DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND PERMITTING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of public hearings to be held by the Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu under Special Management Area (SMA) Ordinance, Revised Ordinances of Honolulu Chapter 25, as amended, for the following application at the date and time specified or soon thereafter.
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DATE: Friday, November 20, 2026
TIME: 10:00 a.m.
PLACE: In-person and Remote Meeting at Fasi Municipal Building, 6th Floor
Conference Room, 650 South King Street, Honolulu, Hawai’i 96813

1. FILE NO.: 2026-SMA-67
LANDOWNER/
APPLICANT: Donoso & Malaekahana LLC Beach Estates
AGENT: Hawai’i Engineering Group, Inc. (Roy Irei)
LOCATION: 56-155 Kamehameha Highway – Kahuku
TAX MAP KEYS: 5-6-001: 033
ZONING: R-5 Residential District
REQUEST: Special Management Area Major Permit to allow the construction of seven new, single-unit dwellings on Condominium Property Regime (CPR) Units 2 through 8; the retention of an existing single-unit dwelling on CPR Unit 1; the construction of a storage shed on CPR Unit 1; he installation of six individual wastewater systems and associated utility connections; and the construction of driveways, walkways, landscaping, fencing, rock walls, and other site improvements on a single zoning lot within the R-5 Residential District (Project).

2. FILE NO.: 2026-SMA-52
APPLICANT: Bernadine Mertens
AGENT: Whale Environmental Services, LLC (Mark Howland)
LOCATION: 51-378 Kamehameha Highway – Ka’a’awa
TAX MAP KEYS: 5-1-010: 025
ZONING: R-5 Residential District
REQUEST: Special Management Area Major Permit to allow the construction of a lower-level workshop and lanai addition to an existing two-story single-family dwelling on a residential shoreline lot (Project).
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The application materials showing the general location and boundaries of the area under consideration are available for review online at https://www.honolulu.gov/dpp/public-input/ (navigate to the Project site using the map). For assistance, please call the Department’s Land Use Approval Branch at (808) 768-8860 or (808) 768-8024.

Attendance at the public hearing is not necessary to submit testimony. Written testimony may be emailed to dpp@honolulu.gov, faxed to (808) 768-6743, or mailed to 650 South King Street, 7th Floor, Honolulu, Hawai’i 96813. Written testimony should be received by the close of the public hearing on Friday, November 20, 2026. Testimony to the Department prior to the hearing will be considered in the evaluation of the request.

The public may also join the public hearing and offer testimony from a computer, smartphone, or telephone. Visual presentations will be viewable: (1) On the screen situated inside the Conference Room, (2) At https://www.honolulu.gov/dpp/public-input/ (navigate using the map); or (3) via WebEx as follows:

Join the public hearing from a computer: (Please mute your devices except to testify)
https://globalpage-prod.webex.com/join
Meeting Number: 2495 236 5895
Meeting Password: dpp1

Join the public hearing from the WebEx smartphone app: (Please mute your devices except to testify)
Meeting Number: 2495 236 5895
Meeting Password: dpp1

Join the public hearing from a telephone (audio only): (Please mute your devices except to testify)
408-418-9388 (USA Toll)
Access code: 2495 236 5895
Numeric meeting password: 3771

HOW TO REQUEST ACCOMMODATION

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.

Dawn Takeuchi Apuna, Director
Department of Planning and Permitting
(SA1542395 11/01/26)