*PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-SPP-2022-016)

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According to the applicant, the existing kitchen and dining building (permitted as a dwelling) is served by a septic system that does not have proper permits from DOH, though the applicant intends to complete the necessary permitting to resolve this violation. Additionally, the existing, unpermitted cabins and lodges are served by unpermitted composting toilets and a graywater disposal system, both of which will be decommissioned and replaced by a septic system meeting with the approval of the DOH. According to DOH, since the subject property has unpermitted buildings and unapproved individual wastewater systems in violation of Chapter 11-62, HRS, the Wastewater Branch highly recommends non -issuance of the special permit until all building and wastewater system violations are resolved. Following an inquiry from the Planning Department, the applicant has acknowledged that retreat center operations have resumed due to financial circumstances and proposed to complete as -built permitting within a one-year time frame. Accordingly, the Deputy Director is recommending conditions of approval that will require the applicant to secure and finalize as -built and change of use building permits for existing structures (including the installation of IWSs meeting with the approval of DOH), to accommodate the proposed use, within six months of the effective date of this permit, with an opportunity for an administrative time extension. Additional conditions of approval will require that all as -built and change of use building permits are finalized prior to issuance of any new building permits for the subject property. According to the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) — Solid Waste Division, the commercial use proposed by the applicant may not use transfer stations for disposal, green waste should be transported to the green waste sites located at the West Hawaii Organics Facility and East Hawaii Organics Facility, or other suitable diversion programs, and construction and demolition waste is prohibited at all County Transfer Stations. The applicant has stated that either a commercial hauler will be contracted to dispose of solid waste, or the applicant will seek a solid waste facility disposal permit themselves to take materials directly to the landfill. Additionally, the applicant will dispose of green waste either by mulching or composting, or at the East 0I