CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU
PLANNING COMMISSION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of a public hearing to be held by the Planning Commission of the City and County of Honolulu:
PLACE: In-person and Remote Meeting at Mission Memorial Auditorium,
Mission Memorial Building, 550 South King Street, Honolulu, Hawaii
DATE: Wednesday, August 23, 2023
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
The meeting of the Honolulu Planning Commission will be conducted as follows:
Remotely by interactive conference technology and in-person meetings, with Planning Commissioners, the DPP staff, parties to agenda items and principal individuals may appear via WebEx remote technology (details below)
A recording of the meeting will also be posted at a later date
If any major and insurmountable technical difficulties are encountered during the meeting, the Planning Commission will automatically recess for up to thirty (30) minutes to restore communication. The meeting will reconvene when either audiovisual or audio-only communication is established with the same WebEx link below. If it is not possible to reconvene the meeting as provided within thirty (30) minutes after an interruption to communication, the Planning Commission will continue all matters and reconvene at the next scheduled Planning Commission meeting
PUBLIC HEARING
Public hearing notice published in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on August 11, 2023. The Commission will take action on each item after public hearing is closed.
1. RELATING TO REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR BED AND BREAKFASTS AND TRANSIENT VACATION UNITS
The Department of Planning and Permitting (DPP) has proposed a draft Bill to streamline registration requirements. Ordinance 22-7 was signed on April 26, 2022, by Mayor Rick Blangiardi to regulate bed and breakfasts and transient vacation units (commonly referred as short term rentals [STRs]). The Ordinance included a registration requirement for STRs in the Resort District, Resort Mixed Use Precinct, and certained mapped Apartment Districts and Precincts.
2. RELATING TO LARGE DWELLINGS
The Department of Planning and Permitting (DPP) has proposed a draft Bill to increase monster home fines.
NOTE: The Planning Commission will ONLY be reviewing the amendments associated with Chapter 21 (The Land Use Ordinance).
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND TESTIMONY
The public may join the public hearing and offer testimony from a computer, smartphone, telephone, or in person as follows:
Join the public hearing from a computer: (Please mute your devices
except to testify)
https://globalpage-prod.webex.com/join
Meeting Number: 2480 407 1932
Meeting Password: dpp1
Join the public hearing from the WebEx smartphone app:
(Please mute your devices except to testify)
Meeting Number: 2480 407 1932
Meeting Password: dpp1
Join the public hearing from a telephone (audio only):
(Please mute your devices except to testify. Press *6 to
unmute and remote)
408-418-9388 (USA Toll)
Access code: 2480 407 1932
Numeric meeting password: 3771
Oral testimony via phone or Webex: To provide oral testimony during the online meeting via phone or Webex, we suggest you register in advance by 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 22, 2023, by emailing your name, phone number, and include in the subject line “register to testify” to dpp@honolulu.gov
In-person attendance
Attendance at the public hearing is not necessary to submit written testimony. Written testimony may be submitted by one of the following options: 1) Email: dpp@honolulu.gov 2) Fax: (808) 768-6743, or 3) Mail: Planning Commission, 650 South King Street, 7th Floor, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, and should be received by Wednesday, August 23, 2023 or the close of the public hearing.
MATERIALS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION
Meeting materials (“board packet” under HRS Section 92-7.5) are available for public inspection at the office of the Department of Planning and Permitting (DPP), 7th Floor, Frank Fasi Municipal Building, 650 South King Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813; contacting the Planning Commission, telephone (808) 768-8007; or DPP’s website calendar at http://www.honolulu.gov/dpp/dpp-calendar
Note: If you need an auxiliary aid and/or service or other accommodation due to a disability to participate in this event (i.e., sign language interpreter; interpreter for language other than English, or wheelchair accessibility), please call (808) 768-8000, or email your detailed request to dpp@honolulu.gov, at least five (5) business days prior to the meeting. Requests made as early as possible will allow adequate time to fulfill your request.
PLANNING COMMISSION
PANE MEATOGA III, Chair
By DAWN TAKEUCHI APUNA, Director
Department of Planning and Permitting
(SA1426209 8/11/23)
