situated directly to the south of established residential subdivisions of White Sands Beach Estates and Keauhou View Estates subdivisions to the north, and existing single and multiple family residential zoning to the south as part of resort community of Keauhou. Furthermore,the applicant proposes to construct and dedicate to the County a new subdivision access road(Pi`ilani Street) from Alii Drive through the adjacent property to the west(makai) of the subject property, which will connect to Naniloa Street stub out at Queen Kalama Avenue.,which is an existing, County owned and maintened road. Furthermore, conditions of the associated change of zone ordinance require stub outs to the property to the south to provide connectivity should that parcel ever be developed. This will satisfy the street network connectivity objective of the Kona CDP. As previously stated,the existing RS-7.5 zoning and approved PUD for the parcel will facilitate the proposed 62-lot subdivision. Furthermore,the project has met the Zoning Code's concurrency requirements by having secured sufficient potable water(50 units)to satisfy the needs of the project that has registered with the U.S. Green Building Council as a LEED certified project,whose design criteria will be applied to the project to lower water demands than County requirements. Conditions of approval require the applicant to maintain those water commitments until the water facilities charge has been -4-