PD Background Report (PL-SPP-2023-000036)

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expectation of guests. Those guests staying in a B&B setting assume and/or expect interaction with other guests and the host/owner. On the other hand, STVR guests come as a group and thus their interaction with the host is less. As such, the Applicant would like to operate a maximum 3-bedroom B&B, while continuing to live and use the last room for herself. This would enable her to specifically target guests who enjoy the B&B experience. As noted on the site plan, (Figure 3) two (2) bedrooms would be housed in a semi-detached structure, while the other would be within a detached structure adjacent to but under the main roof of the main dwelling. The Applicant would continue to occupy the other bedroom in the main building. While the subject site is not dedicated for agricultural use for real property tax purpose, the landscape is dominated by a variety of native and endemic plants and palm trees. These plants have and will continue to serve as an educational amenity to guests. Programs will be developed to share insights on these and other native Hawaiian plants as well as the importance of the island's water resources and other environmental issues. Relatedly, the Applicant intends to also provide coffee and aquacultural farm tour information to guests, which, collectively, function as an indirect form of Agricultural Tourism. The maximum 3-room B&B would also operate and be consistent with the criteria for B&Bs as outlined in the County Zoning Code. Specifically, these would be: 1. The operator will reside on the same building site. The Applicant will be the operator and, in her absence, have a live in operator living within the dwelling. 2. The rooms will be within a single-family dwelling; 3. The total number of rentable guest rooms would not exceed five (5). There will be a maximum of three (3) rentable rooms; 4. The maximum number of guests at any one time would be capped at six (6), which would be considerably less than the maximum allowable of ten (10); 2