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:
Amendment to SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT (SMA(U)-2006-10), CLASS IV ZONING PERMIT (Z-IV-2006-23), USE PERMIT (U-2006-18), and SPECIAL PERMIT (SP-2006-1) to allow additions to the campus that includes an agriculture processing facility & kitchen and associated farm buildings, a 1,350 square foot expansion addition to the community complex, a 2-story program pavilion, solar canopy, pre-school facility, 2 dormitory complexes, and several farm dwelling units on a parcel situated on the mauka side of Kuhio Highway in Waipa, located approximately 0.5 mile west of the Hanalei Elementary School campus, further identified as 5-5785 Kuhio Highway, Tax Map Keys: 5-6-003:001 (Por.), 5-6-004:023 & 025 (Por.), and collectively affecting a 10.3 acre portion of several larger parcels.
SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT (SMA(U)-2027-2), CLASS IV ZONING PERMIT (Z-IV-2027-4), USE PERMIT (U-2027-3), and SPECIAL PERMIT (SP-2027-2) to allow the Applicant to operate food & farm tours, educational programming, fishpond stewardship, and conduct occasional community festivals on a parcel located on the makai side of Kuhio Highway in Waipa, located approximately 0.5 mile west of the Hanalei Elementary School campus, further identified as Tax Map Key: 5-6-004:022, and affecting a 2 acre portion of a larger parcel containing 24.7 acres.
SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT (SMA(U)-2027-3), CLASS IV ZONING PERMIT (Z-IV-2027-5), PROJECT DEVELOPMENT USE PERMIT (PDU-2027-2), USE PERMIT (U-2027-4), to construct a workforce housing project containing a headquarter facility, dormitory complex, 2-story single-family residence, and associated site improvements , and VARIANCE PERMIT (V-2027-2) to deviate from Section 8-10.2 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (CZO) relating to lands that qualify for a Project Development, on a parcel located on the makai side of Kuhio Highway in Hanalei Town, situated approximately 1,200 feet west of Ching Young Village, further identified as 5-5260 Kuhio Highway, Tax Map Key: 5-5-002:027, and containing a total area of 32,014 square feet.
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
December 8, 2026, for final determination of location.
Date: December 8, 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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(SA/HTH/WHT1542118 11/06/26)
