Topliss v. Planning Commission

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

HEEN, J.

On April 30,1990, Petitioner-Appellant Larry T. Topliss, dba Pacific Land Company (Petitioner), filed a petition (Permit Petition) with Appellee Planning Commission of the County of Hawai'i (Commission) for a Special Management Area (SMA) permit (SMAP) pursuant to the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA), Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) chapter 205A (1985 and Supp. 1991), to develop two multi-story office buildings on his property (property) in Kailua-Kona.

The property lies on the northern comer of the intersection of Kuakini Highway and Seaview Circle. Kuakini…