COUNTY OF KAUAI PLANNING COMMISSION – 4444 Rice Street, Suite A473, Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii, 96766, tel: (808) 241-4050, email: planningdepartment@kauai.gov.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of an agency hearing with a public hearing and an opportunity for public testimony from all interested persons to be held by the Kaua’i Planning Commission pursuant to the provisions of Special Management Area Rules, Kauai County Code, Chapter 8, as amended, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 92 and 91, and the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the County of Kauai Planning Commission. The hearing will be held regarding the following:
SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT (SMA(U)-2023-12) to allow construction of a new multi-family residential structure on a parcel situated along the makai side of Kuhio Highway in Kapa’a Town, situated directly across the formerly Kojima Store, approximately 200 feet south of the Kapa’a Neighborhood Center and further identified as 4-1542 Kuhio Highway, Tax Map Key: (4) 4-5-012:048, containing a total area of approximately 2,520 square feet.
SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT (SMA(U)-2023-13), CLASS IV ZONING PERMIT (Z-IV-2023-11) and USE PERMIT (U-2023-8) to allow construction of a viewing platform and associated site improvements within the Pa’ula’ula State Historical Park in Waimea, along the makai side of Kaumuali’i Highway, approximately 800 feet east of Waimea Town, further identified as Tax Map Key: (4) 1-7-005:003 and containing a total area of 17.26 acres.
CLASS IV ZONING PERMIT (Z-IV-2023-12) and USE PERMIT (U-2023-9) to construct a new gymnasium on the Waimea High School campus in Waimea Town, and VARIANCE PERMIT (V-2023-3) to deviate from the height requirement within the Residential zoning district, situated approximately 550 feet mauka of the
Ola Road/Kaumuali’i Highway intersection, further identified as 9707 Tsuchiya Road, Tax Map Keys: 1-6-010:004 and 1-6-009:023, and containing a total area of 11.11 acres.
Meeting Lihu’e Civic Center, Moikeha Building, Meeting Room 2A-2B,
Location: 4444 Rice Street, Lihu’e, Kaua’i, Hawai’i
* Interested parties should look to the Planning Commission Agenda for August 8, 2023 for final determination of location.
Date: August 8, 2023
Time: 9:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter
Oral testimony will be taken on specific agenda items, in-person at the public meeting location indicated on the meeting agenda.
Written testimony indicating your 1) name or pseudonym, and if applicable, your position/title and organization you are representing, and 2) the agenda item that you are providing comment on, may be submitted on any agenda item in writing to planningdepartment@kauai.gov or mailed to the County of Kaua’i Planning Department, 4444 Rice Street, Suite 473, Lihu’e, Hawai’i 96766. Written testimony received by the Planning Department at least 24 hours prior to the meeting will be posted as testimony to the Planning Commission’s website prior to the meeting (https://www.kauai.gov/Government/Boards-and-Commissions/Planning-Commission). Any testimony received after this time will be retained as part of the record, but we cannot assure the Commission will receive it with sufficient time for review prior to the meeting.
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(TGI1421490 7/7/23)