2026-02-05 Liquor Commission Packet Kona

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Liquor Commission Itsuko's Kitchen LLC dba Itsuko's Kitchen/ Banzai 47 Page 4 There is also a County facility, named the Waiakea Recreation Center, that is used extensively by the communit,,. especially the youth for Aikido, Judo. Kendo. Karate, Tae Kwon Do, etc., and County parks, referred to as the Kuawa Street Sports Fields, and Walter Victor Baseball Complex, that is used by the youth for various athletic events, located within 500 feet of the proposed licensed premises. At the present time there are 138 of the same class and 120 of the same kind of liquor licenses being lawfully exercised in the County of Hawaii. DETERMING PROTESTS WITHIN 500 FEET OF A SCHOOL OR PLAYGROUND: Section 281-39.5 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended, states in relevant part, "The liquor commission... may deny or restrict the issuance of a liquor license for on -site sale and consumption by the drink to any applicant whose establishment is or would be located within five hundred feet of a public or private elementary, intermediate, or high school, or public playground utilized extensively by minors, as determined by the liquor commission." Section 281-39.5 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended, also states in relevant part, "...that the liquor commission... shall deny the issuance of a liquor license if forty per cent of the registered voters... owners and lessees of record of real estate and owners of record of shares in a cooperative apartment within five hundred feet of the nearest point of the premises for which the licensed is asked; have duly filed or caused to be filed their protests against granting the license." SECTION 281-56(6), HRS: The applicant is qualified and has complied with the minimum requirements set forth under Chapter 281, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended, relative to the making and filing of this application. ZO . N K. qBERTWELMANaN Liquo Control Licensing Technician