PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-SPP-2022-000027)

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RKobayashiSPPamendment.CM.1.23.2023 COUNTY OF HAWAI`I PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION REPORT ROBERT AND RUBY KOBAYASHI AMENDMENT TO SPECIAL PERMIT SPP 1194 (PL-SPP-2022-000027) Upon careful review of the request to delete Condition No. 2 of Special Permit No. 1194, the Planning Director recommends this amendment request 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 recommendation is based on the following findings: The applicants requested an amendment to Special Permit No. 1194 to either delete Condition No. 2 (life of permit), or to amend Condition No. 2 for a ten 10-year time extension. Condition No. 2 states: "The life of the permit for the auto repair shop shall be for ten (10) years from the effective date of this amendment, or upon new commercial/industrial zoned lands becoming available within the vicinity of Hawaiian Paradise Park Subdivision and Orchidland Estates Subdivision, with a reasonable period to effect the relocation, whichever occurs first." The Special Permit No. 1194 was originally approved in 2003 to allow the establishment of an auto repair shop operation on 3,500 square feet of a 1.046-acre parcel situated in the Orchidland Estates Subdivision. In 2008, the Planning Commission, now known as the Windward Planning Commission, granted a 5-year time extension to Condition No. 2 of Special Permit No. 1194, which extended the life of the permit to January 17, 2013. Then, in 2013, the Windward Planning Commission granted a 10-year time extension to Condition No. 2 of Special Permit No. 1194, which extended the life of the permit to March 21, 2023. The applicant's primary purpose for the request would be to continue operating their auto repair shop established 20 years ago at the subject property. Furthermore, Hawaiian Paradise Park and Orchidland Estates subdivisions currently have no suitable commercial- or industrial-zoned lands available. -1-