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Gmail-Galan change-of-zone application testimony 4/3/12 2:45 PM NA Galan change-of-zone application testimony Tiffany Edwards Hunt <tiffanyedwardshunt @gmail.com> Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:45 PM To: counciltestimony @co.hawaii.hi.us, dyagong @co.hawaii.hi.us Cc: Tiffany Edwards Hunt <newswoman @mac.com> Tiffany Edwards Hunt P.O. Box 557 Kurtistown, HI 96760 (808) 968-6439 newswoman @mac.com Testimony to the Hawaii County Council Planning Committee Change of Zone Application REZ11-145, Karen and Adrian Galan April 3, 2012 Member of the Hawaii County Council Planning Committee: Please consider this testimony for myself, Tiffany Edwards Hunt, and my husband, Jeff Hunt, owner of Jeff Hunt Surfboards LLC. Jeff Hunt Surfboards LLC is located on the parcel adjoining the parcels at issue in the change of zone application before you. The application seeks to change parcels totaling 17,994 square feet from family residential (RS-10) to village commercial (CV 7.5)for the purpose of developing the property into five detached two-story bungalows to be used for retail and overnight visitors accommodations. We are opposed to this application for a number of reasons, including the traffic to be created by this proposed development, the lack of adequate parking proposed and the potential fire protection problem that this proposed development would create with the size of the water lines to the property. We are also concerned that the applicant couple will not develop the property as proposed and will merely sell the property once the property is zoned village commercial. There will be no control over the development in that case. Without adequately addressing these concerns, the applicant cannot demonstrate that the public necessity and convenience and general welfare require this proposed zoning amendment. (Please note the standard set forth in Section 25-2-40 that must be followed in approving zoning amendments: "This chapter may be amended by changing the boundaries of the districts or by changing any other provision in this chapter whenever the public necessity and convenience and the general welfare require such amendment, and when such amendment would be consistent with the goals, policies and standards of the general plan.") Parking for the proposed development is inadequate. The applicant couple has proposed 18 parking spaces for the development and claim these spaces exceed the requirements of the Zoning Code. The applicant couple claim there will be at least two employees (1 or 2 full time and 1 part-time) for each of the shops, which means that at least eight of the eighteen total spaces will be used by employees. The project proposes six resort units, which would need at least one parking space per unit, or six parking spaces. That means a total of four parking spaces for customers of the retail shops. We believe that is not reasonable or realistic, and it is certainly not in compliance with the Zoning Code. Substantially more parking spaces should be required for this project. The applicant couple has failed to provide the County of Hawaii with adequate information about traffic impacts. The change of zone application is deficient for the fact that it does not include a traffic impact assessment report (TIAR) prepared by a traffic engineer, offering the County of Hawaii information on what kind of traffic improvements should be COMM. No. to . •• https://mail.google.com/mail/7ui=2&ik=d2448fcb64&view=pt&search=sent&th=1367a620f6fdd7cd Ref. To: to/ pc Page 1 of 3 Ref. Date APR 0 3 2012