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-2026-4) and USE PERMIT (U-2026-3) to allow the construction of a mixed use project involving retail and multi-family residential units and associated site improvements, on a parcel situated on the northern side of Rice Street in Lihue, located approximately 400 feet west of the Rice Street/Kapule Highway intersection, further identified as Tax Map Key: (4) 3-6-012:025 and containing a total area of 25,999 square feet.
CLASS IV ZONING PERMIT (Z-IV-2026-5), USE PERMIT (U-2026-4) to allow operation of an office work center that includes storage for its equipment and associated site improvements, and VARIANCE PERMIT (V-2026-1) to allow a deviation from the land coverage requirement within the Open zoning district involving a parcel situated on the makai side of Kuhio Highway in Kapa’a, located at the Waiakea Boat Ramp at the terminus of Kaloloku Road, further identified as Tax Map Key: (4) 4-5-006:001 (Por.) and affecting an area approximately 0.48 acre of a larger parcel.
CLASS IV ZONING PERMIT (Z-IV-2026-6), USE PERMIT (U-2026-5), and SPECIAL PERMIT (SP-2026-1) to permit the construction and operation of a new telecommunication facility and associated site improvements, on a parcel located in Kapaia situated approximately 1,200 feet southwest of the Ehiku Street/Maalo Road intersection, immediately adjacent to the SolarCity Project and across of the Kapaia Power Station facility, further identified as Tax Map Key: (4) 3-8-018:001 (Por.) and being a portion of a parcel containing a total area of 6,080+ acres.

Meeting Location: Lihu’e Civic Center, Moikeha Building, Meeting Room 2A-2B,
4444 Rice Street, Lihu’e, Kaua’i, Hawai’i

Date: September 23, 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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