The Hawaiʻi Ledger Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026

Maui County · community plan area · island of Lānaʻi

Lānaʻi

What this area is
One of Maui County's community plan areas, the geography the county plans by. The state's GIS layer labels it “Lanai” with plan year 2016.
Agendas to watch
Lānaʻi Planning Commission, and the County Council and its committees.
On the ballot
Every Maui County council seat and the mayor's office are on the ballot Tuesday, November 3, 2026. What the ballot decides.
Who decides
SMA use permits: the Lānaʻi Planning Commission decides. SMA minor permits: the planning director decides. Changes in zoning and community plan amendments: the commission holds the public hearing and recommends; the County Council decides. Where the code and the rules say so.
Adopted community plan
Lana'i Community Plan - Ordinance No. 4343 (2016), as amended. As Bill 108 (2026) prints the county code's list (§ 2.80B.070(C)).
ZIP codes it overlaps
96763

What's happening here

On Sept. 23 the state Land Use Commission, meeting in Kahului, is set to decide Pūlama Lānaʻi's petition to reclassify land for its Kōʻele project. [source]

At Mānele, the Army Corps of Engineers and the state have proposed repairs to the small boat harbor breakwater, and the Hawaiian Islands Fiber Link cable project has a permit for archaeological testing at the harbor. [source]

The Ledger's brief, written Sept. 19, 2026 from the records linked. Briefs are written by the Ledger in a session from the records linked in each sentence, and dated. They say what is on the record, in plain words; they do not predict outcomes or take sides. The full list for each area follows below the brief.

Coming up: 1 item on agendas and notices ahead.

Maui County planning director's permit report
Maui County planning director's permit report
Maui County planning director's permit report
Maui County planning director's permit report
Maui County planning director's permit report
Environmental Notice: Federal consistency review

See what is on the record near a particular address · New on the record across Hawaiʻi

Every record the Ledger reads that places an item in this community plan area by its tax map key or map point, newest and upcoming first, from all sources at once: county agendas and notices, state boards and the Environmental Notice. The sections below break it down by source.

Lanai High and Elementary Elementary-Middle-High · grades K-12
555 Fraser Avenue, Lanai City · 808.565.7900 · school website · Lanai complex

Public schools whose grounds fall in this community plan area, from the State of Hawaiʻi GIS public schools layer, read Sept. 20, 2026: the department's own names, grades, complexes and contact details. Charter schools are marked. Private schools are not listed. Which school serves a particular address is a separate question, answered by the department's attendance areas: look up an address.

Weather and ocean alerts

NWS Honolulu

Checking the National Weather Service for alerts in effect…

Ocean water advisories on Lānaʻi

Checking the Department of Health…

Read live when this page opens: the National Weather Service's alerts for the forecast zones covering Lānaʻi (HIZ015, HIZ042, HIZ043, HIZ044), and the state Department of Health Clean Water Branch's open advisories (brown water, sewage spills, high bacteria) for the island, which the department names by beach or coastline rather than by area. Nothing here is stored or rewritten; each agency's own wording and dates are shown.

State highway lane closures

HDOT roadwork

Checking the Department of Transportation's closure schedule…

Read live from the state Department of Transportation's lane closure map layer when this page opens: approved closures on state highways in and near Lānaʻi (within the area's bounding box, so a closure just outside may appear), from now through the next seven days, in the department's words. County streets are not included. Schedules can change without notice and all work is weather permitting, the department says.

Land use items that name this area

All Maui County items

None of the 4 agendas read so far names a place or tax map key in this area.

From the planning commissions' agendas read Sept. 19, 2026; names, keys and addresses are the county's. An item appears here only where the agenda names the place or prints a tax map key, and each key was checked against the State of Hawaiʻi's parcel layer.

Who represents this community plan area

County of Maui Mayor: Richard Bissen. Next election 2026.

County of Maui Councilmembers: Shane Sinenci (East Maui); Tamara Paltin (West Maui); Alice Lee (Wailuku-Waihee-Waikapu); Kauanoe Batangan (Kahului); Tom Cook (South Maui); Nohe Uu-Hodgins (Makawao-Haiku-Paia); Yuki Lei Sugimura (Upcountry); Gabe Johnson (Lanai); Keani Rawlins-Fernandez (Molokai). Next election 2026.

Maui County's councilmembers are elected countywide; each must live in the residency area shown. From the Office of Elections' Elected Officials page, read Sept. 19, 2026.

In the Environmental Notice

Every item

From the State of Hawaiʻi's Environmental Notice (7 issues read), in its words. An item appears here only when it prints a tax map key that falls in this community plan area.

Before state boards

All state boards

From state board agendas the Ledger has read (4 so far), in the agencies' words. An item appears here only when it prints a tax map key that falls in this community plan area.

Permits the planning director reported here

All reported permits
Permit numberProjectDescriptionApplicantDateStatusReport
EAE2026-00049
CP Environmental Assessment Exemption
Hawaiian Islands Fiber Link (HIFL)Archeological Inventory Survey (AIS) testing at Mānele Harbor pursuant to State Historic Preservation Division requirements.Clifford Miyake; Lisa Kettley08/31/2026ApprovedCompleted Applications Report
SMX2026-00131
CP SMX - SMA Assessment
Hawaiian Islands Fiber Link (HIFL)Archeological Inventory Survey (AIS) testing at Mānele Harbor pursuant to State Historic Preservation Division requirementsLisa Kettley; Clifford Miyake08/31/2026CompletedCompleted Applications Report
SM72026-00003
CP Special Management Area Minor Permit - Lanai
Hawaiian Islands Fiber Link (HIFL)Archeological Inventory Survey (AIS) testing at Mānele Harbor pursuant to State Historic Preservation Division requirements.Lisa Kettley; Clifford Miyake08/31/2026ApprovedCompleted Applications Report
SM72026-00004TW/Mindy Weiss Party Consultants Event (MWPC) on Oct 10, 2026Temporary tents, flooring, and associated structures associated with a private event, located at Four Seasons Lānaʻi, Lu'auRuth Panopio09/02/2026In ReviewOpen Applications Report
SMX2026-00188TW/Mindy Weiss Party Consultants Event (MWPC) on Oct 10, 2026TW/Mindy Weiss Party Consultants Event: Erect temporary tents, flooring, stage, tables, chairs, and lounge furniture at theRuth Panopio08/14/2026In ReviewOpen Applications Report

Rows from the planning director's permit reports to the planning commissions, as the county prints them, placed here by the tax map keys each row prints. Names are the county's. The Ledger has not reviewed any application.

Planning agendas

All Maui County meetings

Lānaʻi Planning Commission

From the county's Agenda Center feeds, read Sept. 19, 2026. Bodies are matched to this area by name. Postings here are listed, not read; the agendas the Ledger has read for items are on Maui County land use.

Who lives here, by ZIP code

ZIP codePeopleHouseholdsMedian household incomeOwner-occupied homesMedian age
967633,443 ±4281,255 ±155$92,417 ±$34,721675 of 1,25542.7
All of Maui County164,52255,841$97,16136,638 of 55,84143.2

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates by ZIP Code Tabulation Area, read through the Census Reporter API. Survey estimates; ± is the 90% margin of error. ZIP code areas do not follow community plan boundaries, so each row describes the ZIP, not this area. These count residents and the homes they live in, not second homes or visitor units.

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