.PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-SMA-2024-000047)

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RGraham SMA March 2024 COUNTY OF HAWAI`I PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION JEREMY GRAHAM SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION (PL-SMA-2024-000047) 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 construct a two (2) story, 6,404 square foot single-family residence and related improvements on a 23,958- square foot shoreline parcel within the Special Management Area (SMA) be approved by the Windward 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 construct a new two-story single-family residence with 3,357 square feet of interior space, and 3,047 square feet of accessory space on a 0.55-acre parcel of land located on the makai (seaward) side of Paradise Ala Kai Drive within the Special Management Area (SMA) on the Island of Hawaii. The proposed two-story home would have a total of 6064 sf of living space, with five (5) bedrooms and three and a half(3.5) baths, garage and covered lanai. Additionally, the Applicant is proposing to construct an in-ground swimming pool on the makai side of the parcel approximately 47-feet from the certified shoreline. The home will be powered by the existing electric service, with potable water provided by a proposed well to be installed by the applicant. The proposed project will require a Department of Health (DOH) approved individual wastewater system to be installed on the makai side of the subject parcel; this will also be sited 47-feet from the shoreline. The grounds for approving development within the Special Management Area are based on HRS, Chapter 205A-26(2) (Special Management Area guidelines) and Rule 9- 11(e) of the Planning Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure. Planning Commission Rule 9-11(e) states that the Planning Commission may permit the proposed development only upon finding that: 1