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

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of-way onto Kalaoa Camp Road, a privately owned and maintained roadway with 12-13- foot-wide pavement and 3-foot-wide graveled shoulders within a 30-foot wide right of way. Traffic in the area would not substantially increase as a result of the proposed amended use. According to the Department of Water Supply, the subject property is currently serviced by one existing,5/8"water meter,which provides one unit of water or an average of 400 gallons per day(gpd),however DWS indicates that current average daily usage is up to 540 gpd and that current water service cannot meet the required 2,000 gallons-per-minute fire flow standard for commercial use. Based on the preceding, DWS is requiring the applicants to submit estimated water usage calculations,prepared by a professional engineer licensed in the State of Hawaii, for review and approval. The water usage calculations should include the estimated peak-flow in gallons, per minute and the total estimated maximum daily water usage in gpd.Upon acceptance of the water usage calculations,DWS will determine the water commitment deposit due, prevailing facilities charge (subject to change)to be paid, and water system improvements necessary for water service. As DWS' comment letter was in response to the previously proposed 7-bedroom inn use,rather than the current, downsized 5-bedroom bed and breakfast request, the Director believes the requirement for water calculations is unnecessary as water use is not likely to increase appreciably based on the new use. Also, fire flow requirements that would have been required for the commercial inn use are not applicable to the expanded bed and breakfast use, which is accessory to the single-family dwelling use. Finally, while the applicants are using more than the average 400 gpd of water that one unit of water provides, they are less than the maximum 600 gpd standard required by DWS, thus the Director recommends a condition of approval requiring the applicants to cap their daily water usage to 600 gpd. Wastewater is disposed of into existing approved individual wastewater systems. The property is situated within an area designated as Flood Zone `X'; an area determined to be outside the 500-year flood plain. Electricity and telephones are available to the property and police and fire services are available in Hilo. Conditions of approval will require the applicants to comply with Zoning Code Requirements related to Bed and Breakfast 4