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<br />,. <br /> <br />.0; <br /> <br /> <br />County of Hawai'i <br />PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> <br />Aupuni Center. 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 . Hila, Hawai'i 96720 <br />Phone (808) 961-8288 . Fax (808) 961-8742 <br /> <br />December 18, 2009 <br /> <br />r--.> <br /><:::::::> <br />c:::. <br />c.o <br />c::::J <br />,...,.., <br />C":) <br />r'\) <br />CO <br /> <br /> <br />The Honorable J Yoshimoto, Chairman <br />and Members of the County Council <br />County of Hawai 'i <br />25 Aupuni Street <br />Hilo, HI 96720 <br /> <br />o <br />20 <br />Xl,) <br />.~~ <br /> <br /> <br />-0 <br />.:::3 <br />N:> <br /> <br />-;-.,.. <br />~:.. <br />ITi <br />o <br /> <br />CJ <br />CJ1 <br /> <br />Dear Chairman Yoshimoto and Council Members: <br /> <br />Initiator: County Council <br />Amendment to Chapter 25, Article 2, Division 4, Hawai'i County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, <br />As Amended) Relating to Concurrent Standards for Parks and Recreational Facilities <br />In Change of Zone Actions <br /> <br />The Leeward Planning Commission at its duly held public hearing on November 20,2009, <br />considered the County Council's request for an amendment to Chapter 25, Article 2, Division 4, <br />Hawai'i County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), relating to concurrency standards for <br />parks and recreational facilities and firefighting facilities in change of zone actions. <br /> <br />The Commission voted to send an unfavorable recommendation to the County Council, and <br />concurs with the Planning Director's reasons for the unfavorable recommendation as follows: <br /> <br />The Planning Director recommends that the Planning Commission send an <br />unfavorable recommendation to the Council on the proposed amendment to the Zoning <br />Code. Because the County does not currently meet the proposed standards, the bill would <br />create a moratorium on rezoning in the County. For Puna, North Kona, South Kona, and <br />South Kohala, the ban on new zoning would last until the County more than doubled the <br />developed park space in the district. At the same time, this rezoning ban would do <br />nothing to increase the number of parks or fire officers. The proposed bill would <br />penalize property owners and the public by restricting zoning changes; the public cannot <br />remedy the situation with respect to parks and fire stations. It would ban rezoning on the <br />grounds of insufficient infrastructure in the district, even though the zoning request might <br />include public park lands that would reduce the problem. <br /> <br />Hawai'i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br />