Haw. Rev. Stat. § 206E-5.5
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Community and public notice requirements; posting on the authority's website; required.
Official statutory text
(a) The authority shall adopt community and public notice procedures pursuant to chapter 91 that shall include at a minimum:
(1) A means to effectively engage the community in which the authority is planning a development project to ensure that community concerns are received and considered by the authority;
(2) The posting of the authority's proposed plans for development of community development districts, public hearing notices, and minutes of its proceedings on the authority's website;
(3) The posting of every application for a development permit for any project within a community development district on the authority's website when the application is deemed complete;
(4) Notification by the applicant of any application for a development permit for a project valued at $250,000 or more by first class United States mail, postage prepaid to owners and lessees of record of real property located within a three hundred foot radius of the perimeter of the proposed project identified from the most current list available from the real property assessment division of the department of budget and fiscal services of the county in which the proposed project is located when the application is deemed complete; provided that notice mailed pursuant to this paragraph shall include but not be limited to notice of:
(A) Project specifications;
(B) Requests for variance, exemption, or modification of a community development plan or the authority's community development rules; and
(C) Procedures for intervention and a contested case hearing; and
(5) Any other information that the public may find useful so that it may meaningfully participate in the authority's decision-making processes.
(b) The authority shall notify the president of the senate and speaker of the house:
(1) Of any public hearing upon posting of the hearing notice; and
(2) With a report detailing the public's reaction at the public hearing, within one week after the hearing. [L 2006, c 251, pt of §1; am L 2014, c 61, §5]
(1) A means to effectively engage the community in which the authority is planning a development project to ensure that community concerns are received and considered by the authority;
(2) The posting of the authority's proposed plans for development of community development districts, public hearing notices, and minutes of its proceedings on the authority's website;
(3) The posting of every application for a development permit for any project within a community development district on the authority's website when the application is deemed complete;
(4) Notification by the applicant of any application for a development permit for a project valued at $250,000 or more by first class United States mail, postage prepaid to owners and lessees of record of real property located within a three hundred foot radius of the perimeter of the proposed project identified from the most current list available from the real property assessment division of the department of budget and fiscal services of the county in which the proposed project is located when the application is deemed complete; provided that notice mailed pursuant to this paragraph shall include but not be limited to notice of:
(A) Project specifications;
(B) Requests for variance, exemption, or modification of a community development plan or the authority's community development rules; and
(C) Procedures for intervention and a contested case hearing; and
(5) Any other information that the public may find useful so that it may meaningfully participate in the authority's decision-making processes.
(b) The authority shall notify the president of the senate and speaker of the house:
(1) Of any public hearing upon posting of the hearing notice; and
(2) With a report detailing the public's reaction at the public hearing, within one week after the hearing. [L 2006, c 251, pt of §1; am L 2014, c 61, §5]
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