DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND PERMITTING
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of public hearings to be held by the Department of Planning and Permitting (DPP) of the City and County of Honolulu under Special Management Area (SMA) Ordinance, Revised Ordinances of Honolulu Chapter 25, as amended, for the following applications at the date and time specified or soon thereafter.
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DATE: Friday, July 25, 2025
TIME: 10:00 a.m.
PLACE: In-person and Remote Meeting at the Fasi Municipal Building, 6th Floor Conference Room, 650 South King Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
1. FILE NO.: 2025/SMA-42 (MAK)
PROJECT: Bank of Hawai’i – Hawai’i Kai
OWNER: B.P. Bishop Trust Estate (Kamehameha Schools)
AGENT: PBR Hawai’i & Associates, Inc. (Greg Nakai)
LOCATION: 6650 Kalaniana’ole Highway – Hawai’i Kai
TAX MAP KEY: 3-9-017: 040
ZONING: B-2 Community Business District
REQUEST: Special Management Area Major Permit to allow the demolition of an existing commercial building and the construction of a new bank branch facility that includes commercial office space for a future tenant, which is located within the SMA in Hawai’i Kai, O’ahu
2. FILE NO.: 2025/SMA-46 (MM)
OWNER/APPLICANT: Kai Kraut
AGENT: WHALE Environmental Services, LLC (Mark Howland)
LOCATION: 66-163 Walikanahele Road – Haleiwa
TAX MAP KEY: 6-6-005: 035
ZONING: R-5 Residential District
REQUEST: Special Management Area Major Permit to allow the
construction of a new single-family dwelling and a new swimming pool in the R-5 Residential District located within the SMA.
3. FILE NO.: 2025/SMA-48 (DC)
PROJECT: Heraux Hale’iwa Property – New Single-Family Dwelling
OWNER/APPLICANT: Jonathan Heraux
AGENT: WHALE Eviromental Services, LLC (Mark Howland)
LOCATION: 66-348 Hale’iwa Road – Hale’iwa
TAX MAP KEY: 6-6-008:019
ZONING: R-5 Residential District
REQUEST: Special Management Area Major Permit to allow the
construction of a new single-family dwelling located
within the R-5 Residential District and SMA in Hale’iwa
4. FILE NO.: 2025/SMA-45 (SF)
OWNER/APPLICANT: Jennifer Y. S. Kim Trust
AGENT: Planning Solutions, Inc. (James T. Hayes)
LOCATION: 4705 Kahala Avenue – Waialae-Kahala
TAX MAP KEY: 3-5-005: 004
ZONING: R-5 Residential District
REQUEST: Special Management Area Major Permit to allow the
construction of a new single-family dwelling that exceeds 7,500 square feet in floor area with two attached two-bay garages and swimming pool on a non- shoreline lot.
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The application materials showing the general location and boundaries of the area under consideration are available for review online at https://www.honolulu.gov/dpp/public-input/ (navigate to the Project site using the map), or at the DPP, Data Access & Imaging Branch, First Floor, Fasi Municipal Building, 650 South King Street, during office hours, 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. For assistance, please call the DPP Zoning Regulations and Permits Branch at (808) 768-8013 regarding 2025/SMA-42 or (808) 768-8026 regarding 2025/SMA-48, Land Use Approval Branch at (808) 768-8016 regarding 2025/SMA-46 or (808) 768-8019 regarding 2025/SMA-45.
Attendance at the public hearing is not necessary to submit testimony. Written testimony may be emailed to dpp@honolulu.gov, faxed to (808) 768-6743, or mailed to 650 South King Street, 7th Floor, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813. Written testimony should be received by the close of the public hearing on Friday, July 25, 2025. Testimony received by the Department prior to the hearing will be considered in the evaluation of the request.
The public may join the public hearing and offer testimony from a computer, smartphone, or telephone. Visual presentations will be viewable: (1) On the screen situated inside the Conference Room, (2) At https://www.honolulu.gov/dpp/public-input/ (navigate using the map); or (3) via WebEx as follows: All participants must mute their devices until it is their turn to testify.
Join the public hearing from a computer: (Please mute your
devices except to testify)
https://globalpage-prod.webex.com/join
Meeting Number: 2501 016 6200
Meeting Password: dpp1
Join the public hearing from a computer or WebEx smart phone
app: (Please mute your devices except to testify)
Meeting Number: 2501 016 6200
Meeting Password: dpp1
Join the public hearing from a telephone (audio only): (Please
mute your devices except to testify)
+1-408-418-9388 (USA Toll)
Access code: 2501 016 6200
Numeric meeting password: 3771
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.
Dawn Takeuchi Apuna, Director
Department of Planning and Permitting
(SA1496986 7/04/25)