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SidneyFuke, Planning Consultant <br /> , , ff <br /> P.O.Box 1345 •Hilo,Hawaii 96720 •Planning•Variance-Zoning <br /> Cell:(808)989-0640 •Subdivision•Land use Permits <br /> � <br /> E-mail:sidneyfuke@gmail.com •Environmental Reports <br /> March 30,2024 <br /> Mr. Zendo Kern, Director <br /> Planning Department <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII <br /> 101 Pauahi Street <br /> Hilo, HI 96720 <br /> Dear Mr. Kern: <br /> Subject: Amended Request—Proposed 5-Room Bed & Breakfast <br /> Amendment to SPP 13-000151 <br /> Applicants: Garvin and Laura Goode <br /> South Hilo,Hawaii,TMK: 2-7-008: 130 (PL-SPP-2024-000064) <br /> This is to follow up on Mr. Christian Kay's email of March 29, 2024, responding <br /> to the Applicants' request to change their request from a proposed 7-room inn to a 5- <br /> room Bed Breakfast(`B&B"). The amended request is thus for a 2-room addition to a 3- <br /> room B&B. <br /> The complete amended report will be transmitted under separate cover. This <br /> letter,however, specifically responds to Mr. Kay's email: <br /> AMENDED REOUEST: <br /> Proposed 2-Room Addition to an Existing 3-room Bed and Breakfast <br /> REASONS FOR THE CHANGE: <br /> The Applicants lived in and operated the 3-room B&B within the 8-room <br /> dwelling. However, after completing their new dwelling on the adjoining <br /> property,they elected to vacate their former residence,the site of the B&B. <br /> The Applicants understood that the operator of the B&B had to reside in the <br /> dwelling, as they did all these years. Since moving into their new dwelling across <br /> of the B&B,they were still operating but no longer living in the B&B. Because <br /> they now no longer lived in the B&B and given that there were eight(8) <br /> bedrooms in that dwelling,they thought they could operate and manage it as a <br /> small 7-room inn from their home and, if needed,have a live-in innkeeper. <br /> However, since submittal of the request for an inn, there were several factors that <br /> made the Applicants realize that increasing the number of rentable rooms from <br /> three (3)to five(5) and having it operated as a B&B would be best. <br /> Planning Dept. For one,their personal goals have changed. As "seniors",they wish to do more <br /> Exhibit 1 traveling and spend less time actively managing an inn. As they already have <br />