Source: First Amendment Center

Wire Service: AP

http://www.fac.org/rel_liberty/publiclife/news.aspx?id=14432

On November 30, 2004 the Associated Press reported, "after 10 years, two denials, a federal lawsuit and a contested case hearing, a small rural congregation has won a permit to build a chapel on its property. The Maui County planning commission first denied Hale O Kaula a special-use permit to build on its property, which is zoned for agricultural use, in 1995. Earlier this month the commission unanimously approved the permit, following a nine-hour meeting. Conditions for the permit include limiting both service hours and attendance at weekly meetings and four special annual events. In turn, the church dropped a federal lawsuit against the county and was to receive an undisclosed payment from the county, covered by insurance."