2018-11-07 Hearing Transcript - William Quinn (Pahoa Farm & Garden) SPP 18-199

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Bypass Road with the proposed 3,600 -square foot warehouse, greenhouse here on the side, and then this area of the property would be the area for plants. Here are some views of the property from across the Pahoa Bypass Road. This is looking toward Pahoa High School here with the subject property on the right-hand side. Again, that area is showing as being cleared of vegetation. A little bit closer view here of the subject area, and this is looking directly across of the pardon me, the access, the driveway access. And, again, the area has been cleared and graded. Here are some views of the Pahoa Bypass Road looking north and that's these areas here. The Pahoa Bypass curves in this area. The subject driveway access is roughly in this area, and as you can see, you may not be able to see it, this little white speck here is the top of our County vehicle. We parked there as we were taking photographs, so there's some difficulty, would be some difficulty in seeing traffic coming around with this bank here. And, again, we've got looking to the north a little bit closer, and this photograph was taken from the driveway, so it's just showing the access again curving around to the north. On the right-hand side, we've got views of the bypass looking south, and the subject property is on the right-hand side and, again, this was taken from sitting inside the vehicle showing, looking toward the high school as well with some difficulty seeing around the curve there. Pardon me, let me go back, and again this is that bank that's kind of in this area so. The Planning Director is recommending denial of this application for several reasons which include the proposed use will not promote the effectiveness and objectives of Chapter 205, HRS, as amended. The proposed use is inconsistent with the objectives to be sought to be accomplished by the Land Use Law and Regulations. The proposed use could unreasonably burden public agencies to provide infrastructure. There are some traffic safety concerns, and the request is contrary to both the General Plan and Puna Community Development Plan in terms of location of the business on the parcel. I'm just going through some of those reasons here in a little more detail. The request openly fails to establish an effective land use pattern in the area. Pahoa Town has been established as kind of a central commercial area for these types of services in this particular section of Puna, and the proposed retail commercial use will be located outside of that commercial area and along the Pahoa Bypass Road which really just functions to be that, a bypass to move traffic around Pahoa Town quickly. It was not meant to provide an access to a secondary commercial corridor. Thus, the proposed retail and commercial use is an inappropriate land use for this particular area. There are some concerns about setting a precedent here saying okay, we'll put a commercial business here and then the next guy wants to come and do a commercial business and then it kind of counteracts the idea of this being a by—it's no longer a bypass. It's a secondary commercial corridor. The proposed use is inconsistent with the objectives to be sought to be accomplished by the Land Use Law and Regulations, and it could unreasonably burden public agencies to provide infrastructure. The Planning Department has sought to concentrate retail commercial and similar type of uses within Pahoa Town to focus traffic and related infrastructure improvements within EXHIBIT E 3