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COUNTY OF HAWAII '=��' / •' STATE OF HAWAII M '44 OF M1'�' RESOLUTION NO. 717 20 A RESOLUTION RESCINDING AND CANCELLING RESOLUTION NO. 281-14 (DRAFT 2) AND AUTHORIZING THE EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN CODE REQUIREMENTS, PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 201H-38 AND 46-15.1 OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES, FOR KUAKINI SENIOR LIVING IN NORTH KONA, HAWAII, COVERED BY TAX MAP KEY (3) 7-5-017:005. WHEREAS, on June 1, 2006, Change of Zone Ordinance No. 06-78 took effect, changing the district classification from agricultural (A-5a) to multiple-family residential (RM- 2.5) on the parcel covered by Tax Map Key (3) 7-5-017:005 consisting of 14 acres (the "PROPERTY"); and WHEREAS, on March 7, 2014, the Hawai`i County Council adopted Resolution No. 281-14 (Draft 2) authorizing the exemption of certain code requirements, pursuant to Sections 201H-38 and 46-15.1 of the Hawai`i Revised Statutes ("HRS"), for West Hawai`i Senior Living on the Property; and WHEREAS, KUAKINI HIGHWAY 75-6099 CORP. ("OWNER"), the owner and current developer of the PROPERTY, is in the process of developing a senior housing and care campus on the PROPERTY in up to three phases consisting of: (a) an assisted living/memory care facility for about 101 residents ("AL/MCF"); (b) a skilled nursing facility for about 155 residents ("SNF"); and (c) employee housing accommodations for employees of the AL/MCF and SNF to the extent that sufficient water capacity is available to the PROPERTY ("EMPLOYEE HOUSING"); and WHEREAS, AL/MCF, SNF, and EMPLOYEE HOUSING, collectively, will be referred to as the"PROJECT"; and WHEREAS, HRS Section 201H-38, in conjunction with HRS Section 46-15.1, allows the County, with approval of the County Council, to exempt affordable housing projects from certain code and zoning requirements to facilitate the development of such projects; and WHEREAS, no less than fifty percent(50%) of the total residential accommodations at the PROJECT will be affordable in accordance with HRS Section 201H-38, and the AL/MCF and SNF rental residential accommodations set forth in the second clause above may be adjusted by twenty percent(20%),plus or minus; provided, however, that the PROJECT and specific accommodation mix shall at all times be subject to applicable density and zoning restrictions; and WHEREAS, the PROJECT is subject to the conditions of approval for Ordinance No. 06-78, and the OWNER has requested that the County exempt the PROJECT from certain conditions of Ordinance No. 06-78 as well as certain Hawai`i County Code requirements to facilitate the development of the PROJECT; and