PD BACKGROUND REPORT (PL-SPP-2022-015)

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F. STATEMENT OF REASONS IN SUPPORT OF GRANTING SPECIAL PERMIT 1. Such use shall not be contrary to the objectives sought to be accomplished by the Land Use Law and Regulations The request is considered an unusual and reasonable use of agricultural lands. The requested use will not adversely affect the preservation and agricultural use of the County's limited prime agricultural lands and therefore, is not contrary to the objectives sought to be accomplished by the State Land Use Law and regulations. The General Plan identifies the subject property and the rest of the Pacific Plantation Subdivision as Rural, which is typically defined as homesites varying in size from 9,000-square feet to two acres. These subdivisions may contain small farms, wooded areas, and open fields as well as residences. Allowable uses within these areas, with appropriate zoning, may include commercial facilities that serve the residential and agricultural uses in the area, and community and public facilities. The Applicant wishes to utilize his existing tennis court facility by offering tennis lessons to the general public. Use of the existing facility will not require any additional land to be committed for non-agricultural purposes and will not compromise the island's inventory of valuable agricultural lands. While the State Land Use Designation is Agricultural, the existing one-acre lot size of the subject property and its surrounding Pacific Palisades Subdivision along with the General Plan Rural designation suggest otherwise by being largely residential in purpose with limited opportunity for extensive or intensive agricultural uses simply due to the small lot size typically accommodating single family residential and related uses. 2. The desired use shall not adversely affect surrounding properties The subject property is situated at the eastern (mauka) end of the approximately 70-lot Pacific Plantation Subdivision, consisting of similarly-sized parcels of one (1) acre in size. The subject property is bordered on either side by existing similarly-sized one-acre lots while the rear side backs up against private forested lands ranging in size from 10 to over 20 acres and zoned A-20a. The existing tennis court is located at the rear of the property facing the large forested lands, and not directly visible, for the most part, from Mele Manu Street. Traffic and noise associated with conducting tennis lesson on the subject property are the two concerns that could create a significant adverse impact upon neighboring properties or to other residents of Pacific Plantation Subdivision that use both Edita and Mele Manu Streets. In order to minimize such potential impacts, the Applicant agrees to: a. cease all lessons at 6:30pm, from its previous 8:30-9:30 pm ending time. b. stagger sessions to reduce overlap of traffic and players arriving or leaving the subject property at any given time. c. prohibit the playing of music or other amplified forms of sounds as part of the tennis lessons. 11Page