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COUNTY OF KAUAI PLANNING COMMISSION – 4444 Rice Street, Suite A473, Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii, 96766, tel: (808) 241-4050, email: <\/font>planningdepartment@kauai.gov<\/u><\/font>.
\n<\/font> NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of an <\/font>agency hearing with a public hearing and an opportunity for public testimony<\/b><\/font> from all interested persons to be held by the Kaua’i Planning Commission pursuant to the provisions of Special Management Area Rules, Kauai County Code, Chapter 8, as amended, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 92 and 91, and the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the County of Kauai Planning Commission. The hearing will be held regarding the following:
\n<\/font> <\/font>CLASS IV ZONING PERMIT (Z-IV-2026-12), USE PERMIT (U-2026-9) and SPECIAL PERMIT (SP-2026-4)<\/b><\/font> <\/font>to construct and operate a solar utility facility on lands located on the mauka side of Kaumualii Highway in Makaweli, directly across of the Makaweli Post Office facility, further identified as Tax Map Keys: (4) 1-7-006:006 (Por.) and 010 (Por.), and containing a project area of approximately 269 acres.
\n<\/font> <\/font>CLASS IV ZONING PERMIT (Z-IV-2026-13), USE PERMIT (U-2026-10) and SPECIAL PERMIT (SP-2026-5)<\/b><\/font> <\/font>to conduct a guided agricultural tour operation involving Unit 71 of the Moloa’a Hui I Condominium, on a parcel situated along the makai side of Kuhio Highway in Moloa’a, approximately 1,000 feet east of the Ko’olau Road/Kuhio Highway intersection, immediately adjacent to the Green Earth composting facility, further identified as Tax Map Key: (4) 4-9-009:012 (Por.), and affecting a portion of a larger parcel containing 281+ acres.
\n<\/font> <\/font>Amendment to SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT SMA(U)-92-5,<\/font> CLASS IV ZONING PERMIT Z-IV-92-22, USE PERMIT U-92-23, and VARIANCE PERMIT V-92-6<\/b><\/font> to allow renovations that would accommodate a <\/font>mixed-use facility containing a banking operation, community event space, retail uses, and five (5) apartment units, and to allow deviations from the commercial development standards involving the existing facility on a parcel situated on the makai side of Kuhio Highway in Kapaa Town, further identified as Tax Map Keys: (4) 4-5-012:021, 022 & 043, and containing a total area of 26,998 square feet.
\n<\/font> <\/font>ZA-2026-3:<\/b><\/font> <\/font>A bill (2973) for an ordinance amending Chapter 8, Article 1 of the Kaua’i County Code 1987, as amended, relating to the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (CZO). The purpose of this Ordinance is to further clarify the definition of “Family” and “Dwelling Unit.”
\n<\/font> <\/font>ZA-2026-4:<\/b><\/font> <\/font>A bill (2979) for an ordinance amending Chapter 8, Article 1 of the Kaua’i County Code 1987, as amended, relating to the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (CZO). The purpose of this Ordinance is to introduce new definitions for “Employee Dormitory” and “Group Housing Dormitory.”
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\n<\/font>Meeting Location:<\/u><\/font> Lihu’e Civic Center, Moikeha Building, Meeting Room 2A-2B,
\n 4444 Rice Street, Lihu’e, Kaua’i, Hawai’i <\/p>\n

* Interested parties should look to the Planning Commission Agenda for March 10, 2026, for final determination of
\n location.<\/p>\n

<\/font>Date:<\/u><\/font> March 10, 2026<\/p>\n

<\/font>Time: <\/u><\/font> 9:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter<\/p>\n

<\/font> <\/font>Oral testimony<\/b><\/font> <\/font>will be taken on specific agenda items, in-person at the public meeting location indicated on the meeting agenda. <\/font>
\n<\/font> <\/font>Written testimony<\/b><\/font> <\/font>indicating your 1) name or pseudonym, and if applicable,<\/font> your position/title and organization you are representing, and 2) the agenda item that you are providing comment on, may be submitted on any agenda item in writing to planningdepartment@kauai.gov or mailed to the County of Kaua’i Planning Department, 4444 Rice Street, Suite 473, Lihue, Hawai’i 96766. Written testimony received by the Planning Department at least 24 hours prior to the meeting will be posted as testimony to the Planning Commission’s website prior to the meeting (<\/font>https://www.kauai.gov/Government/Boards-and-Commissions/Planning-Commission<\/u><\/font>). Any testimony received after this time will be retained as part of the record, but we cannot assure the Commission will receive it with sufficient time for review prior to the meeting.
\n<\/font> IF YOU NEED AN AUXILIARY AID/SERVICE, OTHER ACCOMMODATION DUE TO A DISABILITY, OR AN INTERPRETER FOR NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING PERSONS, PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE OF BOARDS & COMMISSIONS AT <\/font>(808) 241-4917 OR ADAVIS@KAUAI.GOV AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. REQUESTS <\/font>MADE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE WILL ALLOW ADEQUATE TIME TO FULFILL YOUR REQUEST. UPON REQUEST, THIS NOTICE IS AVAILABLE IN ALTERNATE FORMATS SUCH AS LARGE PRINT, BRAILLE, OR ELECTRONIC COPY.<\/p>\n

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