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Standing granted for 3rd petitioner opposed to controversial proposed Punalu‘u development
The owners association of Colony 1 at Sea Mountain, which had its petition for standing derailed earlier this year because of a technicality, now joins two other organizations that were granted standing in May, in contesting a special management area use permit application requested by Black Sand Beach LLC for the proposed Punalu‘u Village adjacent to the popular Ka‘ū black sand beach park that shares its name.
Standing granted for 2 of 3 petitions in contested case about controversial proposed Punalu‘u development special use permit
The Hawai‘i County Windward Planning Commission heard about 5 hours of additional public testimony, a majority of which was again in opposition to the Black Sand Beach LLC residential and community project that would be located on the former Sea Mountain resort.
