HAR §15-217-90
HAR §15-217-90. Minor changes
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Cite as Haw. Code R. § 15-217-90
(a)
After
final
approval
of a permit,
the
executive
director
may allow
minor
amendments
to
the
application
without
submittal
of a new or amended
application,
in
order
to
address
administrative
corrections
or minor
adjustments
or
refinements
to
the
approved
project
design.
(b)
Examples
of allowable
minor
changes
include,
but
are
not
limited
to:
(1)
Administrative
corrections
to
typographical
errors,
names,
or mailing
addresses;
and
(2)
Minor
adjustments
or refinements
to
project
architectural
design
features
such
as fa~ade
treatments,
type
or location
of landscaping,
and size
or
location
of
interior
rooms.
(c)
In order
to
qualify
as a minor
change,
the
requested
amendment(s)
may not:
(1)
Materially
increase
the
number
of dwelling
units,
floor
area,
height,
or any additional
land-use
disturbance;
(2)
Introduce
different
land
uses;
(3)
Request
larger
land
area;
(4)
Request
greater
variance;
(5)
Allow
any diminution
in buffer
or transition
areas,
reduction
in
landscaping,
reduction
of required
yards,
or any change
in the
design
characteristics
or materials
used
in
construction
of the
structures;
or
(6)
Reduce
or eliminate
conditions
attached
to
the
subject
development
approval.
(d)
Changes
to
development
permits
shall
require
a new public
hearing,
if
the
amendment
concerns
a new
issue
that
would
have
itself
required
a public
hearing
prior
to
issuance
of the
original
permit.
(e)
For minor
changes
to
improvement
and
development
permits,
the
applicant
must
also
submit
documentation
as to
how the
amendment
would
still
advance
the
purposes
of redevelopment
and be
consistent
with
the
intent
of this
chapter
and the
mauka
area
plan.
(f)
The authority
or executive
director,
as
applicable,
may attach
additional
condit~ons
or
require
compliance
with
any other
provisions
of this
chapter
or the
mauka
area
plan.
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(g)
Any other
change
requests
which
do not
qualify
under
section
15-217-90(a)
(minor
changes)
shall
require
the
filing
of a new application
to
be
processed
in
accordance
with
this
subchapter.
Determination
of whether
proposed
changes
require
the
filing
of a new application
or qualify
as a minor
change
is
within
the
sole
discretion
of the
executive
director.
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(Auth:
HRS §§206E-4,
206E-4 .1,
206E-5,
206E-7)
(Imp:
HRS §§206E-4,
206E-4.1,
206E-5,
206E-7)