PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-SMA-2021-000002)

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RKumuHouSMA02-10/18/2021 COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION WAIKOLOA LAND COMPANY SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION NO. PL-SMA-2021-000002 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 the applicant's request be approved. 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 allow the development of 264 previously entitled multiple-family residential timeshare units and related infrastructure improvements within approximately 38.6 acres of land. In the current resort master plan, these timeshare units are planned in several sites and are fully entitled within the RM zoning. In the Kumu Hou at Waikoloa project(Kumu Hou) master plan, the 264 timeshare units would be consolidated on land identified as sub areas JI and J2 of"Area A" of the proposed Kumu Hou at Waikoloa(Kumu Hou) proj ect. The conceptual plan for sub areas J1 and J2 of"Area A" is shown in Figure 9 of the application and shows the timeshare units within 12 two-story buildings. The timeshare units will be complemented with private recreational, open space, water and landscape amenities similar to previous developments around the project area. The overall Kumu Hou project consists of 1,164 multi-family residential timeshare units, 25 single-family residential lots, new golf clubhouse and driving range, community center(s), convenience commercial center, about 126 acres of open space areas, about 3 acres of public parks and paths, and a brackish water well for irrigation. Most of the land encompassing the proposed Kumu Hou project area is currently part of the King's Golf Course (King's Course) situated mauka of the Kings Highway Foot Trail -1-