PD Recommendation Report Punalei Makai Living Trust PL-SMA-2023-026

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RPunalei Maki SMA 4/21/2023 COUNTY OF HAWAI`I PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION PUNALEI MAKAI LIVING TRUST SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION (PL-SMA-2023-000026) Upon careful review of the applicant's request against the guidelines for granting of a Special Management Area Use Permit, the Planning Director recommends that this request to demolish an existing single-family residence and construct one (1) two-story, 3,788 square foot, single-family residence, one (1) 1,575 square foot first farm dwelling, one (1) 1,000 square foot stand-alone garage, and related improvements on 9.51 acres of land situated 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 applicant requests a Special Management Area Use Permit to demolish an existing single-family dwelling and construct a new single-family dwelling, a first farm dwelling and related improvements on a 9.51-acre parcel of land located on the makai (seaward) side of Hawaii Belt Road within the Special Management Area (SMA) on the Island of Hawaii. The proposed main dwelling (dwelling 1) will be two (2) stories and includes 3,788 square feet (sf) of interior space and 2,593 sf of accessory space. The height of Dwelling I will be 28-feet and will be cited approximately 130-feet from the shoreline (top of Pali). The proposed First Farm Dwelling (Dwelling 2) will be a one (1) story dwelling with 1,575 sf of interior space and 704 sf of accessory space. The maximum height of Dwelling 2 will be less than 20 feet and will be located approximately 230-feet from the shoreline. Additional development includes the construction of a 1,000-sf stand- alone garage structure which will be less than 20-feet in height, located approximately 300-feet from the shoreline, and will be cited 28-feet from Dwelling 2. According to Real Property Tax records, the existing dwelling was constructed prior to the establishment of SMA law (1936), and as such will be demolished to bring the property into compliance -1-