Declaratory Rulings “DR”
A Declaratory Ruling (“DR”) allows the Land Use Commission to clarify how a statute, rule, or prior Commission order applies to a specific situation. This can be initiated by a petition from an interested person or by the Commission itself to resolve disputes or eliminate uncertainty.
Relevant rules: Chapter 15-15 (HAR §15-15-99 to §15-15-104) and HRS §91-8.
In 2005, the Legislature passed Act 183, later modified by Act 233 (2008), establishing the framework for designating Important Agricultural Lands (“IAL”). Under this law, landowners and farmers may petition the Commission for IAL designation through the Declaratory Ruling process.
IAL related rules and statutes: Chapter 15-15 (HAR §15-15-120 to §15-15-128) and Chapter 205 (HRS §205-41 to §205-52).
DR20-70 Rosehill (Hawaiʻi)
DR21-71 Andrew Grier (Maui)
DR21-72 Church-Hildal (Hawaiʻi)
DR21-73 Honoipu Hideaway LLC (Hawaiʻi)
DR21-74 County of Maui-SP97-390 – WITHDRAWN
DR21-75 Kaukonahua Ranch – WITHDRAWN
DR21-76 Kekaha Agriculture Association (Kauaʻi – Important Agricultural Land) – WITHDRAWN
2021 City & County of Honolulu IAL (Oʻahu – Important Agricultural Land)
DR10-39 Queen Liliʻuokalani Trust (Hawaiʻi)
DR10-40 Department of Housing and Human Concerns, County of Maui – WITHDRAWN
DR10-41 Molokaʻi Ranch Properties (Molokaʻi – Important Agricultural Land) – WITHDRAWN
DR10-42 Castle & Cooke Homes Hawaiʻi, Inc. (Oʻahu – Important Agricultural Land)
DR11-43 Māhāʻulepū Farm LLC (Kauaʻi – Important Agricultural Land)
DR11-44 Department of Housing and Human Concerns, County of Maui (PDF)
DR11-45 Parker Ranch, Inc. (Hawaiʻi – Important Agricultural Land)
DR12-46 James Spencer and Pamela V. Spencer (Hawaiʻi)
DR12-47 State of Hawaiʻi (DOE) Kihei High School (Maui)
DR12-48 Grove Farm Company Incorporated (Kauaʻi – Important Agricultural Land)
DR12-49 Kunia Loa Ridge Farmlands (Oʻahu – Important Agricultural Land) – WITHDRAWN
DR13-50 Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop dba Kamehameha Schools (Kauaʻi – Important Agricultural Land)
DR14-51 Maui Lani Neighbors (Maui)
DR14-52 Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop dba Kamehameha Schools (Oʻahu – Important Agricultural Land)
DR15-53 Ka ʻOhana O Kalaupapa (Molokaʻi- Kalaupapa Memorial)
DR15-54 Puʻunoa Homeowners Association, Inc. and Devonne Lane (Maui)
DR16-55 State Office of Planning (Oʻahu) Stipulated Dismissal
DR16-56 Robinson Family Partners (Kauaʻi – Important Agricultural Land)
DR16-57 University of Hawaiʻi Community Colleges (Kauaʻi)
DR16-58 County of Kauaʻi 201H Project – Lima Ola
DR17-59 Monsanto Company (Oʻahu – Important Agricultural Land)
DR17-60 Monsanto Company (Molokaʻi – Important Agricultural Land) – WITHDRAWN
DR18-61 Hartung Brothers Hawaiʻi (Oʻahu – Important Agricultural Land)
DR18-62 Kualoa Ranch (Oʻahu – Important Agricultural Land)
DR18-63 Malaekaha Hui West, LLC (Oʻahu – Important Agricultural Land)
DR18-64 Robinson Kunia Land LLC (Oʻahu – Important Agricultural Land)
DR19-65 County of Maui – Department of Planning Re: Department of Education- New Kihei High School
DR19-66 Pōmaikai Partners, LLC (Oʻahu – Important Agricultural Land)
DR19-67 Kanahele and Kanahele (Hawaiʻi)
DR00-23 The Sierra Club & David Kimo Frankel (Hawaiʻi)
DR01-24 Steven K. Baker (Oʻahu)
DR02-27 Department of Planning, County of Maui (Maui)
DR02-28 Erika & Achim Ginsberg Klemmt
DR03-29 Doutor Coffee Hawaiʻi Company, Inc.
DR04-30 Kuleana Kuʻikahi, LLC (PDF)
DR05-31 Korean Cultural Center – WITHDRAWN
DR06-32 Mark J. Bennett, As Attorney General, State of Hawaiʻi
DR06-33 Big Island Country Club Homes, LLC – WITHDRAWN
DR07-34 Big Island Country Club Homes, LLC (PDF)
DR08-35 Department of Environmental Services, City & County of Honolulu (PDF)
DR08-36 Ko Olina Development, LLC (Oʻahu)
DR08-37 Alexander & Baldwin Inc. (Kauaʻi – Important Agricultural Land)
DR09-38 Alexander & Baldwin Inc. (Maui – Important Agricultural Land)
DR92-16 John/Debra Hunt (PDF) (Niu Valley, Oʻahu)
DR94-17 John Godfrey (PDF)
DR96-18 Sally Rice/Debralee Kailiwai-Ray (PDF) (North Kona)
DR96-19 Harold K.L. Castle Foundation (PDF) (Kailua Drive-In)
DR97-20 Pono (PDF) (Molokai campgrounds)
DR82-6 Phil/Ok Soon Owen (PDF)
DR82-7 State DPED (PDF)
DR83-8 Land Use Commission (PDF)
DR83-9 Douglas Meller-Concerning Shoreline & Zone of Wave Action (PDF)
DR87-10 Phil/Ok Soon Owen (PDF) (Waimea, Oʻahu)
DR87-12 Ting, et.al. (PDF) (Accessory Building and Use)
DR89-13 Waikapu Mauka Partners (PDF)
DR89-14 Waikapu Mauka Partners (PDF) (Maui)
DR89-15 William Peebles (PDF) (Kaneʻohe, Oʻahu)
DR74-1 Life of the Land
Adoption of Amendment to Rules (PDF) dated 01/12/1975
Letter to Edward Brown (PDF) 03/20/1975
DR74-2 City & County of Honolulu, Department of General Planning
Letter to Eddie Tangen (PDF) dated 04/03/1975
Letter to Roberty Wray (PDF) dated 04/25/1975
DR75-3 Deland Perry and Jenny Parijs (PDF)
DR75-4 Deland Perry and Jenny Parijs (PDF) related to SP75-202 Shield Pacific
DR76-5 Life of the Land (PDF) related to A76-413
Joseph Park filed 01/02/1963
Meeting Minutes (PDF) 10/01/1965
Letter to Joseph Park (PDF) 10/11/1965
Maui County Planning (Episcopal Church) filed 11/12/1963 – No further action documented
Stanley Sabihon filed 11/19/1963 – No further action documented
Theo H. Davies and Company, Ltd. filed 07/24/1964 – No further action documented
United Church of Christ filed 03/17/65 – No further action documented
David C. McClung (Wiliwili Nui Ridge) (PDF) filed 11/18/1965
Dept. of Land and Natural Resources (Lou Huntley) filed 01/11/1966
Letter to Frank Skrivanek (PDF) 02/28/1966
Letter to Jim Ferry (PDF) 03/02/1966
Roy Jacobsen filed 05/02/1966
Meeting Minutes (PDF) 12/16/1966
Declaratory Ruling (PDF)
Concrete Industries filed 06/07/1966
Meeting Minutes (PDF) 06/17/1966
Letter to RL Muller (PDF) 06/24/1966
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate (He`eia Fishpond) filed 10/20/1966
Meeting Minutes (PDF) 10/01/1966
Letter to Shay Auerbach (PDF) 11/02/1966
Circuit Court Order Denying Motion for Summary Judgement (PDF) 07/10/1969
Marvin Boudreau (PDF) filed 05/12/1970
Mrs. Alfreda Worst (PDF) filed 10/07/1970
John T. Waterhouse filed 12/07/1970
Meeting Minutes (PDF) 09/17/71 see pages 4-6; re: Docket No. A71-286
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