Best thing would be to call and ask the planning department and ask them what their current wait time for permits are. 

We are familiar with many of the limitations the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permits places on such a project.

Management should get off their sorry rear ends now and begin the process of attempting to find a replacement tenant with the hoped for goal of a new lease starting in January 1st, 2018.If a new tenant is found sooner (and a lease is started on, say December 10th) and there is no damage above normal wear and tear to the rental unit then management would need to return the difference in rent back to the original (now departed) tenant (minus any expenses for advertising the unit to get it re-rented).The entire point is that it is totally untrue that the rental unit has to remain empty for the remainder of the lease while property management sits around doing nothing.Gail

I spent time on the phone with the CA FTB and Employment Development Department, and am still struggling to find the right way forward with our complex circumstances. 

I wonder If I am able to get that information from the police department?

The housing department has not paid me their portion of the rent since October due to the fact that I have not signed the HAP contract which looks and reads a lot like a lease to me.

I really wish one of these sites gave you the Health department report for the Well and Septic information.   

I would start by going to the planning department and getting their free feedback.

I took the matter to the Washington Department of Labor and Industry, but because the contractor was no longer licensed, bonded and insured, they couldn't help me.

You as the new developer must prove to yourself that the 24 units in fact is real and can be built without undue cost, time, and political risk.I would ask to set up a meeting with the city planning department, have your broker and architect go with you, ask as many questions as you can about:A.