(a) Applications for approval of planned development-resort (PD-R) and planned development-apartment (PD-A) projects in the Waikiki special district, applications for approval of planned development-transit (PD-T) projects in a TOD special district, and interim planned development-transit (IPD-T) projects shall be processed by the department in accordance with this section.
(b) Preapplication procedures. Before the submission of an application, the applicant shall:
(1) For PD-T and IPD-T projects, attend a preapplication meeting with the department to conduct an informal review of the project, unless the department determines that a meeting is not necessary. The applicant shall be prepared to discuss how the project will accomplish the goals and objectives of § 21-9.100-6 and the approved neighborhood TOD plan for the affected area; and
(2) For all planned-development projects, present the proposal to the neighborhood board for the district in which the project will be located. Notice of the presentation, or the applicant’s good faith efforts to make a presentation, must be given to all owners of properties adjoining the proposed project.
(c) For all planned-development projects, upon acceptance of the completed application by the director, the director shall notify the council of the acceptance, and provide the council with the date of the director’s acceptance of the application and a brief description of the proposal contained in the application. The director shall hold a public hearing on the conceptual plan for the project no less than 21 nor more than 60 calendar days after the date on which the completed application is accepted, unless the 60-day period is waived by the applicant. The public hearing may be held jointly and concurrently with any other hearing required for the same project. No less than 15 days prior to the public hearing, the director shall give written notice of the public hearing to the neighborhood board for the district in which the project will be located.
For PD-T and IPD-T projects, a complete application must demonstrate how the project achieves consistency with the approved neighborhood TOD plan for the affected area.
(d) For PD-R and PD-A projects only, the conceptual plan for the project must also be presented to the design advisory committee for its appropriate recommendations prior to transmittal of the application to the council for a conceptual plan review and approval.
(e) Upon conclusion of the public hearing and (except for PD-T and IPD-T projects) design advisory committee review, and not more than 80 days after acceptance of the application, unless the applicant waives the 80-day period, the director shall submit a report and recommendation to the council.
(f) The council shall approve the conceptual plan for the project, in whole or in part, with or without conditions or modifications, by resolution, or shall disapprove the conceptual plan. The council may disapprove the conceptual plan by resolution, but if the council does not take final action within 60 days after its receipt of the application, the application will be deemed denied. The applicant may request, and the council may approve, an extension of time if the request is made in writing, prior to the requested effective date of the extension. An application for council approval of a conceptual plan for a PD-R, PD-A, PD-T, or IPD-T project may be processed concurrently with development plan amendments under Chapter 24, special management area use permits under Chapter 25, and zoning district changes.
(g) If the council approves the conceptual plan for the project, the application, as approved in concept by the council, will continue to be processed for further detailed review and final action by the director.
(1) The director shall present the detailed plan for the project to the design advisory committee for its recommendation, except in the case of PD-T and IPD-T projects.
(2) Within 45 days after council approval, the director shall approve the application in whole or in part, with or without conditions or modifications, or deny the application, with reasons for final action set in writing to the applicant.
(3) The applicant may request in writing to the director an extension of time as may be necessary for good cause.
(h) A final approval by the director will be considered a major special district permit for the project, notwithstanding that the application has been processed in accordance with this section and not § 21-2.40-2.
(1990 Code, Ch. 21, Art. 2, § 21-2.110-2) (Added by Ord. 99-12; Am. Ords. 11-30, 14-10, 17-54,
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