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:
SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT (SMA(U)-2026-6) for a development involving the construction of two (2) single-family residences on a parcel located on the makai side of Kuhio Highway in Wainiha, at its intersection with Mikala Place, further identified as 5-7196 Kuhio Highway, Tax Map Key: 5-8-008:009, and containing a total area of 15,588 square feet.
CLASS IV ZONING PERMIT (Z-IV-2026-15), and USE PERMIT (U-2026-12) to allow construction and installation of a new wireless telecommunication facility within the Kaua’i Village Shopping Center parcel situated along the mauka side of Kaumualii Highway in Waipouli, further identified as 4-831 Kuhio Highway, Tax Map Key: (4) 4-3-008:013, and containing a total area of 4.8944 acres.
CLASS IV ZONING PERMIT Z-IV-2026-16 to allow the construction of a 2-story office building, 8,000 square feet warehouse and associated site improvements on Lot 5 of the Kukui Grove Village West Subdivision in Lihue, involving a parcel situated on the makai side of Kaumualii Highway, further identified as 4481 Pahee Street, Tax Map Key: (4) 3-3-010:005 and containing a total area of 1.0272 acres.
ZA-2026-7:
Request: Amendment to the West Kauai Community Plan (WKCP), Waimea Town Walkable Mixed Use District Map (SPA-L) from T4 Village Neighborhood Flex – West Kaua’i “T4VN/F-WK” to T4 Village Center Flex – West Kaua’i “T4VC/F-WK” designation.
Location: Waimea, Kaua’i. Located immediately west and adjacent to the Waimea Hawaiian Church, situated along the makai side of Kaumuali’i Highway in Waimea Town, approximately 80 feet east of the Moana Road/Kaumuali’i Highway intersection, further identified as 1-9814 Kaumuali’i Highway containing a total area of 6,799 square feet.
Tax Map Key: (4) 1-6-007:029
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 July 14 2026, for final determination of location.
Date: July 14, 2026
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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(TGI1529940 6/12/26)
