Malama Maha'ulepu v. Land Use Commission

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

LUM, C.J.

Appellant Malama Maha'ulepu (Malama), an unincorporated association, challenges a Land Use Commission decision affirming the grant of a special use pennit- for the construction of a golf course on prime agricultural land in Poipu, Kauai. The question raised in this appeal is whether the provisions of Chapter 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) prohibit the county planning commissions and the State Land Use Commission from issuing special use permits for golf courses on prime agricultural lands classified by the Land Study Bureau- as Productivity Rating Class A…