NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of a joint public hearing to be held by the Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu under Special Management Area Ordinance, Chapter 25, R.O.H., as amended, and under Chapter 21, Revised Ordinances of Honolulu, as amended, for the following applications at the date and the time specified or soon thereafter:
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DATE: Thursday, September 3, 2009
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
PLACE: Hauula Community Park, 54-135 Kamehameha Highway, Hauula, Hawaii

APPLICATION: SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT (SMP) FILE NO. 2009/SMA-41 (PD) and CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT-MINOR (CUP-m) FILE NO. 2009/CUP-38 (PD)

Applicant: Windward Retreat Center
Landowner: State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Land Division
Agent: Brett Pruitt
Location: Huamalani Street mauka of Lihimauna Road – Kaaawa
Tax Map Key: 5-1-14: 47
Request: Major Special Management Area Use Permit and Conditional Use Permit-Minor
Proposal: To allow a meeting facility, with an accessory caretaker’s dwelling, on a site within the Special Management Area.
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Maps showing the general location and boundaries of the area under consideration are on file at the Department of Planning and Permitting, Permit and Zoning Records Access, First Floor, Frank F. Fasi Municipal Building, 650 South King Street, and are available to the public for inspection during office hours, 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. For assistance, please call the department’s Land Use Approvals Branch at 768-8017.

Any disabled persons requiring special assistance should contact the Department of Planning and Permitting at 768-8006 for details.

All interested persons are invited to attend. Those persons desiring to testify may register prior to the public hearing at the public hearing site and are encouraged to submit one copy of their testimony in writing.

Attendance at the public hearing is not necessary to submit testimony. Written testimony which is received by the Department of Planning and Permitting at the above address prior to the public hearing will be included with the transcripts of the hearing and will be considered in the evaluation of the request.