PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-SPP-2022-017)

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days a week from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm. The warehouse operation currently handles deliveries/stock as follows: ■ Only one (1) large (8-foot by 40-foot) container shipment arrives each month at this warehouse facility providing products to support the applicant's True Value Hardware retail operations. ■ Once the container shipment is unloaded and transported into the warehouse facility, the products are segregated and then transported to the applicant's businesses in Volcano via smaller delivery vans, which amounts to approximately 12 daily deliveries. ■ As the Orchidland General Store is situated immediately to the east (makai) of the subject property and existing warehouse facility, the transport of products from the warehouse is directly via an existing dock situated between the two properties, with the use of forklifts and hand trucks to carry products. Upon approval of the Special Permit, the applicant will promptly apply for Plan Approval and provide all necessary on -site improvements as may be deemed necessary. Furthermore, the applicant will make every effort to secure the necessary building permits for a change of use of the existing structure to a warehouse and office building, and complete all required improvements in a timely manner, roughly estimated at two (2) years from the date of approval of the Special Permit. According to the applicant, the requested continued use of the property and structure for administrative, warehousing and distribution operations associated with the applicant's commercial retail and service activities located in both Orchidland Estates Subdivision (Orchidland General Store/True Value Hardware) and Volcano Village (True Value Hardware store and Thai Thai Bistro & Bar). This central facility efficiently supports the applicant's other retail and service businesses, eliminating the need to provide additional storage capacity at each business location, especially when similar products are being sold at both locations of their True Value hardware operations. The applicant has indicated that the facility will only be used to support its other commercial business listed in the application and will not expand the use beyond what is -2-