Korean Buddhist Dae Won Sa Temple v. Sullivan

LEVINSON, Justice.

At issue in these consolidated appeals is the decision of Donald Clegg, then-Director of the Honolulu Department of Land Utilization (DLU) (the Director), to deny the appellant-appellant Korean Buddhist Dae Won Sa Temple of Hawaii’s (the Temple’s) application for a variance for its “Main Temple Hall” (the Hall), 2 which had previously been found to exceed the allowable height limit under the zoning code. The Temple filed a total of five appeals in the First Circuit Court from the actions of the Director and the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) related to this issue, all of…