PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-SPP-2024-000064)

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was finalized by the Department of Public Works. As part of this structural expansion, the applicants were required to upgrade their individual wastewater system to accommodate the 3 additional `bedroom-type'rooms,thus the applicants have been under the impression that these are bedrooms.As the Zoning Code requires an owner or bed and breakfast operator to reside on the building site on which the bed and breakfast establishment is situated, and as the operator must sleep in a permitted bedroom,it is not possible for the applicants to offer 5 rentable bedrooms until at least one of the `playrooms' is permitted as a bedroom. A condition of approval will address the preceding. The grounds for approving a Special Permit and amendments 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 Agricultural District that would not be contrary to the effectiveness and objectives of Chapter 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended. The State Land Use Law and Regulations are intended to preserve,protect,and encourage the development of lands in the state 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. In 2013, the original request to allow the establishment of a 3-bedroom bed and breakfast and a certified kitchen within an existing, 5-bedroom dwelling was reviewed and evaluated by the Planning Director and Planning Commission, who found that the use is unusual in that a bed and breakfast is not normally considered agricultural in nature. They also found it a reasonable use as it would be conducted entirely within an existing dwelling, and thus would not adversely affect the preservation and agricultural use of the County's prime agricultural lands. The requested amendment would increase the number of rentable bedrooms within the bed and breakfast to 5,which would similarly be conducted entirely within an existing 2