PD Recommendation Report (PL-SPP-2023-000031)

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RKe`A1ohaLaniLLCSPPAmend3.21.23 COUNTY OF HAWAI`I PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION KE`ALOHA LANI LLC (FORMERLY HAWAPI BREWERY DEVELOPMENT CO.,INC.) AMENDMENT TO SPECIAL PERMIT NO. 842 (PL-SPP-2022-000031) Upon review of the request against the guidelines for amending a Special Permit, the Planning Director recommends that the request to amend Condition No. 4 (complete construction) of Special Permit No. 842 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 findings: The applicant has submitted a request to amend Condition No. 4 (complete construction) of Special Permit No. 842, which allowed the development of a brewery, distillery and water and soft drink bottling facility on 14.587 acres of land(including the subject parcels which total 7.829 acres of land) situated within the State Land Use Agricultural District. The applicant is requesting a 5-year time extension to construct and occupy on one of the three lots within the project area, and a 10-year time extension to constrict and occupy the remaining two lots. The applicant requests that the condition be amended as follows (material to be deleted is bracketed/struck through, material to be added is underscored): "Construction of the proposed brewery, distillery, or bottling facility and related improvements on one ofthe lots covered by TMK: 1-6-141: 24, 27, & 28 shall be completed, and a certificate of occupancy issued before October 18, [2424]2028. Further construction on the remaining two lots shall be completed, and certificate of occupancy issued before October 18, [242-8]2033. Prior to establishing a use permitted under the existing FA-2a zoning, an amendment to delete the affected lot or portion thereoffrom the Special Permit shall be filed with the Planning Department. A recorded instrument informing all three lot owners of this conditional use requirement shall be filed with the Planning Department prior to the conveyance of any of those lots." 1