HomeMy WebLinkAbout2026-10-11 Timothy & Sydney Taylor Opposition
From: Sydney Taylor
To: Planning LPC Testimony
Subject: Special Permit for 73-4283 Keokeo St. Kailua Kona, HI 96740
Date: Sunday, October 11, 2026 1:16:18 PM
Attachments: Bed & Breakfast.docx
Aloha,
Please see attached for a letter requesting denial of the special permit for a Bed and Breakfast at 73-4283 Keokeo St., Kailua Kona, HI 96740. TMK 7-3-005-094-0000.
We will also drop off 12 copies to the West Hawaii Planning Department on Monday, October 12, before 4:30pm.
We were not informed about the meeting until October10, and we are not able to attend the
public hearing on October 15, due to medical restrictions. Thank you for your consideration.
Mahalo,
Timothy & Sydney Taylor
10/11/2026
To: Hawaii County Planning Department
Re: Special Permit to operate a hosted Bed and Breakfast at 73-4283 Keokeo St., Kailua
Kona, HI 96740
TMK: 7-3-005-094-000
Dear Planning Department,
Thank you for your review of this letter.
Due to medical restrictions, we cannot attend the meeting.
We are asking you to deny the special permit to operate a Bed and Breakfast at this
address.
We purchased our home at 73-1146 Ahikawa St in Kona Coastview in 2018.
Our home is directly next door to this property.
We chose this residential area as our retirement home for the quiet and peaceful lifestyle it
offered.
We have enjoyed many years in our home, our neighbors are friendly, quiet and respectful.
We are surrounded by mature trees and foliage that provide privacy.
The one exception to an otherwise quiet neighborhood is the house in question.
The owners do not live there. They have been running the house as an Airbnb/VRBO for
several years.
We have lived many years with tenants coming and going at all hours, basketball playing
24/7 and the general noise that comes with vacationers.
The saving grace has been the Kukui forest the property has in the area by our property line.
It created a visual and noise barrier.
Not wanting to make any trouble, we have never complained.
When we first learned of the proposed bed-and-breakfast, the owner’s husband
approached us and assured us that nothing would change. He said they were changing the
designation in name only.
We received an update in the mail on October 10th. It had been mailed on October 6th
stating that the last day to file a contested case was October 8th.
On October 8th, the owners arrived with chainsaws and cut down every kukui tree along the
property line, eliminating our privacy.
Why did they wait until the final day we had to contest?
There is no longer any visual barrier or sound buffer.
Our property is now left completely exposed to the proposed Bed and Breakfast. Our view
looks straight at the entrance with tenants coming and going, the parking area and the
basketball court.
In just the three days since the trees were cut, we have been awakened multiple times
during the night. The people and traffic are constant.
Our quiet, peaceful lifestyle is gone.
Our property value will plummet. If we are forced to move, who would consider buying a
house next to a Bed and Breakfast in a residential neighborhood?
This Bed and Breakfast does not belong in our quiet neighborhood.
Residential zoning laws were created to protect residential neighborhoods from this type of
development.
The owners do not live there.
There is NO added benefit to the area.
Please do not approve this application.
Thank you sincerely,
Timothy & Sydney Taylor