PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-SMA-2024-000052)

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RSHELVIN SMA April 2024 COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION STEPHEN AND SUSAN SHEVLIN SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERNHT APPLICATION (PL-SMA-2024-000052) 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 one-story 2,300 square-foot single-family residence and related improvements on a 1.977-acre 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 applicants proposed development consists of a one (1) story, 2,300-square foot single-family residence with two (2) bedrooms and two (2) bathrooms, a study, kitchen, and pantry, living and dining room, laundry room, and storage room, 500-square foot lanai and in-ground pool. In addition, a detached bedroom and bathroom and three (3) car garage is also proposed. The proposed dwelling would total three (3) bedrooms and three (3) bathrooms. A new Department of Health (DOH) approved septic system will be installed to serve the dwelling and a well will be drilled to provide water. The well will be constructed in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission on Water Resource Management. If the well water is not deemed potable, a water catchment tank will be installed instead. All improvements will encompass an approximately 6,000 square foot area of the property and will be sited over 100 feet from the top of pali which is designated (in this area) as the "shoreline". Due to the significant distance from the approximate shoreline, and the Director's determination that the top of pali is the"shoreline" in this area,no shoreline certification was required. 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 1