2024-11-1 Chuck Flaherty Testimony GP 2045 1 of 2

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important. Let’s use the example of a property owner who wants to rezone and subdivide 300 acres in the state land use Agriculture district. If the property owner applies to rezone and subdivide for Ag-1 lots, the owner could be granted approvals. Now let’s say the property owner wants to subsequently have the subdivision moved to the state land use Rural district, so that amenities, such as a members’ lodge, could be built. The owner would have to file a petition with the state Land Use Commission (LUC) for boundary amendment and the petition would go before the LUC for consideration. And let’s say the owner asks the county to use the general plan comprehensive review process to redesignate the subdivision from Agricultural to Rural in the GP land use map and let’s say the county makes the change in the GP land use map. Because the individual lots in the subdivision are Ag-1, that is, less than 15 acres, the state LUC would no longer have jurisdiction and individual land owners could then petition the county to have their lot(s) redesignated from the state land use Agriculture district to Rural and also apply for county rezoning to Rural as well. The bottom line is that while the project owner cannot request a state land use boundary amendment involving more than 15 acres because the Planning Director would have redesignated the GP land use map to Rural for all lots in the project’s subdivision, the individual lot owner(s) can apply to the county have their 1 acre lots redesignated to the state land use Rural district and apply for county rezoning to Rural in order to accrue the ability to have expanded property rights and uses on their lots. Presently, the Planning Director is refusing to provide the reason that he is proposing such changes to the GP land use map. Mahalo, Chuck Flaherty Captain Cook