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Council committee amends SMA for Popukea shoreline home replacement
Summary
The Zoning Committee amended Resolution 25‑96 to CD1 and reported it out for adoption, approving a special management area major permit to allow construction of a two‑story single dwelling at 59817 Kamehameha Highway in Popukea with conditions including use of pervious driveway materials.
The Honolulu City Council Committee on Zoning on May 1 amended and reported out for adoption Resolution 25‑96, which grants a special management area (SMA) major permit to Hale Mana Kai LLC for a replacement two‑story single dwelling at 59817 Kamehameha Highway in Popukea.
The permit covers a two‑story single dwelling of less than 2,000 square feet, an attached two‑car garage shared by the two parcels on the site, an all‑weather paver driveway, six‑foot concrete rubble masonry sidewalls, a 10‑foot concrete front wall with an electric gate, and installation of an individual wastewater system. The proposed project replaces an already demolished single dwelling and is located on an R5 residential lot identified as tax map key 59004015.
The committee adopted a CD1 version of the resolution that adds conditions summarized on the agenda. The Department of Planning and Permitting (DPP) recommended the applicant use pervious surface materials for driveway and parking areas; the CD1 requires the applicant to incorporate pervious surface materials into construction plans submitted to DPP prior to issuance of construction permits.
Jim Hayes, agent for the applicant and a representative of Planning Solutions Inc., described the proposed dwelling and said the design already incorporates concrete pavers to allow stormwater percolation in driveway and parking areas. Director Dawn Takeuchi Apuna of the Department of Planning and Permitting told the committee the department was supportive of the posted CD1.
The committee record notes the project site is more than 80 feet from the certified shoreline and the current required shoreline setback is 60 feet. The MacKay dwelling on the same zoning lot is located 40 feet from the certified shoreline; that setback reflected the requirement in effect when that dwelling’s building permit was accepted as complete.
No in‑person or remote public testimony was recorded for this item. The chair announced the resolution was amended to CD1 and then reported out for adoption, with no objections recorded at the meeting.
Details retained from the hearing include the DPP requirement for pervious driveway materials and that the applicant’s agent confirmed compliance plans would be submitted prior to building permits.
