2026-03-05 Liquor Commission Packet Hilo

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51 r Liquor Commission Kanikapila Cafe LLC dba Hale Kanikapila Page 4 Applicant would like to have live entertainment in the form of karaoke, a DJ, and/or a band while open for business on varying nights. LEASE AGREEMENT: This lease agreement was executed on December 3, 2025, by and between Prestige Investments, LLC ("Lessor") and Kanikapila Cafe LLC ("Lessee"). This lease shall be for a term of five years, commencing on December 3, 2025 and terminating on December 3, 2030. Provided Lessee is not in default, Lessee shall have the right to extend the initial term for three (3) successive periods of five (5) years each, by giving written notice of such election to extend to Lessor no less than six (6) months prior to the expiration of the Initial Term (or the then - current Extension Term, as applicable). ZONING: Downtown Hilo Commercial. SURROUNDING AREA: Survey of the surrounding area reveals there is one church located within 500 feet of the proposed licensed premises, Central Christian Church, and one school, Connections Public Charter School, that is located within 500 feet of the proposed licensed premises. There are three (3) liquor licenses with the same class and kind located within 500 feet of the proposed licensed premises: • JROG, LLC dba Jackie Rey's Ohana Grill Hilo: REST-G-882 • Hilo Sunrise LLC dba Moms Hilo: REST-G-837 • Hatch Enterprises Incorporated dba The Temple: REST-G-929 At the present time there are 139 of the same class and 122 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."