HomeMy WebLinkAbout2026-03-09 Order Denying Motion for Consolidation for Hearing - Rohr (PL-BOA-2025-000119 121) 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-2025-000119
Appellant,
vs.
ORDER DENYING CONSOLIDATION OF
JEFFERY DARROW, PLANNING HEARING; BOARD OF APPEALS'
DIRECTOR; CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
Appellee,
and
RICHARD and DEBORAH STANDKE,
Landowners.
CASE NO.: PL-BOA-2025-000121
CLAUDIA ROHR,
Appellant,
vs.
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NEIL AZEVEDO,ACTING DIRECTOR,
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS,
Appellee,
and
RICHARD and DEBORAH STANDKE,
Landowners.
ORDER DENYING DENYING CONSOLIDATION OF HEARING
On March 9, 2026, the Appellant CLAUDIA ROHR filed a Motion for Consolidation of
Hearing of PL-BOA-2025-000119 and PL-BOA-2025-000121. Rule 3-10 allows the Board to
consolidate two or more proceedings if they involve substantially the same parties or issues
which are the same or closely related. PURSUANT to the Board of Appeals Rule 3-12(f), the
chairperson, as presiding officer, may rule on non-dispositive motions.
The motion for consolidation is DENIED for the following reasons:
• PL-BOA-2025-000119 involves the appeal of the Planning Director's decision
that an SMA permit was not required upon application of the County of Hawaii
Planning Commission Rules, Chapter 25 of the Hawaii County Code, and Chapter
205A of the Hawaii Revised Statutes for the construction of a first-floor concrete
deck, a second-floor lanai, internal stairs, and to replace the roof of a single
family residence.
• PL-BOA-2025-000121 involves the appeal of the Director of Public Works'
decision related to the issuance of a building permit to a short term vacation rental
allegedly in violation of Section 444-2.5 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes and prior
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to approval of the SMA assessment application by the Planning Director under
Section 205A-29 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes.
• PL-BOA-2025-000119 and PL-BOA-2025-000121 each case involves a director
of a different department, different witnesses, and the administration of different
legal authorites. Although, the issues involve the same property, consolidating the
proceedings would not be conducive to the proper dispatch of its business and to
the ends of justice.
Dated: Hilo, Hawaii, March 9, 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 9, 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 9, 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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