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Honolulu bribery scandal prompts permit department overhaul JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER, Associated Press April 23, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail HONOLULU (AP) Honolulu is overhauling its building permit process after a federal investigation resulted in indictments alleging a bribery scheme. Last month’s indictments allege that five current and former employees of the city’s Department of Planning and Permitting took bribes in exchange for favors, including approving plans for residential projects and nullifying code violations at a multi-family residence in Waikiki. An architect was also charged and pleaded guilty to paying bribes to a building plans examiner, Kanani Padeken, who also pleaded guilty. The department then fired her. ....
Homeowner says former DPP employee arrested by FBI delayed his permits back in 2015 DPP probe nets not guilty pleas, homeowner says FBI began DPP investigation six years ago By Rick Daysog | March 31, 2021 at 7:47 PM HST - Updated March 31 at 9:49 PM HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Back in January 2015, Kahala resident Ian Lind submitted several permit applications to the city Department of Planning and Permitting to renovate his home. âIt took us five and a half months to get the permits because of âWayne the Pain,ââ said Lind, a longtime investigative reporter and blogger. Lind is referring to Wayne Inouye, the cityâs former chief building inspector, who was arrested by the FBI along with several other DPP staffers and ex-staffers on Tuesday on federal wire fraud charges. ....
2:27 Bill 90 (2020) was unanimously passed by the City Council earlier this week creating an expiration date on permits allowing homeowners to expand their houses. Despite a 2019 law prohibiting the construction of oversized houses on residential lots, they were still being built in neighborhoods across Oʻahu. That s because permit applications submitted before the ban could still be approved allowing homeowners to legally build monster homes. Council Chair Tommy Waters introduced the measure last year after seeing monster homes being built in Kaimuki. He says under the measure, approved monster home permits would expire after a year, and sooner if the application is pending. ....