PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-SMA-2022-012_Amend SMA-07-024)

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RHawaiione l InvestorsLLCSMAAmend.crk.3.302022 COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION HAWAII ONE1 INVESTORS,LLC (FORMERLY KONA HEIGHTS,LLC) AMENDMENT TO SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT (AMEND SMA 07-000024) (PL-SMA-2022-000012) Upon careful review of the applicant's request against the guidelines for granting an amendment to a Special Management Area(SMA)Use Permit, the Planning Director recommends that the request for a five (5)year time extension to Condition No. 4 of SMA Use Permit No. 07-024, to secure Final Subdivision Approval be approved by the Planning Commission. Since this recommendation is made without the benefit of public testimony, the Director reserves the right to modify and/or alter this position. This approval recommendation is based on the following findings: The applicant is requesting a five (5)-year time extension to Condition 4 (Time to Secure Final Subdivision Approval) of SMA Use Permit No. 07-024, which was approved to allow the development of a 65-lot, single family residential subdivision and related improvements on an 11.054-acre property situated within the Special Management Area. This request is being made in conjunction with a similar amendment request to Change of Zone Ordinance No. 09 8, which rezoned the same land area from Agricultural 5-acres (A-5a)to Single-Family Residential 7,500 square feet (RS-7.5). Since the applicant acquired the property in 2013,they have worked diligently to comply with conditions of approval of both the SMA Use Permit and change of zone ordinance, including securing a Planned Unit Development(PUD)permit in 2016, finalizing and securing approval from the State Historic Preservation Division for an Archaeological Data Recovery Plan in 2010 and Burial Treatment Plan in 2017, securing Tentative Approval for phase one of the subdivision in 2017,working with the Department of Parks and Recreation to locate a suitable site for a three (3) acre neighborhood park and completing an Environmental Assessment(EA) and receiving a Finding of No Significant Impact(FONSI) for the park's development and securing -1-