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:
PLACE: Remote Meeting, with an in-person public meeting location at the Fasi Municipal Building, 6th Floor Conference Room, 650 South King Street, Honolulu, Hawai’i 96813
DATE: Wednesday, April 1, 2026
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
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 be terminated and all matters will be placed on the agenda for the next scheduled Planning Commission meeting
PUBLIC HEARING
Public hearing notice published in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on Sunday,
March 22, 2026. The Commission will take action on each item after public hearing is closed.
KO’OLAU LOA – STATE LAND USE DISTRICT BOUNDARY AMENDMENT
2025-DBA-18
LA’IE CORPORATION YARD AND REFUSE CONVENIENICE CENTER
Applicant: Department of Design and Construction ((DDC)
Landowner: City and County of Honolulu (City)
Planning Solutions, Inc.
Location: 56-020 Kamehameha highway, La’ie, Ko’olau Loa,
O’ahu (Petition Area)
Tax Map Key: 5-6-006: 001
Land Area: 8.188 acres
Existing Uses: City Corporation Yard & Refuse Convenience Center
Existing Zoning: AG-2 General Agricultural District.
Land Area and Request: To reclassify 8.188 acres of the Petition Area from the Agricultural District to the Urban District..
Doing so brings the existing City facilities into conformance with SLU Law and allows the City to proceed with its Facilities Master Plan for the property.
The proposed State Land Use request is 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).
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, March 31, 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.
If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, please call (808) 768-8000 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. or email dpp@honolulu.gov, preferably at least three business days before the scheduled meeting. Requests received with fewer than three business days remaining before the meeting will be accommodated if possible, but fulfillment cannot be guaranteed. Upon request, this notice is available in alternate formats such as large print, Braille, or electronic copy.
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/
PLANNING COMMISSION
PANE MEATOGA III, Chair
by Dawn Takeuchi Apuna, Director
Department of Planning and Permitting
(SA1523343 3/22/26)
