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

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SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATION PROPOSED 3-ROOM BED AND BREAKFAST JOAN HUNZIKER Lot 5, KA'AINAPONO SUBDIVISION AUHAUKEAE 1ST, NORTH KONA, HAWAI-I TAX MAP KEY: (3) 7-5-012: 091 I. INTRODUCTION Ms. Joan Hunziker ("Applicant") would like to establish a 3-room bed and breakfast ("B&B") facility within an existing four (4) bedroom single-family dwelling on a 1.001 acre property ("subject site.") The property is located on the north side of Nani Kailua Drive, approximately a mile mauka of Kuakini Highway. As the site is designated Agriculture by the State Land Use Commission, a Special Permit is required to allow the requested use. This report is intended to support the request. II. PROJECT LOCATION As noted earlier, the subject property is located on the north side of Nani Kailua Drive, approximately a mile mauka of Kuakini Highway in Kailua- Kona. More specifically, while the street address is Nani Kailua Drive, it is located mauka of the Nani Kailua Subdivision within a gated subdivision called Ka'ainapono and is identified by TMK: 7-5-012: 091. That subdivision is located immediately mauka of Hienaloli Road. (Figures 1 and 2) III. PROJECT DESCRIPTION A. Protect Background and Concept The Applicant constructed the 4-bedroom, 3,374 square foot dwelling on the subject property in May 2017. (Figure 3) The Applicant has enjoyed operating a 2-bedroom "hosted" Short Term Vacation Rental ("STVR") to help offset some of the cost to maintain and improve upon the site's extensive native ornamental landscaping and/or vegetation. However, the Applicant wants to have more opportunity to interact with and enjoy the company of guests in a B&B setting, which a standard STVR does not fully provide. While a "hosted" STVR provides that opportunity, the interaction is somewhat limited, largely because of the 1