PD Recommendation Report (PL-SMA-2022-000025)

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Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation has been searching for a property with Industrial zoning to accommodate its expanding business profiles and growth. Expansion into restaurants,bars,pubs,brewing, and distilling are all allowed uses within the Industrial zone. Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation learned in late 2021 that the Edmund C. Olson Trust No.2 was going to sell its Wainaku Ventures, LLC properties. The MG-5a and Mg- la zoning of the properties met the objective of the Corporation. The proposed use of the building will be limited to a restaurant, Bar, and Micro-Distillery and the brewing of beer will not be performed at this site. The grounds for approving development within the Special Management Area are based on HRS, Chapter 205A-26(2) (Special Management Area guidelines) and Rule 9- 11(e) of the Planning Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure. Planning Commission Rule 9-11(e) states that the Authority (Planning Commission) may permit the proposed development only upon finding that: 1. The development will not have any substantial adverse environmental or ecological effect except as such adverse effect is minimized to the extent practicable and is clearly outweighed by public health, safety or compelling public interest; 2. The development is consistent with the objectives and policies and the Special Management Area guidelines as provided by Chapter 205A, HRS; 3. The development is consistent with the General Plan, Community Plan, Zoning Code and other applicable ordinances; 4. The development will,to the extent feasible,reasonably protect native Hawaiian rights if they are found to exist, including specific factual findings regarding: a. The identity and scope of valued cultural historical or natural resources in the petition area, including the extent to which traditional and customary native Hawaiian rights are exercised in the petition area; b. The extent to which those resources including traditional and customary native Hawaiian rights, will be affected or impaired by the proposed action; and c. The feasible action, if any, to be taken by the Authority to reasonably protect any valued cultural, historical or natural resources including any existing traditional and customary native Hawaii rights. -2-