LIHU‘E — The Kaua‘i Planning Commission will continue Tuesday a public hearing initiated July 24 on the expansion of the Princeville Center. The permits, received 24 years ago, are tied to a requirement to build 100 employee housing units, including
LIHU‘E — The Kaua‘i Planning Commission will continue Tuesday a public hearing initiated July 24 on the expansion of the Princeville Center.
The permits, received 24 years ago, are tied to a requirement to build 100 employee housing units, including 75 affordable units.
But current law allows for a lower number of units if the developer meets certain requirements such as lower income bracket targets, which prompted the developers to ask the commission to reduce the affordable housing requirement to 42 and eliminate the additional requirement of 25 market-price employee units.
“The basic issue is, which one do we honor?” Commissioner Herman Texeira said on July 24 of the original requirement and of the current law.
With many of their questions unanswered, commissioners voted to continue the public hearing on Tuesday.
The commission’s agenda also calls for action on the developers request.
The meeting is at 9 a.m. at the Meeting Room 2A/2B of the Mo‘ikeha Building in Lihu‘e, next to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
