.PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-SMA-2023-000043)

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RWmter SMA March 2024 COUNTY OF HAWAI`I PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION STEPHEN AND CHERYL WINTER SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION (PL-SMA-2023-000043) Upon careful review of the applicants' request against the guidelines for granting of a Special Management Area Use Permit, the Planning Director recommends that this request to develop a farm consisting of a single-family residence, caretakers' cottage, greenhouse, barn, pasture, and related improvements on two (2) shoreline parcels totaling 30.165-acres all within the Special Management Area 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 recommendation based upon additional information presented at the public hearing. This approval recommendation is based on the following: The applicants request a Special Management Area Use Permit to develop the project area into a working animal and plant farm which will include a single-family residence, a caretaker's cottage, greenhouse, barn, pastures, fencing, water tank and related improvements on two (2) separate parcels owned by the applicants. The grounds for approving development within the Special Management Area are based on HRS, Chapter 205A-26(2) (Special Management Area guidelines) and Rule 9-11(e) of the Planning Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure. Planning Commission Rule 9- 11(e) states that the Authority (Planning Commission) may permit the proposed development only upon finding that: 1. The development will not have any substantial adverse environmental or ecological effect except as such adverse effect is minimized to the extent practicable and is clearly outweighed by public health, safety or compelling public interest; 2. The development is consistent with the objectives and policies and the Special Management Area guidelines as provided by Chapter 205A, HRS; 3. The development is consistent with the General Plan, Community Plan, Zoning Code and other applicable ordinances; -1-