PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-PUD-2022-001)

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RLehuaVi11agePUD.7.202022.crk COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION REPORT LEHUA VILLAGE PARTNERS,LLC PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION (PL-PUD-2022-000001) Upon careful review of the request against the guidelines for granting a Planned Unit Development(PUD)permit pursuant to Rule No. 16 of the Planning Commission rules of practice and procedure,the Planning Director is recommending that the request for a PUD permit to allow exceptions from Chapter 23 (Subdivision Code) and Chapter 25 (Zoning Code), Hawaii County Code for the development of a master planned community consisting of 40 single-family lots 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 favorable recommendation is based on the following findings: The applicant is requesting a Planning Unit Development(PUD)permit to allow for the following exemptions to the Zoning and Subdivision Codes in order to facilitate the development of a 40-lot single-family residential subdivision across two separate properties: Exceptions Requested from Zoning Code (HCC Chapter 25) ■ Minimum Street Frontage (HCC §25-4-30). Request to waive requirements that certain proposed lots will have roadway frontages of less than 50 percent of the required minimum building site average width of 38 feet based on requested RS-15 zoning district. Additionally, only one lot(Village 2, Lot 5)will not have any roadway frontage nor access pole and will be accessed via a roadway easement due to steep topography that would make it too difficult to extend the road lot for sake of a single parcel (see PUD application Figure 3 —PUD Master Plan). ■ Minimum Building Site Area; Minimum Average Width (HCC §25-4-31). Request to waive minimum building site area requirements to allow a minimum building site area of 10,000 square feet within the proposed RS-15 zoning district. Additionally, request to allow the minimum building site area average width to be 60 -1-