2016-05-19 Leeward Exh A (Amend SPP 714)

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More specifically, we are looking in the area of Hōnaunau. This is approximately 900 feet south of Middle Ke‘ei Road, and it is identified with a small black outline. This is on the Highway 11, or Hawai‘i Belt Road, between the 105 and 106 mile marker. This is a closer zoomed-in map; this is our County Zoning Map, which identifies the different County zoning districts in the surrounding area. The light green in which the subject property is also identified, is Agricultural 1-acre, no, 5-acre, I’m sorry. The little darker shaded green on the lower end is Agricultural 1-acre, and up on the upper left hand corner is properties zoned Ag 3-acre. And as mentioned, for reference this is Hawai‘i Belt Road. This is located right on Hawai‘i Belt Road. This is our State Land Use Boundary Map; the entire property and surrounding area is Agriculture. This is our General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Map; this identifies the property and surrounding areas as Important Agricultural Land. This is an aerial photo. For reference, again, Highway 11 running through the middle of the map. The subject property is identified roughly in the red outline. There are a number of structures on the property: A coffee mill, an existing dwelling, an office building, and the general store. The applicant is requesting an amendment to Condition 4 of Special Permit No. 714 to extend the permitted operational hours for the store from its current 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. period to a proposed 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. operation. The applicant is requesting to extend the hours of operation to fairly compete with neighboring businesses from Kealakekua to Captain Cook, whose hours average between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Additionally, the extension of hours would promote their business during times when tourists are travelling to and from the Volcano National Park and Hilo. Additionally, it would attract local commuters on their way to and from work for an early snack or a take-out meal. It would also create more jobs in the Captain Cook area. This is the applicant’s site plan. For reference, again, on the lower portion of the map is Highway 11. The general store is identified with a red outline. The yellow identifies the existing parking stalls on site. These are some site photos. This is on Highway 11 looking at the general store; you’ll notice that there are existing raised curbs in front of the store. This is the coffee mill; currently, the applicant has by request of the Planning Department coned off this area until we can resolve the parking issue in front of the mill. This is looking at Highway 11, as well as the general store and the identified ADA parking stall. And this is looking north along Highway 11, with the coffee mill on the left side. These are some of the parking areas; just for reference this is, right here in this general area on the site plan, so patrons would come from the highway down a narrow roadway to park down below and then walk up to the store; this is this general area here, this picture. And then this is the narrow roadway to and from the parking area. The Planning Director is recommending approval with updated conditions. The Planning Department has submitted a revised recommendation, which is yellow, as well as in discussions with the applicant and concerns regarding parking, the Planning Director has made an addition to Condition No. 4, and what that addition is, it should be a green sheet that is with the Planning Commission. It states that “All parking shall be on-site within the parking stalls identified on the 2 EXHIBIT A