HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-11-13 Notice of Contested Case Proceedings - Teppy Mountain, LLC (PL-SPP-2024-000075)NOTICE OF CONTESTED CASE PROCEEDINGS
WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION
COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of a contested case hearing for the following application to be
conducted by Hearing Officer Sherry Broder, Esq. for the Windward Planning Commission of
the County of Hawaiʻi in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 91-9, Hawaiʻi Revised
Statutes and the Planning Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure.
DATE: Thursday, November 13, 2025
TIME: 9:00 a.m.
PLACE: Hawai‘i County Council Chambers in Hilo
25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, Hawaiʻi
This meeting will be held in person and by interactive conference technology (ICT) via Zoom.
The public may testify at the physical location listed above or by joining Zoom. To provide
verbal testimony via Zoom, please use the link below to register prior to the meeting:
https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/wAD0NCUnTgqCLFmIUqBDBQ
If internet connection is lost, the public meeting will be automatically recessed to restore
communication. If the connection is not restored within one hour, the meeting will be
rescheduled, and public notice will be provided for the rescheduled meeting.
CALL TO ORDER
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC – Note the hearing officer shall afford all interested
persons an opportunity to present testimony on the matter prior to the commencement of the
hearing and prior to proceedings on any subsequent day to which the proceeding is continued.
The Hearing Officer may reasonably limit testimony as to time, and may exclude any testimony
that is irrelevant, immaterial or unduly repetitive.
CONTESTED CASE PROCEEDING
APPLICANT: TEPPY MOUNTAIN, LLC (PL-SPP-2024-000075)
Contested case proceedings regarding the application for a Special Use Permit to allow the
operation of an annual festival event with overnight camping for up to 500 attendees and to
legitimize the storage of commercial vehicles on a 14.7-acre portion of a larger 1,419.17-acre
property in the State Land Use Agricultural District. The property is located at 27-476 Indian
Tree Road, approximately 0.7 miles west (mauka) of its intersection with Hawaiʻi Belt Road,
Alemai to Kawainui, Pāpa‘ikou, South Hilo, Hawaiʻi, TMK: (3) 2-7-007:001 (por.).
ADJOURNMENT
Submitting Written Testimony: Written testimony is requested to be submitted no later than
4:30 p.m. on Monday, November 10, 2025, by: (1) email to WPCtestimony@hawaiicounty.gov,
(2) mail to the Windward Planning Commission at 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3, Hilo, Hawaiʻi or
(3) drop-off at the Planning Department offices in Hilo at the address above or Kona at 74-5044
Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building E, 2nd Floor, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i. If you are submitting
written testimony at the hearing, please provide ten (10) copies. Testimony that is irrelevant or
unduly repetitious may be limited by the Hearing Officer pursuant to Rule 4.
Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service, or other accommodation due to a
disability, please contact the Planning Department at (808) 961-8288 or
WPCtestimony@hawaiicounty.gov as soon as possible. If a request is received later than five
working days prior to the meeting date, we will try to obtain the auxiliary aid/service or other
accommodation, but we cannot guarantee that the request will be fulfilled
Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer
WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION
LOUIS DANIELE III, Chair
(Hawai‘i Tribune Herald: Friday, October 31, 2025)
(West Hawai‘i Today: Friday, October 31, 2025)