Section 15-150-13 - Public hearings(a) A public hearing shall be held on all proposed developments declared by the lead agency to require a special management area use approval.(b) The lead agency shall hold a public hearing at a date set no less than twenty-one nor more than sixty calendar days after the date the application has been accepted by the lead agency for consideration, unless the sixty-day period is waived by the applicant.(c) The applicant shall publish a notice in accordance with section 1-28.5 and section 205A-29, HRS, as amended, at least twenty calendar days in advance, stating the nature of the proposed development for which an application is made and the time and place of the public hearing.(d) The applicant shall submit to the lead agency proof that the notice of public hearing was published correctly.(e) The applicant shall give notice of the public hearing by certified mail at least fifteen days prior to the public hearing to the pertinent neighborhood boards, the owners of all property within three hundred feet of the affected property, to all owners of the property described in the application, and to persons who have requested in writing to the lead agency to be notified of special management area use hearings or applications; and at least five days prior to the public hearing, the applicant shall submit to the lead agency proof that the notices in this subsection were given.(f) A public hearing shall be held in the county where the development is proposed. Any such hearing may be held jointly and concurrently with any other hearing required for the same proposed development.(g) During the public hearing, interested persons shall be given an opportunity to provide testimony and/or ask questions. The hearings officer may require the applicant to answer the questions.(h) Upon notification of a public hearing, the applicant shall pay the State a nonrefundable application filing fee of $200. Such filing fee shall be waived for public agency projects.[Eff 2/25/2000; comp 4/17/2009; am and comp ] (Auth: HRS §§ 205A-29, 206E-8.5) (Imp: HRS §§ 91-2, 206E-8.5)