Vacation Rentals on Ag Land: The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court has issued its decision in a long-festering dispute over vacation rentals of houses built in the state Agricultural land use district. They’re not allowed, the court ruled, upholding the finding of … Continued
A federal lawsuit over whether development on a 96-acre agriculture/preservation-zoned property on O`ahu’s North Shore requires a Special Management Area permit has been amended again. This time, the plaintiffs forgo their original claims that the Honolulu Department of Planning and … Continued
In the end, the 4.7-acre oceanfront property that Yue-Sai Kan bought in 2021 for $3.6 million turned out to be more trouble than it was worth. Last month, the media and cosmetics magnate settled violation cases before the state Board … Continued
What comes to mind when you think of a farm? The white frame house in Grant Wood’s “American Gothic?” Endless acres of melon plants or cabbages? Barns with cattle, a chicken house, a pig sty? In the Launiupoko area of … Continued
On the morning of April 24, outside the courtroom of 1st Circuit Judge Jon Tonaki, the relief was palpable. Judge Tonaki had just granted Wayne and Tara Hu’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed against them six months earlier by … Continued
Above photo: Heavy earth-moving equipment is parked next to a posted notice that this is an albatross nesting area. CREDIT: DLNR. On April 26, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources heard presentations from the heads of the Department of Land … Continued
On April 1, the City & County of Honolulu filed in federal court a motion to dismiss claims by the Marconi Point Condominiums’ developer that the Department of Planning and Permitting improperly decided several years ago that a Special Management … Continued
FKW Trigger Lowered: The National Marine Fisheries Service has reduced the level of observer coverage in the deep-set longline fishery of Hawaiʻi. And as the level of observer coverage is lowered, so, too, is the number of false killer whales … Continued
The developer of an agricultural condominium property regime at Marconi Point on Oʻahu’s North Shore is fighting in federal court to avoid having to obtain a Special Management Area permit. At the same, time members of the public — including … Continued
On January 16, companies owned by developer Jeremiah Henderson III that have steered development at O`ahu’s Marconi Point Condominiums filed an amended complaint in U.S. District Court to bolster their case that the City & County of Honolulu’s Department of … Continued