2016-02-04 Hearing Transcript - Rick and Justin Porter SPP 15-186

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This is zoomed in a little bit more. As you can see now outline in black, the subject parcel is zoned Agricultural – 1 acre, as are the rest of the parcels in the Mark Twain Estates Subdivision. Lands surrounding it are zoned Agricultural – 20 acres. This parcel directly to the east of the subject parcel is a State-owned, undeveloped parcel. The General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Map designates the subject parcel as Rural, and the surrounding area as Extensive Agriculture. The State Land Use District Map designates the subject parcel and all the surrounding area as Agricultural. And, here’s an aerial photo of the property now outlined in red. As you can see, kind of the surrounding areas are residential in nature, surrounding properties. The Applicant is requesting a Special Permit to convert an existing garage and lanai into a certified cold kitchen to make and distribute salsa to retailers throughout the State. The area to be converted is about 500 square feet in size and located on the first floor of the 1,530-square foot dwelling. The certified kitchen will include a walk-in refrigerator, dry storage area, preparation counter and sinks. The hours of operation will be Monday thru Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The certified kitchen will not be open to the public so there will be traffic or customers coming to the property other than raw material delivery once every three months. In the dashed outline here is the area that is going to be converted into the cold kitchen. There’s the garage area and lanai area. This drawing shows a little bit more specifically within that same area where the different components are going to be, so this is the cold kitchen area here, the cold storage or walk-in refrigerator, and then the dry storage area here in the garage. Here’s some photographs that the Applicant provided to us. This is looking at the frontage of the property along Amepala Road. Here is the entrance to the garage area where the certified cold kitchen is going to be. And here’s an interior shot of a proposed commercial area on the ground floor again of the, of the existing dwelling. The Director is recommending approval of the Special Permit with conditions. With that, I’m complete with my presentation and happy to answer any questions the Commission may have. HEAUKULANI: Thank you, Christian. Commissioners, anyone have questions for staff? Would the Applicant or the representatives or both, please come forward? Good morning, sir. PORTER: How are you? HEAUKULANI: I’m very good. How are you? PORTER: Good. 2 EXHIBIT A