2015-02-19 Leeward Exh C (SPP 14-173)

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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I HEARING TRANSCRIPT FEBRUARY 19, 2015 CATHEE MALAPIT (SPP-14-000173) A regularly advertised hearing on the application of was called to order at 10:21 a.m. in the West Hawai‘i Civic Center, Community Center, Building G, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, with Chairman Brandi Beaudet presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Brandi Beaudet, Thomas Hickcox, Collin Kaholo, Barbara Nobriga and Thomas Whittemore ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Keith Unger ALSO PRESENT: Danny Patel (Deputy Corporation Counsel), Bobby Command (Deputy Planning Director), Maija Jackson (Planner), Christian Kay (Planner) and Noriko Sauer (Commission Secretary) And five people from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: CATHEE MALAPIT (SPP-14-000173) Application for a Special Permit to convert an existing two-car garage into a certified kitchen on approximately 562.5 square feet of land situated within the State Land Use Agricultural District. The project site is located near the 32 Mile Marker on Māmalahoa Highway (Hawai‘i Belt Road) in the Kona Ocean View Properties Subdivision, Pu‘ukala, North Kona, Hawai‘i, TMK: 7-2-008:035. BEAUDET: The fourth item of today’s agenda is for a Special Permit, Applicant: Cathee Malapit, application for a Special Permit to convert an existing two-car garage into a certified kitchen. KAY: Thank you. So getting right into it, here is a location map. Just for you information, the subject parcel is located also in the North Kona District, kind of small to see, but it’s outlined here in red. For reference this is Māmalahoa Highway running north-south through the slide. The subject parcel is located in the, what is called the Kona Oceanview Estates Subdivision. To the east across the highway is the Makalei Golf Course and right here to the south is the Makalei Estates Subdivision. Again, a more zoomed-in picture showing the zoning, the subject parcel and surrounding is Agricultural-5 acres; however, if you notice, this entire subdivision is for the most part lots that are under 10,000 square feet. Makalei Estates Subdivision is Agricultural-3 acres, and across the way we have Agricultural-900 acres and again that’s for the golf course area. The General Plan LUPAG Map shows the subject parcel in the Low Density Urban designation, with the remainder of the image in Extensive Agriculture. The Kona CDP Map shows here that outlined in red the subject parcel actually falls within the Kona CDP Urban Area. Here is the aerial image of the parcel, again with Māmalahoa Highway running north-south. This is showing the applicant’s home. The permit area for the garage is right here toward the front of the house. Access is off of the highway there. And I will also just want to point out there is sufficient paved parking available for the residents of the house, should the garage be used for the certified kitchen. 1 EXHIBIT C