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Land Use

5 Dec 2024

Marconi Companies Appeal Dismissal of ‘SLAPP’ Suit

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, December 2024, Land Use | 0

RCA Trade Center, Inc., and MP Unit 21, LLC, are not letting go of their lawsuit against a couple that complained last year about large warehouses erected near its home within the Marconi Point Condominiums project. The companies hope to … Continued

Teresa Dawson
8 Nov 2024

Agreement Tied to Marconi Loan Is Unmet; Future of Ag, Historic Structures Are in Question

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, Land Use, November 2024 | 0

The eight agricultural warehouses that stand out like sore thumbs within the Marconi Point Condominums property on Oʻahu’s North Shore are massive and, except for one of them, indefinitely empty. Whether they will ever start storing the fertilizer, seed, and … Continued

Teresa Dawson
8 Nov 2024

NEW & NOTEWORTHY: Discovery Harbour, Makauwahi Cave

by Teresa | posted in: Land Use, New & Noteworthy, November 2024 | 5

Discovery Harbour Verdict: A long-running lawsuit over development rights in the South Point area of Discovery Harbour was decided last month in favor of the developer, South Point Investment Group, LLC. Third Circuit Judge Henry Nakamoto found that the properties … Continued

Patricia Tummons
8 Nov 2024

PUC Presses Launiupoko Water Company To Explain Users’ High Consumption Rates

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, Land Use, November 2024, Water | 0

The Public Utilities Commission wants to know why some customers of the Launiupoko Water Company are consuming frankly outrageous amounts of potable water. And so, on October 17, it sent formal requests for information to LWC, laying out in detail … Continued

Patricia Tummons
8 Nov 2024

Appellate Court Upholds Forfeiture Of Kauaʻi Vacation Rental Permits

by Teresa | posted in: Land Use, November 2024 | 1

Twice last month the Intermediate Court of Appeals has found in favor of the County of Kauaʻi’s law governing the renewal of non-conforming permits to operate transient vacation rentals outside of designated resort zones. In one case, it reversed the … Continued

Patricia Tummons
8 Nov 2024

BOARD TALK: East Hawaiʻi Landowners Are Fined For Conservation District Violations

by Teresa | posted in: Board Talk, Land Use, November 2024 | 2

On October 11, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources voted unanimously to fine Juan and Judith Silva $85,000 for unauthorized modifications to a single-family residence and placement of accessory structures within their 11.8-acre property in the Conservation District … Continued

Teresa Dawson
3 Oct 2024

BOARD TALK: Kahala Resort Abandons Presetting, Proposed Rules for West Hawaiʻi Pākuʻukuʻi

by Teresa | posted in: Board Talk, Fisheries, Land Use, October 2024 | 0

After More Than A Decade of Fighting, Kahala Resort Abandons Chair Presetting “I am pleased to see that Resorttrust Hawaii, LLC has finally thrown in the towel (into the towel caddy placed on its own land),” wrote David Kimo Frankel … Continued

Teresa Dawson
3 Oct 2024

NEW AND NOTEWORTHY: Vacation Rentals on Ag Land, Green Apologizes

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, Land Use, New & Noteworthy, October 2024 | 0

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

Patricia Tummons
3 Oct 2024

LUC Rejects Agreement Intended To Help It Deal with Water Issues

by Teresa | posted in: Land Use, October 2024, Water | 0

Last May, the state Land Use Commission received an update on plans to develop about 1,000 houses on land near Lahaina, Maui. The LUC had first approved a project in this area three decades ago. In the intervening decades, ownership … Continued

Patricia Tummons
3 Aug 2024

Bill to Give Developer Ten More Years To Build Out Kona Vistas Site Stalls in Council

by Teresa | posted in: August 2024, Land Use | 0

Some 68 acres of land in the West Hawaiʻi district of North Kona have become the battleground between two dueling visions for the future of the site. One of them sees the area, first zoned for housing forty years ago, … Continued

Patricia Tummons

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IN THIS ISSUE

  • August 2026 PDF August 3, 2026
  • Attorney General Bails Out ADC With Loan to Cover NPDES Challenge August 3, 2026
  • EDITORIAL: The Costly Debacle of the ADC’s NPDES Challenge August 3, 2026
  • The Special Deputy AG’s Fees August 3, 2026
  • Black metal fence around tropical planter New & Noteworthy: State Supreme Court Issues Decisions On Maui Grading Permit, SMA Rules August 3, 2026
  • Rocky riverbed with bridge and lush forest In Sierra Club Appeal, Judge Reverses Water Permit, Orders Contested Case on East Maui Diversions August 3, 2026
  • Kama‘ole Designation Petition Languishes While Groundwater Flow Study Proceeds August 3, 2026
  • Aerial view of coastal buildings with solar panels ICA Upholds Dismissal of SLAPP Against Marconi Point Unit Owners August 3, 2026
  • Efforts to Protect Kahuku Coastal Lands Make Headway at City Council and in Court August 3, 2026

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