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Oahu ramps up enforcement of new vacation rental ordinance
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoCINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL @STARADVERTISER.COM Waikiki is among the areas with the lowest resident-to-housing unit ratios since it has a high proportion of vacation rentals. The Royal Kuhio ...
Honolulu DPP head appointed, Gov.-elect Green fills out cabinet
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDec. 2—Dawn Takeuchi Apuna has been DPP's acting director since September. Mayor Rick Blangiardi appointed the acting director of the city's troubled Department of Planning and Permitting to ...
DPP building permits bill advances without criminal punishment parts
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 7 months agoDec. 7—The Honolulu City Council voted unanimously Wednesday on the second of three readings for a measure that initially sought to end years of corruption within the city Department of Planning ...
DPP requests $34.6M budget to staff, turn around agency
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 11—The new director of the city Department of Planning and Permitting has requested $34.6 million to hire and train more staff and for technology fixes to alleviate the city's months-long ...
Honolulu permitting department touts new tech in backlog fight
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 3 months agoApr. 5—The Department of Planning' and Permitting's new high-tech plan to track, in real time, the status and whereabouts of someone's building permit application. Much like the infamous months-long ...
DPP launches more tech to speed permit process
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMar. 28—To solve the months-long delay to obtain a building permit, the city Department of Planning and Permitting announced new technological initiatives it hopes will improve the speed at ...
Honolulu Council to consider auditing Department of Planning and Permitting
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 14—The Honolulu City Council is slated to consider a measure to launch a performance audit of the Department of Planning and Permitting to address operational deficiencies. The Honolulu ...
Honolulu City Council committee postpones audit of planning department
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 19—The Honolulu City Council postponed considering initiating a comprehensive city audit on the Department of Planning and Permitting to give the agency two months to solve some of its ...
Honolulu City Council bill targets lying to get 'monster home' permit
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJul. 19—A measure meant to prohibit giving false statements to city planners as a means of cracking down on "monster homes " has drawn sharp criticism from some who say the language in the draft ...
Electronic filings of building permits to be required
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJun. 9—Beginning July 1, the city's Department of Planning and Permitting will require all building permits needing plans and all building permit applications for commercial projects to be submitted ...
