HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-08-05 Windward Planning Commissions Actions WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION
COUNTY OF HAWAII
ACTIONS
AUGUST 5, 2021
1. APPLICANT: HAWAII ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY (Amend SPP 387)
Request to amend Special Permit No. 387 to allow the construction of a new 1,975 square
foot dog pavilion to house an additional 30 dogs, a 762 square foot exercise area, three
offices with 392 square feet of new space, modifications to the exterior of the existing
facility to provide for a consistent facade and related improvements. Additionally, once
the new pavilion is constructed, the applicant is requesting to demolish an existing, 1,600
square foot, 17-kennel structure and expand the exercise and training area by the same
land area. Special Permit No. 387 was approved in 1978 to legitimize and expand the
Hawaii Island Humane Society use on approximately 2.69 acres of land within the State
Land Use Agricultural district. The subject property is located at 16-873 Kea`au-Pahoa
Road (Route 130), approximately 1,500 feet southeast of its intersection with the
Kea`au-Pahoa Bypass Road, Kea`au, Puna, Hawaii,
TMK: 1-6-003:074.
APPLICATION RETURNED
2. APPLICANT: CONNECTIONS NEW CENTURY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL/
COMMUNITY BASED EDUCATION SUPPORT SERIVES (CBESS)
(SPP 12-000138)
Discussion and action limited to the procedural question on whether the Windward
Planning Commission will make a decision on the record as presented or open the record
to hear new evidence regarding Special Permit SPP No. 12-000138, which was remanded
back to the Windward Planning Commission by Intermediate Court of Appeals for
further proceedings consistent with its January 31, 2020 Memorandum Opinion vacating
the County of Hawaii Windward Planning Commission's May 12, 2014 Decision and
Order, which denied Special Permit SPP No. 12-000138. The subject Special Permit
sought to develop a K to 12 charter school campus with dorm facilities and related uses
on approximately 70 acres of land situated in the State Land Use Agricultural District.
The property is located on both the southwest and northeast sides of Edita Street near its
intersection with Kaumana Drive and adjoining the Pacific Plantation Subdivision in
Kaumana, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: 2-5-006:141.
APPROVED TO MAKE A DECISION ON THE RECORD AS PRESENTED
Minutes of July 1, 2021, meeting: APPROVED