The Hawaiʻi Ledger Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026

Oʻahu · Neighborhood Board No. 27

North Shore

The board
Neighborhood Board No. 27 at the Neighborhood Commission Office: members, agendas and minutes for every year on file.
Meets
Fourth Tuesday of the month, 7:00 p.m., Waialua Elementary School Cafeteria (from a stored copy of NCO's page for the board, which the Ledger's page reader returned Sept. 19, 2026; the copy carries no date, so confirm the schedule against the month's agenda; NCO's calendar carries each month's agenda and any recess or cancellation notice)
Agendas by email
The city sends this board's agendas and minutes by email. On NCO's form, tick “Neighborhood Board #27 North Shore Agenda & Minutes”.
City Council district
2, Matt Weyer (the city's district layer, read Sept. 19, 2026; all nine districts)
District 2 is on the ballot Tuesday, November 3, 2026. What the ballot decides.
High school districts
Waialua, Leilehua, Kahuku
ZIP codes it overlaps
96712, 96786, 96791
The board's 5 subdistricts

1. Mokulēʻia; 2. Waialua; 3. Haleʻiwa; 4. Kawailoa; 5. Pūpūkea/Sunset Beach

Names come from the city's GIS layer, which prints them without ʻokina or kahakō. Where the official gazetteer carries the same place name, the Ledger prints the gazetteer's spelling; a name the gazetteer does not carry is left as the layer printed it. The layer's own spelling: 1. Mokuleia; 2. Waialua; 3. Haleiwa; 4. Kawailoa; 5. Pupukea/Sunset Beach.

What's happening here

The City Council's zoning committee has Bill 43 (2026) before it, which would rezone land at Paʻalaʻa Kai in Waialua from the country district to residential. [source]

DPP's map lists the Haleʻiwa Backyards request to move land out of the state agricultural district, along with shoreline-area permits for new homes, one with a hearing Oct. 23. [source]

The state water commission is set to review emergency stream-channel work on the North Shore on Sept. 22. [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: 5 items on agendas and notices ahead.

Oʻahu planning file, hearing
Honolulu City Council, Zoning and Planning
Oʻahu planning file, on DPP's map
Oʻahu planning file, on DPP's map
Oʻahu planning file, on DPP's map
Oʻahu planning file, on DPP's map

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 board 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.

Haleiwa Elementary Elementary · grades K-6
66-505 Haleiwa Road, Haleiwa · 808.637.8237 · school website · Waialua complex

Sunset Beach Elementary Elementary · grades K-6
59-360 Kamehameha Highway, Haleiwa · 808.638.8777 · school website · Kahuku complex

Waialua Elementary Elementary · grades K-6
67-020 Waialua Beach Road, Waialua · 808.637.8228 · school website · Waialua complex

Waialua High and Intermediate Intermediate-High · grades 7-12
67-160 Farrington Highway, Waialua · 808.637.8200 · school website · Waialua complex

Public schools whose grounds fall in this board 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 Oʻahu

Checking the Department of Health…

Read live when this page opens: the National Weather Service's alerts for the forecast zones covering North Shore (HIZ007, HIZ010, HIZ011, HIZ036), 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 North Shore (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.

Police reports

By block

107 incidents reported to the Honolulu Police Department in the 90 days to Sept. 19, 2026 (106 in the 90 days before). Most common: theft/larceny (33), assault (15), vehicle break-in/theft (13). Reports by block and by type.

Reports to police as HPD's open data records them, not findings or arrests; no one is named.

What neighbors reported to the city

ZIP 96712: 31 reports. Most common: Beach/Park (18), Stream/Canal Cleaning (3), Storm Drain Clogged (2), Pothole (2), Debris/Litter/Dumping (2).

ZIP 96786: 35 reports. Most common: Beach/Park (8), Traffic Signal (5), Residential (5), Streetlight (4), Other (2).

ZIP 96791: 24 reports. Most common: Short-Term Rental (4), Pothole (4), Streetlight (3), Homeless – Encampments (3), Other (3).

Honolulu 311 reports from the city's open data, Aug. 21, 2026 to Sept. 19, 2026, counted by ZIP code; ZIP codes do not follow board boundaries, so each line describes the ZIP. Counts only: no address, no description, no report number. Request types are the city's own. Categories the city labels “Homeless” count calls made to the city, not people: they say how often neighbors reported something, not how many people are unhoused, and the state's point-in-time count is the source for that. Reports about crime are not counted here.

On the board's agenda

The board at NCO

No agenda for this board is on file yet. The Neighborhood Commission Office sends each board's agendas by email; the Ledger will carry them here, in the office's words, as they arrive.

Land-use files open in this area

All of Oʻahu
2025-SMA-81Major SMA Permits

2025-SMA-81

Notice of Application and Public Hearing: Coming soon...

DPP public-input map · the full notice

2025-SMA-98Major SMA Permits

2025-SMA-98 - Libby Single-Unit Dwellings

NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND PUBLIC HEARING: https://honolulu.my.salesforce.com/sfc/p/a5000001ExEA/a/cx000000Quo9/_1FBqhRvOS_jWfvxwfI7egzqn_oy23jz749rtrTHcfo

DPP public-input map · the full notice

2026-SMA-45Major SMA Permits

2026-SMA-45 McIntosh Residence

PUBLIC HEARING DATE: Friday, October 23, 2026 at 10:00 am, In-person or Remote Meeting at Fasi Municipal Building, 6th Floor Conference Room, 650 S. King Street, Honolulu, HI (see Notice below). For video conference details, please contact...

DPP public-input map · the full notice

2024/GEN-11Zone Changes and DBAs

Haleiwa Backyards SLUDBA

Planning Commission Hearing: January 22, 2025

DPP public-input map · the full notice

2025-ZCH-1Zone Changes and DBAs

2025-ZCH-1

DPP public-input map · the full notice

From the Department of Planning and Permitting's public-input page, read Sept. 20, 2026. A file is placed in this area when DPP's map point falls inside the board's official boundary. The map shows applications open for comment, not every permit. The Ledger has not reviewed the application materials.

Before the City Council

Council agendas
Committee on Zoning and Planning · BILL 43 (2026), CD1
Rezoning land situated at 66-9A Waialua Beach Road, Pa‘ala‘a Kai, Waialua, O‘ahu from the Country District to the R-5 Residential District and identified as Tax Map Key 6-6-018: 024. (Applicants: Jason C. and Elisa A. Hagan) (Bill passed second reading and public hearing held 9/9/26) (Current Deadline: 12/31/26)
Committee on Zoning and Planning · BILL 43 (2026)
To rezone land situated at Pa‘ala‘a Kai, Waialua from the Country District to the R-5 Residential District and identified as Tax Map Key 6-6-018: 024. (Applicants: Jason C. and Elisa A. Hagan) (Transmitted by Communication D-388[26]; Bill passed first reading 7/8/26) (Current Deadline: 12/31/26)

From City Council committee agendas the Ledger has read into items (2 so far), in the council's words. An item appears here only when it prints a tax map key that falls in this board area, or names a department file mapped here.

In the Environmental Notice

Every item
Shoreline certification: proposed or rejected · OA-2188
Shoreline certification: proposed or rejected · OA-2187
Shoreline certification: application · OA-2188
Shoreline certification: application · OA-2187

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 board 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 board area.

Building permits here

Every board area

The city issued 1,345 permits in this area from Jan. 1, 2020 through July 1, 2025, worth $119,907,013 of work as filed; the median permit was $24,000. Of those, 105 were for a new building, 462 carried the solar flag and 38 the accessory dwelling unit flag. Across the whole file: 7,335 permits, $494,962,366.

By year
YearPermits
199916
200058
200172
2002107
2003146
2004262
2005300
2006337
2007389
2008345
2009322
2010301
2011360
2012573
2013463
2014404
2015394
2016307
2017283
2018275
2019276
2020255
2021237
2022169
2023306
2024249
2025129
What the applicants called the use
  • Single Family Dwelling: 478
  • SFD: 235
  • SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING: 155
  • RESIDENTIAL: 37
  • ADU: 27
  • School: 22

The city's file records the use as each applicant typed it, so the same use appears under several spellings.

Counted from the city's static permit file (2005 to June 30, 2025), placed by the tax map key each permit carries; 2026 permits are in HNL Build and not in any open file. Counts and totals only: the Ledger does not publish a permit's address, applicant or contractor. How the count is made.

Who lives here, by ZIP code

ZIP codePeopleHouseholdsMedian household incomeOwner-occupied homesMedian age
967916,377 ±6752,337 ±238$97,470 ±$8,7331,515 of 2,33747.5
967128,204 ±9052,870 ±293$88,333 ±$28,0741,587 of 2,87040.6
9678640,658 ±2,14712,989 ±656$85,554 ±$2,8864,038 of 12,98928.7
All of Oʻahu1,001,146338,868$106,195202,604 of 338,86839.8

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates by ZIP Code Tabulation Area, read through the Census Reporter API. These are survey estimates; ± is the 90% margin of error. ZIP code areas do not follow board boundaries, so each row describes the ZIP, not the board area. A ZIP is shown when at least a tenth of it lies inside this area.

The island-wide record

Oʻahu has one city government, so most decisions that reach North Shore are made for the whole island. Those records have one home each: City Council and committee agendas and every open land-use file.

North Shore, once a week

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