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Committee clears SMA permit for Pupukea shoreline home with sea-level-rise conditions
Summary
The Zoning Committee amended and reported Resolution 25-68, granting a Special Management Area (SMA) major permit for a two-story dwelling in Pupukea with conditions addressing coastal erosion, removal of an encroaching masonry wall, elevated micropile foundations, and restrictions on fill and wastewater siting.
The Zoning Committee amended and reported out Resolution 25-68, granting a Special Management Area (SMA) major permit to Donna and Jude Baker for a two-story single-family dwelling at 59205 Kainui Road in Pupukea, with conditions addressing coastal erosion and long-term shoreline risk.
The proposed project includes an elevated two-story residence, rooftop photovoltaic system, an elevated jacuzzi, courtyard, circular driveway with six parking spaces, installation of an individual wastewater system (IWS), perimeter fencing, landscaping improvements, and the attachment/placement of a 589-square-foot mobile dwelling to the ground. The Department of Land and Natural Resources land division raised concerns in a Dec. 2, 2024 letter about an existing concrete rubble masonry wall on the west side of the property that encroaches into the 60-foot shoreline setback and is expected to erode makai of the regulatory shoreline over time.…
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