PD Background Report Ackerman Ranch (PL-SPP-2023-056)

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• Guests will be required to rent portable bathrooms for all events through local rental companies. • Amplified sound will be permitted at events. Sound levels will not exceed Department of Health noise standards for residential properties and will not exceed 55 decibels during the day and 45 decibels during the night at any property boundary. • Guests will rent generators for all lighting and electricity needs. • No overnight accommodations are proposed. As guests will utilize portable bathrooms, with rented hand washing stations, County water is not proposed to be used on site. The applicant will comply with all fire safety requirements and proposes to install a 10,000-gallon catchment tank in the vicinity of the pavilion to provide a dedicated water source for fire safety. The applicant plans to begin to prepare the property to host events as soon as the Special Permit is approved and estimates it will take approximately 6 months to complete all land work, construct the gravel driveway/parking lot and construct the pavilion. The estimated cost of the proposed improvements is $50,000. Consolidation of the neighboring properties that the Special Permit area straddles is not proposed, and the applicant would prefer to not consolidate. Should a condition be required that would nullify the permit if either property were sold the applicant would find that acceptable. 3B. Proiect Location The subject parcels are located on the west side of the Mamalahoa Bypass Road, about 0.4 miles north of its intersection with Haleki`i Street. Access to the site will be from the Mamalahoa Highway Bypass, approximately 0.7 miles north of the intersection of the Mamalahoa Highway Bypass and Haleki`i Street, with turning lanes provided to and from the site. The combined acreage of the subject parcels' totals over 195 acres of land. These parcels are only two of several parcels that make up the over 400-acre Ackerman Ranch. All proposed improvements to support the new event venue will be situated on a 4-acre portion of the properties that is more than 1,300 feet away from the closest single-family residence. The majority of the subject parcels consist of and land, primarily designated for cattle grazing. There are no structures present in the project area. The project area slopes slightly uphill in an easterly direction from approximately 580 feet elevation to approximately 650 feet elevation. There are no perceptible topographic or geologic constraints. All proposed special permit components are outside existing mapped drainage easements. 8