2022-10-06 Windward Exh A (Item 1 Thomas Trusts PL-SPP-2022-000017)

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shown with a red outline and it is off of Orchidland Drive. The applicant is requesting,give me just a moment to get rid of that line. So,the applicant is requesting to legitimize the use of an existing agricultural warehouse, an office facility and related improvements for warehousing,distribution, and administrative operations related to retail and service activities in Orchidland Estates and Volcano Village. This would be on a 1.045-acre property in the State Land Use Agricultural district. The existing 8,160 square foot building is currently permitted as an agricultural storage facility. It houses 7,200 square feet of warehouse and distribution space and 960 square feet of administrative office space. The warehouse facility currently accommodates a wide range of hardware products, food, and liquor/beer that supports the applicant's general store operations that are located adjacent to the property in Orchidland as well as the hardware store and restaurant operations in Volcano Village. So,the reasons for the request,basically the applicant wants to continue to have a central facility that houses all of the products that they sell at their True Value Hardware operations in Volcano and Orchidland, as well as their restaurant in Volcano Village which is the Thai Restaurant. The applicant has indicated that the facility will only be used to support its other commercial businesses listed in the application and will not expand the use beyond what is represented. So, it will not be utilized for other entities to come in and use the warehouse space. Obtaining a Special Permit will legitimize the use that has been operating for nearly 20 years without the appropriate land use entitlements. So,this is a close-up view, I'm showing the zoning. The subject property is outlined in red, and it is in the southeast corner of Orchidland Drive and 34th Avenue. The current zoning is Agricultural-3 acres which is shown in the light blue color. The State Land Use designation for the property and all of Orchidland is Agricultural and the General Plan LUPAG map for the area is Medium Density Urban,which is shown in the orange color. That generally designates the Commercial node for the Orchidland area in the General Plan. This is the Vol-, I'm sorry the Orchidland Neighborhood Village Center map from the Puna CDP. You can see that the property is shown in yellow, and it is right in the middle of the designated Village Center. The Village Center is shown with a dash-outline. So you have, Kea`au-Pahoa Road here and Orchidland Drive and 34t'. This shows the site plan that the applicant provided. You can see Orchidland Drive is on the left side of the slide, 34th Street is at the bottom. Currently,there is a driveway off of 34th Street which is going to be relocated to Orchidland Drive and this access will be closed off. You can see the existing warehouse building in this crosshatch pattern as well as parking and there is a loading dock over on the south side of the property which adjoins to the adjacent Orchidland Center. This is an aerial view of the property. Again,on Orchidland Drive and 34th Street you can see the existing warehouse next to the adjacent Orchidland Center,True Value Hardware. There is a dwelling just south of the property and just north of the property as well. These are some views of the road and the warehouse. The top view is looking south on 34th Avenue or 34th Street,you can see the warehouse on just to the left of the road and another view looking towards Orchidland Drive. You can see the existing driveway that will be closed off and relocated to Orchidland Drive and this is a view on Orchidland Drive looking at the property. This is looking east, so the property is in this corner here. It's heavily vegetated up at the front, and then this is looking west. So,the new relocated driveway would generally be in this location here. The Planning Director is recommending approval of the Special Permit with conditions, and you should have received the Background and Recommendation as well as a submittal from the applicant dated September 19th responding to agencies comments as well as a submittal dated September 28th from the 2 EXHIBIT A