Catholic Charities Housing Development Corp. will seek a special management area use permit from the Maui Planning Commission on Tuesday to pave the way for the proposed Kahului Lani affordable senior housing project.

Project plans call for building two six-story, multifamily residential buildings, a 7,500-square-foot multipurpose building, parking and other improvements on 3.8 acres at 65 S. Kane St., according to a Department of Planning staff report.

The complex would provide 164 one-bedroom units for rent to senior citizens who earn 60 percent or less than the county’s median income, and there would be one two-bedroom unit for a resident manager.

Income limits and maximum rental charges would be in accordance with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s maximum rent schedule, the report says. Proposed maximum monthly rents would range from $484 to $969 based on resident income levels.

The multipurpose building would income offices for Catholic Charities Hawaii, which would provide onsite case management services for residents.

The senior housing project is in the vicinity of Foodland, Queen Ka’ahumanu Center, the Family Life Center and the Kahului Public Library.

Access to the project site would be off of Kane, Vevau and School streets. About 260 parking stalls would be provided on the property through a combination of paved and grassed parking areas. Carport structures would have photovoltaic panels, which also would be installed on building rooftops.

Construction would be in two phases and would take 32 months to complete and cost nearly $48 million. The project’s first phase would be one building with 81 affordable senior units and the manager’s unit, and the second phase would be the second building with 83 rental units.

The property was formerly developed as a go-kart racing facility. The land is owned by A&B Kane LLC and managed by A&B Properties Hawaii. Catholic Charities’ housing corporation is in the process of acquiring the project site.

The commission meeting is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. in the Planning Department conference room on the first floor of the Kalana Pakui building in Wailuku.

In other business, the commission will take up a request for review and comment on a proposed Maui County Council bill to “preserve, protect and regulate the use of the county’s finite natural resources by clarifying the definition of ‘resource extraction.'” The bill stems from the ongoing controversy about sand mining in Central Maui sand dune areas.

The commission also will consider applications for short-term rentals and bed-and-breakfast operations.