Inside Honolulu reports:

In March it was online camping permits.

Now, the city is getting ready to close its building permit counter at Kapolei Hale and move all of its dealings online. 

Hawaii News Now reports that one-fourth of all city permitting is already done online:

The Kapolei building permit counter will close later this year as the city Planning and Permitting Department expands its on-line and electronic building permit initiatives, city officials said. 

“These initiatives have saved the department thousands of man-hours, as well as providing the public improved services and avoiding waits in long lines,” said Art Challacombe, chief of the Department of Planning and Permitting’s Customer Service Office. 

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“Training for staff is currently under way and we expect a late-summer public roll-out date,” Challacombe said.