2015-04-02 HearingTranscript - Harry and Sandra Freitas _REZ 14-185_

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For the reasons stated above, the Planning Director is recommending that the Planning Commission forward an unfavorable recommendation to the Hawai‛i County Council. That concludes our presentation. I’m ready to answer any questions if you have any. MIYASATO: Commission, Commissioner Ikeda. IKEDA: Mr. Darrow, is the adjacent property zoned five acres? DARROW: Let’s go back to the—sorry about that. Okay, this is the County zoning map. All of the, a majority, if not all, there’s a few change of zones that occurred within town as well as this blue portion, parcel, that’s located on the right side of the map. The remainder of the properties that you see on this map consist of existing zoning. So, the light green, which is on the border of this, of the Applicant’s property, is zoned Agricultural – 5 acres. The Applicant is requesting a similar allowance be given to them to be able to sub their--subdivide their property through a variance process. If you noticed that, these Agricultural – 5 acre lots, some of them consist of six lots, and that was a—an allowance granted to them through the Subdivision Code that if you have existing zoning, you can apply for a variance for up to six lots for water requirements, and so that’s what they’ve done. These people had existing Agricultural – 5 acre zoning. In regards to the darker color, the lots again are all this, all similar at 50 acres. Their zoning of Agricultural – 2 acre [sic] 20 acres only allows the Applicants to subdivide into two lots. IKEDA: Okay. DARROW: And you’ll notice, it’s hard to see but there are a number of these lots that have been subdivided to 25 acres. IKEDA: Okay, thank you. MIYASATO: Commissioners, any questions for staff? I have one, Jeff. You know, as a follow up to that, for this variance, is it up to six lots, or can they do ten. DARROW: For a water variance under the Subdivision Code with existing zoning, it only allows up to six lots in the Agricultural District. MIYASATO: Okay, thank you. No other questions, Commissioners? Thank you. Could the Applicant or representative please come forward? HEAUKULANI: Mr. Chair? While the Applicant, counselor come forward, I just wanted to make a disclosure on the record. I do not have a conflict in this case, though I know both of the Applicants professionally. I appear before Judge Freitas regularly, and have litigated cases against Mrs. Freitas, but that professional relationship won’t have anything, impact on my decisions in this matter. 4 EXHIBIT A