2012-08-16 Leeward Exh A - Bal Speedy Motors

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designated for low density urban development, again, single-family residential uses. Surrounding lands basically constitute agricultural type of uses. This is a depiction of the South Kohala Community Development Plan. The dash line running left to right is the Māmalahoa Highway. The subject property is indicated by this blue dot. As you will note, it is situated within an area where the Community Development Plan recommends small farms and ranches preservation program. And as you can see, the property is extensively cultivated in various forms of agricultural uses. The project site is outlined in red, the ten acres. The applicant wishes to utilize approximately half an acre of land within this larger ten-acre piece. The Māmalahoa Highway itself is located off to the left of the photograph as indicated by my pointer. Access is in this particular vicinity here, and the access then comes down and then goes right between these two agricultural structures. Again, the applicant requests for a special permit to allow an automotive repair business and accessory uses on a half-acre portion of this larger ten-acre parcel. The existing ag storage building, consisting of roughly 5,500 square feet, currently exists on the project site, as well as an existing two-bedroom single-family dwelling. No more than 25 vehicles associated with this repair business will be stored on the site at any point in time. Hours of operation proposed from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. This is a view of the ag building that the applicant is contemplating to convert into the automotive repair business. You may see the driveway, gravel driveway, I should mention, off to your right, and this is the gravel driveway coming in from the Māmalahoa Highway with the proposed facility off to the right of the photograph. And this is a view of the entrance to the proposed facility. And again, to clarify, the applicant is proposing to use roughly half of the existing 5,500-square foot agricultural storage building. This is looking from the driveway towards the Māmalahoa Highway, and as you may note, the driveway access is gravel. This is a close -. BAL: (Inaudible.) ARAI: Okay, one moment, we’ll bring you up so you can testify and provide additional comments. And by all means, correct me if I made any misrepresentations. This is a shot of the driveway itself as it, the driveway aprons, I should say, as it enters into the Māmalahoa Highway. There is a section that is currently paved, and I’m not exactly sure how far it goes back. Maybe the applicant can clarify that point. The Director is recommending approval of this special permit application subject to a number of conditions that is indicated by the goldenrod report that was previously distributed to you. I should make one note on Condition No. 3 on Page 6 of your recommendation report. If you were to look about midway down the condition, about the third line up from the bottom of the page, it starts off “proposed uses, prepared by a professional engineer licensed in the,” and that word should be “State of Hawai‘i.”; so I just need to insert a “t” into Condition No. 3. I was just informed this morning that the proposed facility does not have internal plumbing. I have attempted to make calls with staff so they could contact both the Department of Water Supply and Building Division to understand what are the basic requirements of those two agencies. As you may note, our approval of this, or recommendation for approval of this request, is based on a number of conditions that pertain to water: Condition No. 3 requires an estimated daily water usage calculation as prepared by a licensed engineer; Condition No. 4, and forgive me I’m paraphrasing here, Condition No. 4 speaks to insulation of a reduced pressure type backflow prevention assembly near the entrance with the Māmalahoa Highway – let’s see, and I recall that there was one other condition, and visually I’m 2 EXHIBIT A