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*** FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAII REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER *** <br /> LPC' s May 19 meeting gave public notice that Special Permit <br /> Application No . SPP-16-188 would be considered as Agenda Item <br /> No . 4 . The agenda explained how a party could seek to <br /> intervene : <br /> Pursuant to Rule 4, Contested Case Procedure, of the County <br /> of Hawaii Planning Commission Rules of Practice and <br /> Procedure, any person seeking to intervene as a party to a <br /> contested case hearing on the above Agenda Items Nos. 1 <br /> through 4 is required to file a written request which must <br /> be received in the office of the Planning Department no <br /> later than seven (7) calendar days prior to the Planning <br /> Commission' s first public meeting on the matter. Such <br /> written request shall be in conformity with Rule 4, in a <br /> form as provided by the Planning Department entitled <br /> "Petition for Standing in a Contested Case Hearing." <br /> The agenda referenced County of Hawaii Planning Commission Rules <br /> of Practice and Procedure ("LPC Rules") Rule 4 (2017) , which <br /> allows a person to request to formally intervene and be admitted <br /> as a party to the proceeding. LPC Rule 4-6 provides, in <br /> relevant part : <br /> ( . . . continued) <br /> respective jurisdictions, other than those involving the <br /> general plan. <br /> CCH § 6-7.5 (2018) . The LPC has adopted and is subject to " [a] uniform body <br /> of rules of practice and procedure[ . ] " CCH § 6-7.5 (b) . <br /> 11 The LPC presides over special permit applications and proceedings <br /> because it has the authority to "permit certain unusual and reasonable uses <br /> within [the] agricultural . . . district [] other than those for which the <br /> district is classified." HRS § 205-6 (a) (2017) . A party wishing to engage <br /> in such use, such as Bolton, "may petition the planning commission . . . for <br /> permission to use the person' s land in the manner desired" by applying for <br /> and obtaining a special permit from the planning commission pursuant to HRS <br /> § 205-6 before engaging in the "unusual" use. Id. ; HCC § 25-5-72 (c) . <br /> Regarding the special permit application process, the county planning <br /> commission must "establish by rule or regulation, the time within which the <br /> hearing and action on petition for special permit shall occur[, ] " HRS § 205- <br /> 6 (b) , and may permit the desired use by a majority vote of the commission' s <br /> members, HRS § 205-6 (c) . <br /> 9 <br />