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UPDATED — MARCH 20, 2024 SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATION PROPOSED 4-ROOM BED AND BREAKFAST HAILEY ONAKA-HOLMAN HOLUALOA 1ST AND 2ND, MAUKA SECTION, NORTH KONA, HAWAII TAX MAP KEY: (3) 7-6-002: 010 I. INTRODUCTION Ms. Hailey Onaka-Homan ("Applicant"), the daughter of one of the landowners, would like to operate a 4-room bed and breakfast ("B&B") within an existing 5-bedroom single-family dwelling on about a .25 acre portion of a 9.75 acre property identified by TMK: (3) 7-6-002: 010. The subject property is located mauka or east of the Old Mamalahoa Highway (also known as the North Kona Belt Road) with a street address of 76-3847 Duarte Road. More specifically, it is situated immediately south of the Holualoa Elementary School and approximately one half (1/2) mile north of the intersection of the Old Mamalahoa Highway and Hualalai Road. As the site is designated Agriculture by the State Land Use Commission, a Special Permit is required to allow the requested use. This report is intended to support the request. II. PROJECT LOCATION As noted above, the subject parcel, consisting of 9.75 acres, is located on the mauka side of the Old Mamalahoa Highway. It is situated approximately one-half(1/2) mile north of the intersection of the Highway and Hualalai Road. The Holualoa Elementary School is located almost immediately north of the property. (Figure 1) The subject property does not front the Old Mamalahoa Highway. It is served by an existing 9+ foot wide paved road within a 50-foot wide easement. The easement bisects the subject property. (See Figures 2a and 2b) The 9.75 acre property is bisected by a 50-foot wide easement. (See Figure 2b) The proposed B&B is located on the north side of that easement. For the purpose of this application, only the dwelling and the area immediately adjacent to it consisting of approximately .25 acres, is the subject of this request as noted on the site plan. (See Figure 3) The balance will continue to remain in their pastoral and orchard state, which according to the County Real Property Tax records consists of 7 acres and 2.5 acres, respectively. 1