There are several layers of law involved when it comes to land use. Starting from the top, federal law. Indian, or native Hawaiian, land is regulated by federal law. State law. Some country and city land use is regulated by state law, which sometimes overlaps with local law. Local law is C&C of Honolulu. Lowest down the ladder is neighborhood law, in this case, Neighborhood Board "law" - which is really a patchwork of what a person living in the neighborhood wants and does not want. The north shore doesn't want any native property use because that brings in federal law and crimes are not permissible under federal law the same way they are permissible under local law levels due to who you know and what strings you can pull. If this was native land use, no one would be able to control it except the feds.