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:
CLASS IV ZONING PERMIT (Z-IV-2025-12), USE PERMIT (U-2025-8), and SPECIAL PERMIT (SP-2025-5) to conduct agricultural tours and special events, construct a pavilion, and operate an agricultural retail shop on a parcel situated at the terminus of Kapuna Road in Waipake, situated along the mauka side of Kuhio Highway approximately ¾-mile of the Kapuna Road/Kuhio Highway intersection, further identified as Tax Map Key: (4) 5-1-002:010, Unit 5, affecting an area approximately 22.982 acres of a larger parcel.
SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT (SMA(U)-2025-5) to allow construction of a new single-family dwelling unit on a parcel situated along the makai side of Pe’e Road in Po’ipu, situated approximately 700 feet southeast of its intersection with Pe’e Road and further identified as Lot 1 of the Makahuena Estates Subdivision, Tax Map Key: (4) 2-8-021:041, containing a total area of approximately 1.244 acres.
SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT (SMA(U)-2025-6), CLASS IV ZONING PERMIT (Z-IV-2025-13), and USE PERMIT (U-2025-9) to accommodate improvements to the existing Wailua Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) as well as the replacement of an existing force main that affects a portion of the Wailua Municipal Golf Course, located on property situated along the northern side of Nalu Road, approximately 200 feet east of its intersection with Leho Drive, further identified as Tax Map Keys (4) 3-9-006:019, 027, and 3-9-002:004 (Por.), affecting a total area of 2.43 acres.
COUNTY ZONING AMENDMENT (ZA-2025-10) – A bill for an ordinance amending Chapter 8 of the Kaua’i County Code 1987, as amended, relating to the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (CZO). This amendment proposes changes to Zoning Map ZM-200 to reclassify certain areas from the Agriculture District (A) to the Plantation Camp District (PC), as well as to expand the boundaries of existing Plantation Camp Districts.
COUNTY ZONING AMENDMENT (ZA-2025-11) – A bill for an ordinance amending Chapter 8 and Chapter 10 of the Kaua’i County Code 1987, as amended, relating to the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (CZO) and the West Kaua’i Community Plan Implementing Ordinance. This proposal includes amendments to Chapter 8, Article 8A, for the Plantation Camp Districts (PC), and Chapter 10, Article 3, to incorporate provisions addressing wildfire hazards.
Meeting Location: Lihu’e Civic Center, Moikeha Building, Meeting Room 2A-2B,
4444 Rice Street, Lihu’e, Kaua’i, Hawai’i
* Interested parties should look to the Planning Commission Agenda for June 24, 2025 for final determination of location.
Date: June 24, 2025
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, Lihue, 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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(TGI1493165 5/23/25)
