PD Background Report Black Sand Beach LLC (PL-SMA-2023-046)

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BPunaluuBSB SMA 02 2024 COUNTY OF HAWAI`I PLANNING DEPARTMENT BACKGROUND REPORT BLACK SAND BEACH LLC SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION (PL-SMA-2023-000046) BLACK SAND BEACH LLC has submitted an application for a Special Management Area Permit to allow for the development of a residential and commercial community consisting of approximately 225 residential and short stay units, village and wellness center, retail uses, rehabilitation and use of golf courses,and dedication of aportion of coastline as a conservation area on an approximately 147-acre portion of a larger 434-acre project site within the Special Management Area. The subject properties are located within the extent of the former Sea Mountain at Punalu'u resort area, east (makai) of Hawaii Belt Road in the vicinity of Ninole Loop Road, Ninole, Wailau, Punalu'u, Ka`u, Hawaii, TMKs: (3) 9-5-019:011, 015, 024, 026, 030, 031, 033, 035; 9-6-001:001-003, 006, 011-013; 9-6-002:008, 037, 038, 041, and 053. APPLICANT'S REQUEST 1. Applicant's Request:While the approximately 434-acre project site straddles both sides of Mamalahoa Highway, only the portion located makai of the highway, consisting of approximately 325 acres, is situated within the Special Management Area, with the project sites total 147 acres. The project site was once known and operated as Sea Mountain at Punalu'u and is host to a now-closed 18-hole golf course and its clubhouse facilities,atennis center, the former Punalu'u Restaurant and its related support facilities and infrastructure. Within the project site, but not part of this application, is the existing 76-unit Colony I condominium complex and a number of Kuleana parcels that are situated makai of the Ninole Loop Road adjacent to the Punalu'u Black Sand Beach and County Beach Park Complex which is maintained by the County. The project, named Punalu'u Village, is proposed as a residential and commercial development consisting of approximately 225 residential and short-stay units, a village and wellness center, rehabilitation of the existing -I-