Section 15-15-96 - Decision and order by the land use commission(a) Within forty-five days after receipt of the county planning commission's decision and the complete record of the proceeding before the county planning commission, as determined by the executive officer, the commission shall act to approve, approve with modification, or deny the petition. The commission may impose additional restrictions as may be necessary or appropriate in granting the approval, including the adherence to representations made by the petitioner. Upon determination by the commission, the petition may be remanded to the county planning commission for further proceedings.(b) The commission shall not consider any petition for special permit covering substantially the same request for substantially the same land as had previously been denied by the commission within one year of the date of the filing of the findings of fact, conclusions of law, and decision and order denying the petition for special permit unless the petitioner submits significant new data or additional reasons which substantially strengthen the petitioner's position, provided that in no event shall any new petition be accepted within six months of the date of the filing of the findings of fact, conclusions of law, and decision and order. Additionally, the commission shall not consider any petition for special permit for the same request involving the same land that was before the commission and withdrawn voluntarily by the petitioner within one year of the date of the withdrawal.(c) A denial or modification of the special permit, as the case may be, of the proposed use shall be appealable to the circuit court of the circuit in which the land is situated and shall be made pursuant to the Hawaii rules of civil procedure.(d) If a special permit is approved pursuant to section 91-13.5, HRS, the provisions of section 15-15-82(e) and section 15-15-90(f) shall apply.[Eff 10/27/86; am and comp 8/16/97; am and comp MAY 08 2000] (Auth: HRS §§ 91-13.5, 205-1, 205-7) (Imp: HRS §§ 91-13.5, 205-6)Am and comp 11/2/2013; comp 10/18/2019