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and subdivide with that 15,000- square foot zoning. They would have had to have done
<br />road improvements and the water improvements to do that, to do that project. So they
<br />decided, as Mr. Fuke says, they decided to do a lesser project in order not to have to carry
<br />some of those costs; and the net result of it is, you know, a rather small rezoning.
<br />FUKE:Mr. Chairman, can I just clarify.
<br />GALDONES:Sure, Mr. Fuke.
<br />FUKE:Yeah, I think, I concur like with what the Director has indicated.
<br />And I would have to indicate, you know, Commissioner Kubota, that IÓm not really
<br />certain whether Condition E was satisfied. All of the conditions that are outlined in the
<br />existing ordinance would be triggered in conjunction with the actual subdivision, you
<br />know, of the property into 25-plus lots.
<br />The other thing IÓd like to clarify is that the ApplicantÓs reason for coming in with this
<br />Change of Zone is not necessarily because of the inability to proceed with the 25- or 30-
<br />lot subdivision in that area. It was more like the former owners of the property,
<br />C. Brewer for its own reason, had elected to abandon its housing project. This, the
<br />Applicant today, however, from their personal, I guess, estate planning purposes, they felt
<br />that it would be prudent, more prudent to have like a two-lot subdivision, you know, like
<br />six two-lot, two-acre lot, you know, type of subdivision rather than a 25-lot, and getting
<br />to the development and trying to do what developers do. So thatÓs the reason why -. I
<br />think that as a fall-back position, as I indicated in the beginning, that if for some reason
<br />like, you know, all of the same conditions and all the expectations of the original 25-lot
<br />project, you know, are saddled onto this six-lot subdivision, they would walk away and
<br />just say, IÓll do a 25, IÓll do a 30-lot subdivision, Òcause then itÓll pencil out. But I canÓt
<br />do, I cannot fulfill all of these other kind of infrastructure requirement for a 25-, 30-lot
<br />subdivision, you know, for only a six-lot subdivision. And thatÓs kind of like the bottom
<br />line, so -.
<br />GALDONES:Commissioner Springer?
<br />SPRINGER:How about improvements at this intersection with the old
<br />Mamalahoa Highway to improve the sight distance and the turning radius? Is that within
<br />feasibility for your clients?
<br />FUKE:IÓm not really sure, yeah, IÓm not really sure. You know, pretty
<br />much like youÓre constrained by the existing right-of-way, which is already delineated.
<br />And, for example, you know, to make it into like an idealized situation, it may actually
<br />require like acquisition of adjoining properties; and that might be very costly, or very
<br />difficult to achieve if the adjoining owner elects not to sell, you know.
<br />SPRINGER:Thank you. Mr. Chair?
<br />GALDONES:Commissioner Springer?
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