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January 18, 2012 Hawaii County Council Planning Committee co,,,* jTY CLLR K r+ r A 2012 Jill 18 All 9: 37 RE: Opposition to Bill 168, Souza /Mulliken rezone, CV -10 to RS -10 Aloha, PlPc. CoMM. 526 My name is Susan Langer and I live at 18 -1358 Nichols Rd. with my husband and 90 year old Mother. Our RS -10 residence is situated on a hill adjacent to and overlooking the Souza /Mulliken property. We purchased our home in 1994 because we wanted to live in a rural /agricultural neighborhood. We like being near Mt. View Village, but the village is a separate area from our neighborhood. We oppose this rezone amendment and are in complete agreement with the Planning Department's original "unfavorable" recommendation stating that this proposed rezoning was not consistent with the Land Use and Commercial Elements of the General Plan. A copy of the Planning Department's original recommendation is attached as Exhibit "A ". We agree with the reasoning provided in this recommendation: 1) the project location is situated in the Low Density Urban area, 2) immediate surrounding properties are in single - family use, and 3) existing commercial zoned lands are already located in Mountain View Village where commercial uses and traffic patterns have already been established. To summarize the application: Our neighbors purchased a vacant RS -1o, 13,784 ft. lot in 2010 and constructed a two story house with a 1,750 sq. ft. footprint. They are proposing to build an 1,800 sq. ft. car repair shop in their front yard in an area comprising 7660 sq. ft. with 6 parking stalls (Please refer to engineer's site plan measurement Exhibit "B "). To put things in perspective, i800 sq. feet is the size of a 3 bay commercial auto shop. The business will share parking ,with the existing residence. The area of the parcel where the house and proposed business is located is entirely "Low Density Urban" on the LUPAG map (Exhibit "C "). A small and inaccessible area of the property is designated "Medium Density Urban. The property and its access are entirely within the Nichols Road neighborhood as there is no physical connection between it and Mt. View Village. We strongly oppose this rezoning request for many reasons: 1. The change of zone allows for unsuitable present and future uses for this small parcel with poor access. Any business now or in the future can have up to five employees without consideration of limited parking. The Applicants could now, without changing their building permit, open a retail store with even Comm. No, S 2-(.. L Ref. To: /2)/ Ref. Date JAN 1 8 2012