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:

The meeting of the Honolulu Planning Commission will be conducted as a remote meeting using interactive conference technology with one in-person meeting location open to the public as follows:

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 Monday, August 31, 2026. The Commission will take action on each item after public hearing is closed.

Transmitted for appropriate action is the DPP’s report and recommendation addressing the State Land Use Commission’s May 3, 2023 Remand Order for the Waiawa Correctional Facility (WCF) SUP. The SUP is intended to bring the WCF into compliance with State Land Use Law, Hawai’i Revised Statutes, Chapter 205. Per the DPP’s June 24, 2026 presentation to the Planning Commission (PC), the Director recommends the addition of conditions of the SUP approval providing a 30-year time period for the WCF SUP, and the date by which the applicant must apply for a Plan Review Use.

CENTRAL OAHU – STATE SPECIAL USE PERMIT – REMAND 2022/SUP-3
and LUC SP23-415 WAIAWA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY

Petitioner: State of Hawaii, Department of Accounting and General
Services
Location: 94-670 Kamehameha Highway, Waipahu
Tax Map Keys: 9-6-005: 011 (portion)
Existing Use: Correctional Facility
Existing Zoning: F-1 Federal and Military Preservation
Land Area: Approximately 23.7 acres
Request: For an after-the-fact State Special Use Permit (SUP) to bring the existing Waiawa Correctional Facility into compliance with respect to State Land Use Law, Chapter 205, Hawai’i Revised Statutes.

LUC Remand Order SP23-415, entitled Order Granting Stipulation Regarding Remand of the Petition for Special Use Permit to the City and County of Honolulu’s Planning Commission to Supplement the Record, entered on May 3, 2023 (“Remand Order”).

[History: Planning Commission public hearing on January 11, 2023 for
Application No.2022/SUP-3.]

The State Land Use Permit 2022/SUP-3 and the supplemental records are available for viewing at the Department of Planning and Permitting or online at https://www.honolulu.gov/dpp/public-input/ (navigate using the web map).

This hearing is to be held under the provisions of Chapters 46, 92, and 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended, Articles VI and XIII, Revised Charter of the City and County of Honolulu, 1973, as amended, Sections 2-40, 2-43 and 2-44 of the Rules of the Planning Commission, City and County of Honolulu, and Chapter 15-15 of the Hawaii Administrative Rules.

The particular sections of statutes and rules involved include Sections 205-2(d)(6)(B), 205-4.5(a)(20), and 205-4.5(a)(21) of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended, and Subchapter 4 of Chapter 2 and Section 2-45 of the Rules of the Planning Commission. The issue involved relates to whether to grant a Special Use Permit pursuant to Section 205-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which would remove the correctional facility’s nonconforming status.

Any party may retain counsel if the party so desires, and an individual may appear on his own behalf, or a member of a partnership may represent the partnership, or an officer or authorized employee of a corporation or trust or association may represent the corporation, trust, or association.

Any person or agency wishing to intervene as a party in the proceeding shall file a petition with the Commission within fourteen (14) days after this notice is published in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. The petition must conform to the requirements of Subchapter 5, Chapter 2 of the Rules of the Planning Commission, which are available at the Department of Planning and Permitting. A contested case hearing may be held on the matter pursuant to action by the Planning Commission to grant the petition.

Executive Session
An Executive Session may be called in order for the Commission to consult with its attorney on questions and issues pertaining to the Commission’s powers, duties, privileges, immunities and liabilities pursuant to Section 92-5(a)(4), Hawaii Revised Statutes.

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, September 29, 2026, by emailing your name, phone number, and include in the subject line “register to testify” to dpppcmailbox@honolulu.gov

Public testimony will be accepted at the hearing. Written testimony may be submitted by one of the following options: 1) Email: dpppcmailbox@honolulu.gov; 2) Fax: (808) 768-6743; or 3) Mail: Planning Commission, 650 South King Street, 7th Floor, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813. Written testimony submitted at least two (2) business days before the hearing will help to ensure distribution to and review by the Commission. Testimony submitted after that time will still be accepted. 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.

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 www.honolulu.gov/dpp/home/events/