PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-SMA-2023-000036)

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R Walua Ptr LLC SMA 11/23/23 COUNTY OF HAWAI`I PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION PHIL TINGUELY, MANAGING MEMBER OF WALUA PARTNERS, LLC SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION (PL-SMA-2023-000036) Upon careful review of the applicant's request against the guidelines for granting of a Special Management Area Use Permit, the Planning Director recommends that this request to develop eighteen (18) multiple-family residential units in two (2) two-story townhouse buildings, three (3) one-story duplex buildings, three (3) private pools, an office building, and related development on a 3.0-acre parcel within the Special Management Area be approved by the Planning Commission. Since this recommendation is made without the benefit of public testimony, the Director reserves the right to modify and/or alter this recommendation based upon additional information presented at the public hearing. This approval recommendation is based on the following: The applicant requests a Special Management Area Use Permit to develop on a vacant parcel a residential development consisting of: • Building 1: (6) two-story, 3 bedrooms, 3 bath 1,772 square foot townhomes. • Building 2: (6) two-story, 3 bedrooms, 3 bath 1,772 square foot townhomes. • Building 3/3-SUB: (2) one-story, 3 bedrooms, 2 bath, duplex (one w/pool) • Building 4/4-SUB: (2) one-story, 3 bedrooms, 2 bath, duplex (one w/pool) • Building 5/5-SUB: (2) one-story, 3 bedrooms, 2 bath, duplex (one w/pool) • Building 6: (1) 40-foot by 20-foot, one-story office building with storage and 1 bathroom. • Building 7: (1) —16-foot by 30-foot rec-room building with storage, trellis, and 1 bathroom. Additional work includes a community pool and spa area,various grilling and sitting areas, driveways and parking, sidewalks, and landscaping both within the development but also as screening from Wdlua Road and Kuakini Highway. The applicant will also construct a low stone wall around the periphery of SIHP sites located on the northern end of the subject parcel with a stone paver walkway connecting the walkway to the preservation area for