2026-6-26 APPELLANTS OBJECTIONS TO PROPOSED ORDER_v1.pdf

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1. On May 1, 2025, Appellant submitted a General Petition for Appeal of Decisions by Planning Director or Public Works Director to the Board of Appeals, County of Hawai'i ("Board") appealing the Planning Director's Special Management Area exemption determination and a related building permit issued by the Public Works Director. Appellant amended the Petition to separate the Planning Director and Public Works Director appeals. 5 Rohr objects on the grounds that Fact 1 does not accurately reflect the procedural history that explains why there are two related cases. Racnrd fni-te- l.On May 1, 2025, Appellant Claudia Rohr filed a Petition for Appeal of a Decision by the Planning Director to issue an SMA exemption determination for a building permit, based on SMA assessment application No. PL-SAA-2025-000280, and a Decision by the Department of Public Works Director to issue Building Permit No. PW. B2024- 005123 before the Planning Director's exemption determination was made. By Letter dated May 7, 2025, Appellant was informed by the Board's staff that her Petition was defective, that a General Petition can be filed to appeal a Director's decision of the Planning Department or the Department of Public Works, in the singular. Appellant was instructed to correct a defective petition by filing separate petitions within 30 days. On May 31, 2025, Appellant Rohr filed her Amended Petition in case No.PL-BOA- 2025-000119, appealing the Decision by the Planning Director to issue a SMA exemption determination based on SMA assessment application PL-SAA-2025- 000280 and attached building plans that lacked an off-street parking plan to the standards STVRs are required to construct. Rohr opened a new case on EPIC and filed a separate Petition appealing the Director of Public Works' decision as case No.PL- ROA-2025-000121.