2008-09-04 TNORTH KOHALA CDP - Laserfiche WebLink

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IWASHITA: Mr. Chair? WOODWARD: Yes. IWASHITA: I have a clarification to ask the Director, cause it’s my impression, and I’m asking the Director to correct me if I say the misimpression. And that is it’s my understanding under current law during the subdivision approval process and zoning change in process that the Department reviews any access issues, public access issues, in the course of reviewing and approving such applications. Is that correct? YUEN: Basically correct but not all. Subdivisions of six lots or more under Chapter 34, Hawaii County Code, that are between a public road and a shoreline will be reviewed for public access and public access can be required. Also, lots between public roads and mountain forest reserve or recreation areas can be reviewed for such purposes. And then you would also review subdivisions that require, that might have an SMA minor permit requirement. So it’s not free floating; and there are limits to what you can require based on those ordinances. So what we would -. IWASHITA: In those situations -? YUEN: Yes. IWASHITA: Where the Department does process those, it is in a normal course of reviewing those applications that questions are raised about access and location and so forth, and whether or not those need to be addressed somehow with conditions in those applications? YUEN: Right. And we would take what’s in the CDP as a community recommendation -. IWASHITA: No, no, I don’t want to go there yet. YUEN: Okay. IWASHITA: That is without the CDP, right? YUEN: Yes, we still do that. IWASHITA: Without the CDP? YUEN: Yes. IWASHITA: Okay. So my impression then is by including this list in the CDP that it will not change that process, or add to it, or create any more burdens on a private EXHIBIT C 17