PD Recommendation Report (PL-SPP-2023-000060)

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allowed by SPP 549. However, the applicant notes that 5th graders are more developmentally suited to be part of the elementary school campus as opposed to part of the middle school and high school campus. Teachers will use 4 existing parking stalls on Parcel 46 during school hours which are Monday through Friday,7:00 AM to 4:00 PM,with students in attendance on weekdays from 7:30 AM to 2:45 PM, except Wednesdays when students leave at 12:30 PM. According to the applicant,the existing parking lots will also be used on Sundays by Grace Church. The criteria for approving a Special Permit are based on Rule 6-7 in the Planning Commission Rules. It states that the Planning Commission shall not approve a Special Permit unless it is found that the proposed use (a) is an unusual and reasonable use of land situated within the Agricultural or Rural District, whichever the case may be, and (b) the proposed use would promote the effectiveness and objectives of Chapter 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended. The proposed use is an unusual and reasonable use of land situated within the State Land Use Agricultural District and would promote the effectiveness and objectives of the State Land Use Law and Regulations and Chapter 205, HRS, as amended. The State Land Use Law and Regulations are intended to preserve,protect, and encourage the development of lands for those uses to which they are best suited in the interest of the public health and welfare of the people of the State of Hawaii. In the case of the Agricultural District, the intent is to preserve or keep lands of high agricultural potential in agricultural use. The proposed amendment request to increase school enrollment and construct 2 new classrooms on Parcel 46 is unusual in that it is not an agricultural use of that 1.916- acre property. The use is reasonable in the Agricultural District because, having been previously cleared and developed for parking and access purposes,Parcel 46 does not have a high potential for agriculture and could better serve the community through use by the existing school. It is therefore determined that the proposed use is an unusual and reasonable use within the Agricultural District and will not be contrary to the objectives of 205A, HRS, as amended. -2-