2013-02-07 Windward Transcript Mauch

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nd properties are either vacant or developed with farm dwellings. There is a church on 32 Avenue in this area here that received a special permit many years ago. The applicant is proposing to establish a certified kitchen for processing kukui nuts into traditional Hawaiian seasoning ‛Inamona and also kukui nut oil. There are some kukui nut trees on the property. But the reason that the applicant needs a special permit is because he’ll be bringing kukui nuts on to the property that are grown off-site from nearby farms and processing them on the property. If he was growing all the kukui nuts on his property and processing them on site, then he would not need a special permit according to the State law. It would be an agricultural processing facility. But in this case he does need a special permit. So he’s proposing to create a 320-square foot addition to the storage building structure, and the certified kitchen would be in that addition. The storage building would be used for separating and sorting of the cuts and the kitchen would be used for cleaning and roasting the nuts. Now this is going to be basically like a family-run business. The applicant and his family would be the only employees. And he will sell the final product off-site so there will be no retail activities on the property. And hours of operation will be from Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. st This is a site plan that the applicant submitted. You have 31 Avenue on the bottom of the slide, and then you can see the driveway with the existing dwelling, and the driveway to the rear. This is the existing storage building; and then the addition for the certified kitchen would be in this area here. And the Director is recommending approval of the special permit with conditions. Are there any questions? AU: Questions for staff? Okay, can I have the applicant -? ONO: I have. AU: Sure, go ahead, Commissioner. ONO: I’m sorry. You were going to ask a question? AU: No, no. Go ahead, Commissioner Ono. ONO: Just out of curiosity, over the months of meetings, we’ve been having these special permits for this particular area for several activities. And I’m just wondering the concern about the Director’s comment about parceling. Isn’t there a central location? I thought in one of the meetings we had that there was supposed to be a central location for industrial, industrial development, or industrial use, I’m sorry. COTTLE: Yes. So the Puna Community Development Plan calls for locating industrial uses, light industrial uses, in this area at the bottom of Kaloli Drive, and then more commercial and community uses in this village center at the top of Kaloli, and then also this area here in the middle of Maku‛u Drive. This particular application and a lot of the ones that you’ve been seeing for certified kitchens are family run businesses. They’re usually not doing retail activities on the property. So, you know, 2 EXHIBIT B