2011-03-17 Leeward Exh B - Verosko

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it. And the Kona Community Development Plan, the property is actually not located in the Kona Urban Area and it’s also not located in any of the rural town centers; so there are no specific land use development strategies for this area. But the Kona CDP does heavily support agricultural endeavors and there is actually,an objective of the CDP is to enhance existing agricultural endeavors and support new endeavors; so this request would be consistent with that objective. The applicant is proposing to make some amendments to their existing Special Permit. Special Permit 1253 was issued to allow the establishment of a smoothie stand on approximately half an acre at the location of what was just the South Kona Fruit Stand. Since then their business has grown, and now they are requesting to expand the hours of operation to 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. daily. Currently they are closed on Sundays, so they want to be able to operate on Sundays. They also want to increase the number of employees to four; I believe currently they have three employees. And they want to allow the preparation and sale of food items such as sandwiches, salads, fish tacos, soups and baked goods; currently they are just serving smoothies. And they also want to allow the sale of produce from other farms, as well as the sale of non-food items such as T-shirts, soaps, mugs, local crafts and souvenirs. They would like to expand the permit area from half an acre to an acre and a half; this would also include using a 900-square foot shade house structure as a seating area for their patrons to eat the food at. This is a site plan of the entire property. You can see the highway runs along the bottom of the slide. The applicant actually has their existing dwelling in this area here; so they live on the property. And then the smoothie stand is located in this area, and the shade house structure that they want to use as outdoor seating is located in this area. You can see the majority of the property is actively being farmed with citrus, avocado and other trees. This is a close-up view of the site plan. Again, you can see the highway on the bottom of the slide. They have a one-way-in-one- way-out circular driveway here; so you would enter on the north side of the property and exit on the south side of the property. And then you can see parking in the front and on the sides of the lot here, the shade house structure and the existing fruit smoothie stand. The smoothie stand actually does have a bathroom inside and a commercial kitchen. This is a view of the smoothie stand, as well as the driveways here; you can see the entrance in and the exit out here. There’s some parking in this general area here. This is the shade house structure that they want to use as outdoor seating and then the smoothie stand. This is a view of the entrance on the highway, looking north; so this is the entrance here. And a close-up view of the smoothie stand, as well as the parking area in front here. And then another view of the parking areas and the outdoor seating area here. The Planning Director is recommending that the amendments be approved. And I just want to draw your attention to a letter we received from Kona Soil and Water Conservation District that you should have gotten in your folders; this is a letter of support. And that is it. Are there any questions? GIFFIN: Commissioners, any questions of staff? Commissioner Housel? HOUSEL: Maija, you showed the driveway as an entrance on one side and exit on the other. Is there any flow control there? COTTLE: Flow control meaning -? HOUSEL: That to maintain that direction. 2 EXHIBIT B