Surfrider Foundation v. Zoning Board of Appeals, City and County of Honolulu

• Court: Hawaii Supreme Court
• Decided: February 19, 2016
• Docket: SCAP-13-0005781
• Status: Published

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCAP-13-0005781 19-FEB-2016 02:01 PM

SCAP-13-0005781

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI

SURFRIDER FOUNDATION; HAWAII’S THOUSAND FRIENDS; KA IWI COALITION; and KAHEA – THE HAWAIIAN-ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE, Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants,

vs.

ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, CITY & COUNTY OF HONOLULU; DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & PERMITTING, CITY & COUNTY OF HONOLULU; KYO-YA HOTELS & RESORTS LP; AND 20,000 FRIENDS OF LABOR, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees.

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT (CAAP-13-0005781; CIV. NO. 13-1-0874-03)

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, and Pollack JJ., with Wilson, J., dissenting separately)

Upon consideration of the motion for reconsideration

submitted on February 11, 2016, by Surfrider Foundation, Hawaii’s

Thousand Friends, Ka Iwi Coalition, and Kahea — The Hawaiian-

Environmental Alliance and the records and files herein, IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED that Surfrider’s motion for

reconsideration is denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, February 19, 2016.

Linda M. B. Paul /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald for petitioners Surfrider Foundation et al. /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna Peter T. Kashiwa, Lisa Woods Munger, /s/ Richard W. Pollack Randall C. Whattoff, David J. Hoftiezer and Lisa A. Bail for respondent Kyo-Ya Hotels & Resorts, LP

William Meheula and Natasha Baldauf for respondent 20,000 Friends of Labor

Donna Y. L. Leong, Don S. Kitaoka and Brad T. Saito for respondent Department of Planning and Permitting City and County of Honolulu