Save Sunset Beach Coalition v. City and County of Honolulu

Opinion of the Court by

ACOBA, J.

We hold that in connection with the complaint filed by Plaintiffs-Appellants Save Sunset Beach Coalition, Life of the Land, 1 Larry McElheny, Benjamin Hopkins, and Peter Cole (Plaintiffs), the first circuit court (the court) correctly applied the propositions stated below except for the last two; the effect of such error, however, was harmless.

First, the rezoning 2 by Defendant-Appel-lee City and County of Honolulu (the City) of 765 acres of land located on the North Shore of O‘ahu and designated for “agricultural use” 3 to a “country district” designation 4…