PD BACKGROUND REPORT (PL-SMA-2022-000018 & PL-SPP-2022-000018)

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commencing no later than 18 months after approval, and construction of the remaining 10 units commencing approximately 5 —6 years after approval. The projected cost of the additional 20 units is $1.8 million. 4. Landowner: Alm Pohaku Ho`omaluhia LLC. 5. Supportive Information: The applicant has submitted the attached in support of the request(Planning Department Exhibit 1 —Application to Amend Special Management Area Use Permit No. 417 and Special Permit No. 1117 received on June 14,2022). BACKGROUND INFORMATION 6. SMA Use Permit No. 417 and Special Permit No. 1117 and Amendments: The Planning Commission approved SMA Use Permit No. 417 (SMA 417) and Special Permit No. 1117 (SPP 1117) on August 2, 2001, to allow the establishment of a 16-room Hawaiian Permaculture and Wellness Retreat on approximately 5 acres of land in the Special Management Area and the State Land Use Agricultural District. Both permits were amended by the Planning Commission on January 30, 2004, to allow the use of septic tanks and soil absorption systems field in lieu of an aerobic septic system with a leach field for the retreat as was originally approved. In 2006, the applicant requested a 5- year time extension to comply with Condition No. 3 of SMA 417 and Condition No. 2 of SPP 1117,which required that the proposed retreat be established within 5 years of the effective date of the original permits. The Planning Director granted a 5-year time extension until August 2, 2011,to comply with the respective conditions. Also in 2006, the applicant submitted an application to amend both permits to allow overnight camping and related improvements on the subject property, a request that was subsequently withdrawn. Finally, the applicant submitted a status report on November 11, 2007, indicating compliance with the conditions of approval for both SMA 417 and SPP 1117 as required by the conditions of the respective permits. 7. Planning Director Initiated Review: In 2008, following receipt of complaints from surrounding property owners alleging that the applicant was using Union Mill Road to provide access to the subject property despite Condition No. 6 of SPP No. 1117 which prohibited access across this roadway to the site, and that an unpermitted cesspool had -2-