HomeMy WebLinkAbout2026-03-05 Order Denying Amendment of the Petition (PL-BOA-2025-000121) RENEE N. C. SCHOEN 5936
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF APPEALS
COUNTY OF HAWAI`I
STATE OF HAWAI`I
CLAUDIA ROHR, CASE NO.: PL-BOA-2025-000121
Appellant, ORDER DENYING AMENDMENT OF THE
PETITION; BOARD OF APPEALS'
vs. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
NEIL AZEVEDO,ACTING DIRECTOR, Hearin:
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, Date: March 13, 2026
Time: 9:30 a.m. in Hilo
Appellee,
and
RICHARD and DEBORAH STANDKE,
Landowners.
ORDER DENYING AMENDMENT OF THE PETITION
On May 1, 2025, the Appellant CLAUDIA ROHR filed a General Petition with
Supporting Documents. On May 7, 2025, Board staff informed Appellant of deficiencies within
the General Petition. On May 31, 2025,Appellant filed a Corrected Petition. Appellant filed a
separate petition in a related case against the Department of Planning, PL-BOA-2025-000119.
Both cases were set for contested hearings to be held on January 9, 2026.
On January 2, 2026,Appellant filed a Second Amended Petitom in PL-BOA-2025-
000119. Due to this, Chair Lewis continued the hearings to March 13, 2026, to allow the
Appellant the opportunity to respond to the Amended Petition. In her January 6, 2026, Order for
Continuance and Amended Scheduling Order for PL-BOA-2025-000119, Chair Lewis allowed
the Second Amended Petition and specifically barred any further amendment to the petition.
On March 3, 2026,Appellant sought to file an Amended Petition in this case, citing to
Board of Appeals Rule 2-4(f) regarding amended documents.
Pursuant to Rule 2-4(f), the chairperson has the auhtority to decide whether such
amended documents will be allowed. Pursuant to Rule 3-1(b), the chairperson has the authority
to fix the time for the filing of briefs and take all other actions authorized by law that are deemed
necessary for the orderly and just conduct of the hearing. All scheduled filing deadlines for this
case have passed. To allow an amended petition at this stage would be prejudicial to the
responding parties and would cause further unnecessary delay.
The Amended Petition filed on March 3, 2026, will not be allowed. No further
amendments of the petitions in the two related cases will be allowed.
Dated: Hilo, Hawaii, March 5, 2026.
CATHY LEWIS, Chair
Board of Appeals, County of Hawaii
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF APPEALS
COUNTY OF HAWAI`I
STATE OF HAWAI`I
CLAUDIA ROHR, CASE NO.: PL-BOA-2025-000121
Appellant, BOARD OF APPEALS' CERTIFICATE OF
SERVICE
vs.
NEIL AZEVEDO,ACTING DIRECTOR,
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS,
Appellee,
and
RICHARD and DEBORAH STANDKE,
Landowners.
BOARD OF APPEALS' CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing document was upon
the parties identified below by electronic mail service pursuant to Board of Appeals Rule
3-19 on March 5, 2026
Delivered via Electronic Mail (E-Mail and/or EPIC):
Claudia Rohr
Appellant pro se
Sinclair Salas-Ferguson
Deputy Corporation Counsel
Office of the Corporation Counsel
Attorney for Appellee
Richard and Deborah Standke
Landowners
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Dated: Hilo, Hawaii, March 5, 2026
BETHANY MORRISON
Staff to the Board of Appeals
Claudia Rohr a Neil Azevedo, Acting Director Department of'Puhlic Works &Richard and
Deborah Standke; Case No. PL-BOA-2025-000121; BOARD OF APPEALS' CERTIFICATE
OF SERIVCE
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