Public Participation: This is an in-person meeting, and the Windward Planning Commissioners will participate in person. The primary way for the public to view or testify at this meeting is in-person; however, as a courtesy to the public, the Commission provides the following additional ways to view or testify remotely at this meeting.
Optional Alternative to Provide Remote Oral Testimony: The public has the option to provide verbal testimony at the meeting by joining Zoom. To provide verbal testimony via Zoom, please use the link below to register prior to the meeting:
https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/lU88hrG2TTqPxtJda6m_8Q
Optional Alternative to View Meeting:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAFoRMb3rfWLQMPd6TAkEGA?view_as=subscriber
Please note, as this is an in-person meeting, the hearing may proceed if the Zoom and/or YouTube connections fail.
Submitting Written Testimony: To ensure timely delivery to Commissioners prior to the meeting, written testimony must be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m. on Monday, November 30, 2026, by: (1) email to WPCtestimony@hawaiicounty.gov, (2) mail to the Windward Planning Commission at 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3, Hilo, Hawaii or (3) drop-off at the Planning Department offices in Hilo at the address above or Kona at 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Building E, 2nd Floor, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. If you are submitting written testimony at the meeting, provide twelve (12) copies. All written testimony, regardless of time of receipt, will be made part of the permanent record. Please submit separate testimony for each item.
Meeting Materials/Board Packet: Pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 92-7.5, the meeting materials provided to the commission are available for public inspection three business days before the meeting date during regular business hours at the Planning Department offices in Hilo and Kona and by clicking ‘Board Packets’ at the following Planning Department website link: www.planning.hawaiicounty.gov/about-us/boards-committees/planning-commission-applications. This information can also be requested by sending an email to WPCtestimony@hawaiicounty.gov or by calling (808) 961-8288.
CALL TO ORDER
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Review and approval of the minutes of November 4, 2026 regular meeting.
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS
Members of the public may provide public testimony regarding any agenda item now or at the time the agenda item is called to order.
NEW BUSINESS
1. APPLICANT: GOLDEN PROPERTY LLC (PL-SPP-2026-000153)
Application for a Special Permit to establish a three-bedroom bed and breakfast operation within an existing four-bedroom single-family dwelling on a 1-acre property within the State Land Use Agricultural District. The subject property is located at 15-1994 8th Avenue, on the west (mauka) side of 8th Avenue, approximately 550 feet south of its intersection with Makuu Drive, Hawaiian Paradise Park Subdivision, Puna, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 1-5-027:136.
2. APPLICANT: TAKING BACK HAWAII LLC (PL-SPP-2026-000150)
Application for a Special Permit to establish a two-bedroom bed and breakfast operation within an existing three-bedroom single family dwelling on a 1.69-acre property within the State Land Use Agricultural District. The subject parcel is located at 15-1544 Beach Road, Hawaiian Paradise Park Subdivision, Puna, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 1-5-054:001.
3. APPLICANT: LARAE MONTEESE BARNES (PL-USE-2026-000047)
Application for a Use Permit to establish a five-bedroom bed and breakfast operation within two existing three-bedroom single-family dwellings on a 19,980-square foot property within the Single-Family Residential zoning district. The subject property is located at 2147 Awapuhi Street, on the east (makai) side of Awapuhi Street, approximately 260 feet north of its intersection with East Kahaopea Street, Hilo, South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 2-2-040:088.
4. INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR (PL-MAP-2026-000001)
Proposed amendment to the County of Hawaii Special Management Area (SMA) map boundary in the Kapoho and Pohoiki areas of Lower Puna, Hawaii, to reflect changes to the coastline resulting from the 2018 Lower East Rift Zone eruption of Kilauea Volcano.
5. APPLICANT: CHRISTIAN LIBERTY MINISTRIES OF HAWAII INC.
(PL-REZ-2025-000084/AMEND REZ 1029)
Application to amend Change of Zone Ordinance No. 04-02 for a five-year time extension to Condition B (Secure Subdivision Approval) and amendments to Condition C (Water Commitments), Condition D (Traffic Impact Analysis), Condition E (Infrastructure Improvements), Condition H (Milo Street Improvements), Condition I (Internal Roadway Standards), Condition R (Administrative Time Extension), Condition S (Reversion of Zoning), and Condition P (Annual Progress Report), and to remove a 6.579- acre portion of the property from coverage under the ordinance. The subject property is located along the north side of Milo Street, approximately 600 feet east of its intersection with Keaau-Pahoa Bypass Road (Route 130), Keaau, Puna, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 1-6-152:023.
6. APPLICANT: CHRISTIAN LIBERTY MINISTRIES OF HAWAII INC.
(PL-REZ-2025-000085)
Application for a Change of Zone from a Limited Industrial-20,000 square feet (ML-20) to Village Commercial-20,000 square feet (CV-20) zoning district for a 6.579-acre portion of a 23.625-acre property. The subject property is located along the north side of Milo Street, approximately 600 feet east of its intersection with Keaau-Pahoa Bypass Road (Route 130), Keaau, Puna, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 1-6-152:023 (por.).
OLD BUSINESS
7. INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR (PL-PDI-2026-000016)
General Plan 2045 Interim Amendments which include proposed changes to the text, policies, actions and Land Use Maps.
PLANNING DIRECTOR’S REPORT
Report on Special Management Area (SMA) determinations and minor permits issued by the Planning Director for November 2026.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Election of Officers for 2027.
AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING
The Commissioners will comment on matters not on the current agenda, for consideration at the Commission’s next meeting.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Windward Planning Commission’s next regular meeting is scheduled for Thursday, January 7, 2027, at the County Council Chambers in Hilo and the public can also testify via Zoom. The date and venue of the meeting are subject to change.
ADJOURNMENT
Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service, or other accommodation due to a disability, please contact the Planning Department at (808) 961-8288 or WPCtestimony@hawaiicounty.gov as soon as possible. If a request is received later than five working days prior to the meeting date, we will try to obtain the auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation, but we cannot guarantee that the request will be fulfilled.
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WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION
LOUIS DANIELE III, Chair
(HTH/WHT1543088 11/13/26)