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ACTIONS
AUGUST 21,2025
1. APPLICANT: HICDC (PL-REZ-2025-000079/AMEND PL-REZ-2024-000066)
Application for an amendment to Condition M (Affordable Housing) and Condition N
(Fair Share Contribution) of Change of Zone Ordinance No. 25-25, which reclassified a
14.321-acre portion of a larger 237.5-acre parcel of land from an Agricultural-1 Acre (A-
la) zoning district to a Single-Family Residential-10,000 square feet(RS-10) zoning
district. The subject property is located at the southwest corner of the intersection of
Kawaihae Road and Waiula Drive, Kawaihae 2nd-Lanikepu, Waimea, South Kohala,
Hawaii, TMK: (3) 6-2-001:075 (por.).
FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL
2. APPLICANT: HICDC (PL-REZ-2025-000080/AMEND PL-REZ-2023-000054)
Application for an amendment to Conditions K(Affordable Housing) and Condition I
(Fair Share Contribution) of Change of Zone Ordinance No. 24-37, which amended
Ordinance No. 10-101, which reclassified approximately 18.38 acres of land from an
Agricultural 20-acre (A-20a)to a Single Family Residential-15,000 square foot(RS-15),
Single Family Residential-10,000 square foot(RS-10), Single Family Residential-7,500
square foot(RS-7.5) and Open zoning districts. The property is situated along the north
(makai) side of the Akoni Pule Highway approximately 600 feet west of the Kohala High
and Elementary School complex, Pahoa, North Kohala, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 5-5-019:025
and 027.
FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL
3. APPLICANT: SCOTT F. CHURCH AND JOHN TOTAH (FORMERLY HALE
PACIFICA LLC) (PL-SMA-2025-000080)
Application for Special Management Area Use Permit to construct a two (2) story, single-
family residence with a pool and related improvements on a 15,203-square foot shoreline
parcel within the Special Management Area. The subject property is located on the makai
side of Ali`i Drive, approximately 0.25 miles south of Lunapule Road, Kahului 2nd, North
Kona, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 7-5-019:030.
DEFERRED TO NEXT MEETING
4. APPLICANT: SCOTT F. CHURCH AND JOHN TOTAH (FORMERLY HALE
PACIFICA LLC) (SMA 03-000007)
Request to revoke Special Management Area Use Permit No. 03-000007, which was
amended on January 18, 2018, by the Planning Commission to allow the development of
a four(4)-unit condominium building and related improvements on a 15,203-square-foot
shoreline parcel within the Special Management Area. The subject property is located on
the makai side of Ali`i Drive, approximately 0.25 miles south of Lunapule Road, Kahului
2nd North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 7-5-019:030.
DEFERRED TO NEXT MEETING
5. INITIATOR: COUNTY COUNCIL INITIATED (PL-CCI-2025-000011)
The County Council has referred Bill 52, a bill for an ordinance to amend Chapter 25
(Zoning), Article 1, Article 4, and Article 5 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016
Edition, as amended), relating to henneries. The Zoning Code does not currently allow
for henneries to be located within the residential zoning districts. The purpose of this bill
is to allow for henneries to be established in residential zoning districts under defined
conditions.
FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL
6. INITIATOR: COUNTY COUNCIL INITIATED (PL-CCI-2025-000012)
The County Council has referred Bill 63, for an ordinance to amend Chapter 25 (Zoning),
Article 5 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), relating to
dwellings. The Zoning Code does not currently allow for dwellings to be located within
the industrial-commercial mixed use (MCX) districts. The purpose of this bill is to allow
for dwellings to be established in the MCX zoning district under permitted uses.
FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNTY COUNCIL
7. DISCUSSION ON LETTERHEAD UPDATES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
`OLELO HAWAI`I INCLUSION
Recommendation to the Mayor by Vice-Chair Noborikawa to include `Olelo Hawaii
alongside English on letterheads for relevant departments and groups, such as the
Planning Commission.
Minutes of May 15,2025,LPC meeting: APPROVED
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