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Honorable Leningrad Elarionoff, Chair <br /> and Members of the County Council <br /> HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL <br /> Page 8 <br /> December 18, 2003 <br /> A closing word: the County government is given a great deal of power and <br /> responsibility in the land use area to regulate land use for the benefit of all our citizens. <br /> To allow each landowner to do whatever he or she wants will, in the end, injure everyone. <br /> If we fail to use our powers to protect open space and agricultural ]ands, large parts of our <br /> island will look like suburbs of Los Angeles in the not-too distant future. We are already <br /> zoned for faz more development than our roads, parks, and other infrastructure can <br /> handle. The General Plan is the right place to start drawing some of these lines. We must <br /> understand and respect constitutional limits, but they do not prevent us from making <br /> rational land use decisions to protect our quality of life. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> <br /> ~,~s / <br /> CHRISTOPHER . YUEN <br /> Planning Director <br /> CJY:pak <br /> Wpwin60/Chris/General Plan re faking law.doc <br /> cc: Mayor Harry Kim <br /> Mr. Roy Takemoto <br /> David Callies, Esq. <br /> Mr. Norman Hayashi <br /> Mr. Daryn Arai <br /> Ms. Alice Kawaha <br /> Corporation Counsel <br /> <br />