HAR §15-23-90. Minor changes

(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, the following: (1) Administrative corrections such as the correction of typographical errors, name or mailing address changes; and (2) Minor adjustments or refinements to project architectural design features such as façade 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 floor area, height, or disturb any additional land area; (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 15-23-73 3529 §15-23-90 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) Minor 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 makai area plan. (f) The authority or executive director, as applicable, may attach additional conditions or require compliance with any other provisions of this chapter or the makai area plan. (g) Any other change requests that do not qualify under sections 15-23-90(a) through (d) 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. [Eff ] (Auth: HRS §§206E-4, 206E-5, 206E-7) (Imp: HRS §§206E-4, 206E-5, 206E-7) §§15-23-91 to 15-23-107 (Reserved) §