Exactions in Original LUC Order Hang Up Effort to Split Maui Project
On December 30, the members of the state Land Use Commission gathered, via Zoom, for what was expected to be a fairly brief hearing to review and approve an agreement among Maui County, property owners, and the state Office of … Continued
Owner of Piʻihana Land Is Sued By Maui County, Neighbor Farmer
Since acquiring about 79 acres of land north of Wailuku, Maui, Vernon Lindsey has racked up a number of complaints from neighbors and Maui County. Winn V. Lindsey Peter Winn, a neighbor who co-owns a 42-acre parcel with Lindsey’s wife, … Continued
Kehalani Developer Disputes Claim Of a Promised Community Center
Much of the Land Use Commission’s attention focused on the apparent inability and unwillingness of the Wailuku Plantation and its owner, Vernon Lindsey, to fulfill conditions of a 1990 district boundary amendment. However, RCFC Kehalani, LLC, which assumed obligations under … Continued
Owner of Piʻihana Property Ignored LUC, County Conditions
When Vernon Lindsey and his Wailuku Plantation, LLC, purchased the property that was part of the 1990 boundary amendment petition, the property consisted of seven discrete legal parcels, part or all of which were within the petition area. Among them … Continued
Hawaiʻi County Folds on Demand For New EIS For ʻAina Leʻa Housing
Less than a month after the inauguration of Hawaiʻi County Mayor Mitch Roth, his nominee for planning director, Kendo Zern, has reversed the county’s long-standing position that work on the long-stalled ʻAina Leʻa project would not be allowed until a … Continued
Board Talk: Land Board Orders Seawall Removal Fronting Eroding Lot at Sunset Beach
“Grandfathered seawall! … Motivated seller!” a December 2018 sales pitch for the property at 59-175C Ke Nui Road on Oʻahu’s famed Sunset Beach proclaimed. Motivated, indeed. Within three months, the owner sold the lot for about half a million dollars … Continued
New & Noteworthy: Sunset Seawall, Maui Water Permits
Sunset Seawall Court Case: On February 10, 1st Circuit Judge Jeffrey Crabtree will hear arguments on the state’s January 12 motion to compel Sunset Beach homeowners James and Denise O’Shea to produce documents supporting their claims that the state holds … Continued