2017-06-15 Leeward Exh B (AMEND SPP 11-000120)

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The subject property is located in Kona. And you can see running in a north-south direction is Kuakini Highway and then the subject property is outlined in red just mauka of not only Kuakini Highway but Māmalahoa Highway comes just off of Kuakini in this location and heads north. The property is currently zoned Agricultural-5 acres, which is shown in the light green color, and properties to the north are Agricultural-1 acre, which is the dark green color, and further north are residences on half-acre lots that are zoned Residential and Agricultural-0.5 acre. Special Permit No. 11-120 was issued in 2011 to allow the establishment of an animal sheltering facility and related uses on twelve acres of land in the State Land Use Agricultural District. The project included: Renovating and reusing existing structures associated with the former bonsai visitor center – oh, that doesn’t read very well – they are actually going to be renovating and reusing the administrative building, the welcome center and the cattery building; and then they are also proposing to construct an education center, a veterinary clinic, a dog kennel building, retail area and caretaker’s cottage. Some of the outdoor features will be a two-acre dog park, a large equine park and stable, as well as a small animal park and walking trails. And then they will also be providing additional parking and landscaping. This was the applicant’s original site plan, and I’ll just point out a few of the main features. Again, you have Māmalahoa Highway running through the bottom of the slide here. Access is in this location, and then the existing buildings are shown in the orange color; you have the welcome center, there is an administrative building here, restroom building and a cattery building. And then all of the red structures on the property were proposed to be new. And then you can see the large equine park and the dog park located near the highway. So, the applicant has submitted a new site plan and they are proposing to readjust some of the locations of these activities, and I can show you that in just a moment. Their request at this time is to amend the permit to enlarge the size of the proposed veterinary clinic building from 1,500 square feet to about 16,000 square feet and to include additional stray dog and cat housing. The original permit allowed a 1,500-square foot vet clinic building for spaying, neutering and small animal surgery. It also allowed a 2,300-square foot cat housing building and dog kennels to accommodate up to 60 dogs. So, the applicant’s current request, as I mentioned, is to expand that vet clinic building to 3,550 square feet, and then it will be attached to a larger building that will be approximately 13,000 square feet in size, and that will provide the additional housing for the stray dogs and cats. So, the new building will total a little over 16,000 square feet. The cattery building that was original proposed to be 2,300 square feet will also increase in size a little bit, to about 2,880 square feet. And the dog kennels that will be housed in the new 16,000-square foot building will accommodate up to 125 dogs. And this is the applicant’s new proposed site plan. So, again, you have the main access in this location here. There’s going to be two large parking areas towards the bottom of the property, and then two large parking areas up towards the top of the property. I’ll just go over a few of the uses. So, this is the existing administration building, existing restroom structures, this is the existing welcome center. There is going to be two dog parks: One will be a large dog park located in this area here with some shade pavilions, and then a smaller dog park on the lower side of the property, again 2 EXHIBIT B