Opinion ID: 2521161
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: The Circuit Court Partially Erred In Entering Final Judgment In Favor Of The City And Against The Trustees With Respect To Counts I And II Of The Trustees' Complaint.

Text: The Trustees advance four points of error regarding the circuit court's order denying their motion for partial summary judgment as to Counts I and II of their complaint and the resulting final judgment: (1) the circuit court erred in ruling that Rules § 2-3 does not conflict with ROH § 38-2.2, because Rules § 2-3 impermissibly lowers the minimum number of applications required by ROH § 38-2.2 as a precondition of the Department's designating property for lease-to-fee conversion; (2) the circuit court erred in ruling that HRS § 46-1.5(16) does not prohibit the lease-to-fee conversion of oceanfront property, because (a) HRS § 46-1.5(16) prohibits the City from selling or otherwise disposing of oceanfront property and (b) the City acquires and sells or otherwise disposes of property pursuant to its role as facilitator of ROH ch. 38 conversions; (3) the circuit court erred in ruling that the City could proceed with condemnation of property pursuant to ROH ch. 38 more than twelve months after the Department had designated it for lease-to-fee conversion, the same being prohibited by ROH § 38-5.2; and (4) the circuit court erred in ruling that owners whose condominiums were held in trust were eligible to participate in lease-to-fee conversion, ROH ch. 38 requiring that condominium owners possess legal title to units that simultaneously serve as their principal places of residence. We address each of the Trustees' points of error in turn.