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

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18, 2019, identifies the preferred land use pattern for the Kona districts. The subject property is located just outside of the Kona Urban Area and is not within any Rural Town Areas. The KCDP does not provide guidance on Special Permit applications. As the bed and breakfast operation will be located within an existing dwelling, it will provide the applicants with supplemental income and incorporate existing agricultural uses. Given the preceding, the request is consistent with the goals and objectives of the KCDP. The proposed use is not contrary to the objectives sought to be accomplished by Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to coastal zone management program. The subject property is located approximately 1.8 miles from the nearest shoreline, is not within the Special Management Area and will not be impacted by coastal hazard and beach erosion. There is no designated public access to the mountain or shoreline areas over the property. Therefore, the proposed use will not adversely impact any recreational resources, including access to and along the shoreline, scenic and open space nor visual resources, coastal ecosystems, and marine and coastal resources. Therefore, the proposed use is not contrary to the objectives of Chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes. The request will not have a significant adverse impact to traditional and customary Hawaiian Rights.In view of the Hawaii State Supreme Court's"PASH" and "Ka Pa`akai O Ka`Aina" decisions, the issue relative to native Hawaiian gathering and fishing rights must be addressed in terms of the cultural, historical, and natural resources and the associated traditional and customary practices of the site. Investigation of valued resources:No formal archaeological reconnaissance survey, oral history of kama`aina accounts of the area, historical survey of documentary records, or botanical study was included in the application. The valued cultural, historical, and natural resources found in the special permit area: According to the applicant, no archeological or historical features are known to exist on the subject property nor is the property listed as a historic site on the State or National Register of Historic Places. -8-