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BThomasTrusts SPP.crk.9.21.2022 <br />COUNTY OF HAWAI`I PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br />BACKGROUND REPORT <br />MAURICE & JIRANAN THOMAS TRUSTS <br />SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATION NO. PL-SPP-2022-000017 <br />MAURICE & JIRANAN THOMAS TRUSTS submitted an application for a Special Permit to <br />legitimize the use of an existing agricultural warehouse and office facility for warehousing, <br />distribution and administrative operations related to retail and service activities in Orchidland <br />Estates and Volcano Village on 1.045 acres of land in the State Land Use Agricultural district. <br />The subject property is located at 16-1695 34th Avenue, at the southeast corner of its intersection <br />with Orchidland Drive, Orchidland Estates, Puna, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 1-6-009:385. <br />APPLICANTS' REQUEST <br />1. Request: The applicant is requesting a Special Permit to legitimize the use of an existing <br />agricultural warehouse and office facility and related improvements for warehousing, <br />distribution and administrative operations related to retail and service activities in <br />Orchidland Estates and Volcano Village on 1.045 acres of land in the State Land Use <br />Agricultural district. The existing 8,160 square foot building (currently permitted as an <br />agricultural storage facility), houses 7,200 square feet of warehouse and distribution <br />space and 960 square feet of administrative office space. An existing gravel parking area <br />can accommodate 11, standard -sized parking stalls and space for a loading area. The <br />warehouse facility currently accommodates a wide range of hardware products, food, and <br />liquor/beer that supports the applicants' general store operations located on the adjacent <br />property as well as their hardware store and restaurant operations in Volcano Village. Ice <br />is also being manufactured and stored at this facility within a refrigerated storage <br />container for distribution to the applicant's various businesses. <br />The warehouse operation currently handles deliveries/stock as follows: <br />■ Only one (1) large (8-foot by 40-foot) container shipment arrives each month at this <br />warehouse facility providing products to support the applicant's True Value <br />Hardware retail operations. <br />-1- <br />