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Committee reports out SMA permit for Kailua home renovation, including pool relocation and erosion controls
Summary
The committee amended and reported Resolution 25-120, allowing renovations and additions to a Kailua shoreline property; plans include relocating the swimming pool, reuse of excavated soil, pervious landscaping, and stop-work requirements for archaeological finds.
The Zoning Committee amended and reported out Resolution 25-120, granting a Special Management Area (SMA) major permit to Beachside LLC for alterations to an existing two-story single-family home at 111 Kailuana Loop in Kailua.
The proposed work includes a new two-car attached garage, a front gate and shade structure, replacement of an existing driveway, relocation of the swimming pool from the rear yard to the front yard, decommissioning of an existing pool, and landscaping improvements. The applicant plans to excavate approximately 420 cubic yards of soil for the new pool; about 320 cubic yards will be reused as fill on-site (primarily to fill the old pool), and any shortfall would be made up with minimal imported topsoil for landscaping.
The project is outside the 60-foot shoreline setback and not within the 3.2-foot sea-level-rise exposure area. A 2013 archaeological literature search and field inspection found no artifacts, but because the site contains Jokai sands — which can contain archaeological resources — condition B includes a standard stop-work requirement if archaeological resources are discovered during construction. Conditions to minimize spread of invasive pathogens and to use pervious landscaping in certain areas are included in the CD1.
Hugh Brady, agent for Wilson Okimoto Corporation, presented the applicant's design and noted the project would repurpose the existing pool area into a family courtyard with a shade structure. DPP staff confirmed they had no objections to the CD1 and recommended the committee adopt it. Committee members raised questions about potential discovery of iwi kupuna (ancestral remains) during excavation and the applicant confirmed they would follow mitigation protocols and consider alternatives, including relocation of the pool, if iwi kupuna are found.
The committee amended the resolution to CD1 and reported it out for adoption. No in-person or remote testimony was recorded for this agenda item during the hearing.
The permit includes standard SMA conditions: archaeological monitoring and stop-work provisions, erosion controls, restrictions on imported soil and fill (clean soil provisions), and measures to minimize impacts on nearby shorelines and habitat.
