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JNtYf7~7�y <br /> Mitchell D.Roth Michael Vitousek,Chair <br /> Mayor <br /> Barbara DeFranco,Vice Chair <br /> Michael Dela Cruz <br /> Lee E.Lord Clement"CF Kanuha III <br /> Managing Director .�r�r "' °•µ�+r"� <br /> E OF•N�' Zaheva Knowles <br /> Mahina Paishon-Duarte <br /> County of Hawaii <br /> LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> Aupuni Center • 101 Pauahi Street,Suite 3 • Hilo,Hawaii 96720 <br /> Phone(808)961-8288 • Fax(808)961-8742 <br /> December 12, 2022 <br /> United for the Protection of Our `Aina <br /> c/o Mr. David Blancett-Maddock <br /> 76-101 Kamehamalu Street <br /> Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 <br /> VIA EMAIL <br /> Dear United for the Protection of Our `Aina: <br /> SUBJECT: Petition for Standing in a Contested Case Hearing (PL-CCH-2022-000008) <br /> Petitioner: United for the Protection of Our `Aina <br /> Application Docket Number: PL-REZ-2022-000033 <br /> Applicant: Kona Three, LLC <br /> Tax Map Key: (3) 7-6-021:016 & 017,North Kona,Hawaii <br /> Your "Petition for Standing in a Contested Case Hearing" ("Petition") filed in relation to Kona <br /> Three, LLC's application to amend a zoning ordinance ("PL-REZ-2022-000033") was received <br /> on December 8, 2022. <br /> The Petition will not be heard by the Leeward Planning Commission at its meeting on <br /> December 15, 2022 because hearings on requests to intervene are only allowed for contested <br /> cases. See County of Hawaii Planning Commission, Rules of Practice and Procedure ("RPP"), <br /> Rule 4. Contested Case Procedure and Rule 10. Zoning Amendments. PL-REZ-2022-000033 is <br /> not a contested case subject to the contested case procedures detailed in RPP, Rule 4. <br /> PL-REZ-2022-000033 is subject to the procedures detailed in RPP, Rule 10, which require the <br /> Leeward Planning Commission to provide recommendations to the Hawaii County Council <br /> regarding zoning amendments. When the Leeward Planning Commission is acting in a purely <br /> advisory capacity to Hawaii County Council, as it is for PL-REZ-2022-00033, the Hawaii <br /> Administrative Procedure Act, HRS, Chapter 91's ("HAPA") contested case requirements do not <br /> apply. See Kailua Cnty. Council v. City & Cnty. of Honolulu, 60 Haw. 428, 433-34, 591 P.2d <br /> 602, 605-06 (1979) (planning commission is not subject to HAPA when performing a purely <br /> advisory function to the city council). <br /> Hawai`i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br />