Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Community Development Authority › Chapter 217 - MAUKA AREA RULES › Subchapter 5 - PROCEDURES › Section 15-217-85 - Completeness review

Current through June, 2024
(a) Purpose. The
				  purpose of the completeness review is to determine whether all required
				  information is provided in a permit application. A completeness review shall
				  not constitute a decision as to whether an application complies with the
				  provisions of the rules.
(b)
				  Applicability. This section applies to all applications for permits provided
				  for in the rules.
(c) Application
				  materials. No application may be deemed complete unless all of the information
				  required by forms published by the HCDA is included and all filing fees have
				  been paid. The executive director shall ensure that application materials are
				  made available in hardcopy format at the HCDA office and electronically via the
				  internet.
(d) Jurisdiction. All
				  applications shall be reviewed by the executive director for completeness. At
				  the time of proposed filing and fee payment, the executive director may reject
				  any application that omits information required by forms published by the HCDA.
				  Once accepted for filing, the executive director's final determination on
				  completeness of an application is appealable to the authority pursuant to
				  section 15-217-88 (appeals).
(e)
				  Commencement of time limit for application decision. Whenever the rules
				  establish a time period for processing an application, such time period does
				  not commence until the executive director has issued a certificate of
				  completeness.
(f) Multiple permit
				  approvals. When a proposed project requires more than one permit approval, the
				  applicant shall apply for all such permit approvals concurrently.
(g) Completeness review process:
(1) The executive director shall provide a
				  written determination on the completeness review within forty-five working days
				  of receipt of the permit application. If a permit is deemed complete, the
				  executive director shall issue a certificate of completeness. If the
				  application is determined not to be complete, the executive director's
				  determination shall specify those parts of the application that are incomplete
				  and shall indicate the manner in which they can be made complete, including a
				  list and thorough description of the specific information needed to complete
				  the application;
(2) If the
				  application requires review by any other local, state, or federal agency or
				  entity, the executive director may require the written comments from such
				  agency or entity prior deeming the application complete and until such time
				  that the executive director receives all such comments, the forty-five day
				  period shall be tolled;
(3) Upon
				  receipt of any application that has been resubmitted, a new forty-five day
				  period shall begin, during which period the executive director shall determine
				  the completeness of the application;
(4) If the applicant contests the executive
				  director's determination of an incomplete application, the applicant may appeal
				  the executive director's determination to the authority pursuant to section
				  15-217-88, (appeals). If the authority does not render a decision on the appeal
				  within thirty working days after submittal of the requisite appeal form and
				  filing fee, the application with the submitted materials shall be deemed
				  complete for the purposes of this section; and
(5) Nothing in this section precludes an
				  applicant and the executive director from mutually agreeing to an extension of
				  any time limit provided by this section.