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Bonnie Goodell 460&967-7775 L~3/7/01 ~136PM X6/10 • Bormme Goodeil'Bornae 8isseNSustaznab4ity Comminee re GP DRAFT 6c Zoinng :vtarch 8, 2001 5 either show build-out of permitted land use or show how the development rights will be withdrawn • The Planning Director has verbally committed to malting this basic change II Apply the County's own Land Zoning Bank policy for projecting future subdivision and zoning needs where the existing inventory of buildable pazcels is insufficient for the next five to ten year;, based on actual use as descnbed in paragraph I Why? • The Land Zoning Bank is a prescnbed part of community development plans Its function is to inventory the available vacant land in each zomng classification and then determine if there is sufficient available land to meet the development needs for the next 5- l0years Only if there is imsufficient vacant land in a given zomng classification does the Land Zoning Bank allocate a "fund" of "zoning acres" that may be drawn upon to upzone in that area If there is ample vacant inventory, no rezoning should occur Tlns function, if it is to function at all, must be reflected in the GP The County and the State (in them Boundary• analyses), have both made a mockery of this pnnciple by assuming that, for instance in Puna, 16,000 pazcels, each one-half-acre or less in size, do not count as existing inventory of bnildable residential parcels because they are zoned for agnculture. Additional residential subdivisions are thereby ~ustdied. III The GP must plan locations of pazks, fire stations, police stations, stores and other daily commerce, employment, waste disposal, public water, utility s}•stems and transportation links for all anticipated development shown as a result of compliance with I and II The County must requue the State to pror ide, for the GP, all the schools, state pazks and other state facihties Why? • IIRS Chapter 226 and the function of planning require this. Planning accomplishes the purpose of health, safety, and management of the public purse by anticipating needs in time to make arrangements for them at the lowest possible public cost Waiting to identify needed publrc lands until pnvate property must be condemned is contradtctory to the function of planning • It is not fair to property owners for them to have to invest in them pnvate property while the threat constantl}' hangs over them of condemnation for public use Thrs threat occurs when go~erninent creates development rights that will require public infrastructure and services, but fails to plan for those publrc land needs IV Provide within the GP review a process for all communities to choose between two different development styles• suburban sprawl or compact "livable" communities. Provide realistic descnptions of the two options including infrastructure, environmental and energy