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as far as timing of those hearings. And so the Planning Director is recommending approval of <br />this change to the Zoning Code. <br />WOODWARD: Do we have any questions? <br />KERN: Mr. Chairman? <br />WOODWARD: Commissioner Kern. <br />KERN: It says here that it's changing from 500 to 1,000 feet or two contiguous lots in all <br />directions. Was the two contiguous lots always the case or is that new as well? Was it just 500 <br />feet before, period -? <br />COTTLE: Period. <br />KERN: And now it's 1,000 feet or two contiguous lots? <br />COTTLE: That's correct. <br />KERN: Thank you. <br />LEITHEAD TODD: Just by way of explanation, it's trying to take into account that in the Ag <br />District the contiguous lot could be huge. So the idea is like, you know, the lot next door might <br />be 40 acres, so that would be the only guy you'd normally notice but there might be other people <br />utilizing the road or the area. So the two contiguous lots is to try and expand the area of notice. <br />WOODWARD: Okay, any further questions for staff? We have one member of the public, <br />Mr. Rees wants to testify on this. All right, we've already sworn you in so you can just tell us <br />what you think. <br />REES: Yes, Commissioners. Ms. Leithead Todd pretty well explained the reason why I <br />suggested at the County Council level why they not just have, not necessarily arbitrarily but a <br />specific distance designation. Obviously I think this is a good increase, the more notice the <br />better. And it's not onerous upon government or applicants, and it's pretty easy to notify the <br />people within these areas. I felt it was important to address the issue, as she stated, in Ag parcels <br />where people share roadways. There's often private roadways, public roadways, paper roadways <br />which are now government roads and a change of zone could increase the traffic drastically. <br />And often times there's informal agreements between the users of the roadway, and you might <br />want to be notified about that , that you may need to be kicking out 5,000 more a year in <br />maintenance, you know. So the reason why I suggested that was to accomplish this further <br />notification. <br />And there was a clause -. Actually before coming here today I didn't know whether the County <br />Council ever amended that and included that language. Donald Ikeda, Commissioner, I mean <br />Council Member from Kaumana District, he told me he had contact from people in Kau area and <br />EXHIBIT E <br />