Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Community Development Authority › Chapter 220 - HEEIA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT RULES › Subchapter 4 - PROCEDURES › Section 15-220-60 - 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. 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, 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 the completeness of an
				  application is appealable to the authority pursuant to section 15-220-63
				  (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) 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 application is deemed
				  complete, the executive director shall issue a certificate of completeness. If
				  the permit 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 how the deficiency can be resolved, via 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 written comments from such agency or entity
				  prior to 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 15-220-63 (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.