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 Fasi Municipal Building, 6th Floor
Conference Room, 650 South King Street, Honolulu, Hawai’i 96813
DATE: Wednesday, January 22, 2025
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, Planning Department staff, parties to agenda items and resource 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 Friday,
January 10, 2025. The Commission will take action on each agenda item after public hearing is closed.
NORTH SHORE – STATE LAND USE DISTRICT BOUNDARY AMENDMENT
(15 ACRES OR LESS) 2024/GEN-11 (TB)
HALE’IWA BACKYARDS, LLC
Applicant: Hale’iwa Backyards, LLC
Landowner: Basin Project Inc.
Agent: Planning Solutions, Inc. (Jim Hayes)
Location: Between Joseph P. Leong Highway and Kamehameha Highway, Hale’iwa, North Shore, O’ahu
Tax Map Key: 6-2-005: 002 portion
Land Area: 7.292 acres
Existing Use: Vacant, undeveloped
Existing Zoning: AG-1 Restricted Agricultural District.
Land Area and Request: To reclassify a 7.292-acre portion of Tax Map Key
6-2-005: 002 in Haleiwa Town from the State Land Use (SLU) Agricultural District to SLU Urban District.
According to the application, the State Land Use District Boundary Amendment (SLUDBA) and the forthcoming zone change request are being undertaken to develop approximately 150-156
low-rise apartment units (duplex and townhomes), approximately 30,000 square feet of commercial space (retail and office space), parking, and a wastewater management system.
The proposed State Land Use request is available for viewing at the Department of Planning and Permitting or online at https://www.honolulu.gov/dpp/public-input.html (navigate using the map).
Public testimony is to be taken at the hearing. 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, at least two (2) business days before the date of the public hearing. Attendance at the public hearing is not necessary to submit written testimony. Persons wishing to present oral testimony, please register on-site on the day and time of the hearing. Ten (10) copies are requested, if submitting written testimony on-site on the day of the hearing.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND TESTIMONY
The public may also join the public hearing and offer testimony from a computer, smartphone or telephone as follows:
Join the public hearing from a computer or from the WebEx smartphone app: (Please mute your devices except to testify)
https://globalpage-prod.webex.com/join
Meeting Number: 2495 833 8502
Meeting Password: dpp1
Join the public hearing from a telephone (audio only):
408-418-9388 (USA Toll)
Access code: 2495 833 8502
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, January 21, 2025, by emailing your name, phone number, and include in the subject line “register to testify” to dpp@honolulu.gov
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. While the Commission requests that written testimony be submitted by noon, two business days before the meeting to ensure distribution and thorough review by the Commission, testimony submitted after such date and time will still be accepted by the Commission.
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, 7th Floor, Frank Fasi Municipal Building, 650 South King Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813; contacting the Planning Commission, telephone (808) 768-8007; or on the DPP website at https://www8.honolulu.gov/dpp/home/events/
If you need an auxiliary aid and/or service or other accommodation due to 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 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
(SA1480057 1/10/25)
