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Curtis Tyler
From: "lindon" <lindon@hawaii.rr.com>
To: <ctyler@interpac.net>
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 8:38 AM
Subject: Nani Kona Aina rezoning
Dear Mr. Tyler,
Once again, I'm writing to ask you to vote against the proposed rezoning
for the Nani Kona Aina project. Unless and until new, adequate
infrastructure is in place to support the increase in traffic this project
will generate, there will be no benefit to the community. On the contrary
at the last Kona meeting addressing this project, everyone who testified
enumerated the adverse impacts of the project, with only one voice in favor
the developer's representative. With so much testimony against, and so
little in favor, one can't help but ask why you and your fellow councilmen
would approve this project as is.
A major concern for those of us living in Kona Heights and Kailua View
Estates is the issue of unenforced zoning laws. As you may know, these
subdivisions are zoned "single family residence", and yet a large
percentage of homes here are de facto apartment buildings. Homes are put
on the market as 2-unit income properties, and bought and sold as such. We
have no reason to believe that the proposed 43 homes will remain
single-family residences, or that there will only be 43 families living
there. I believe my cul-de-sac is representative of the area. There are
10 houses on the street, and 3 of them are subdivided into illegal rental
units. This generates not only increased noise pollution and litter (our s
neighbors have parties at the end of the cul-de-sac and leave their empties O n_ ~
on the street and in our yard), but adds an average of one more car per C
person over age 16. There have been as many as NINE cars belonging to one - . ~
"family" next door, and five or six at the other illegal duplex across the
street. This makes for almost constant in-and-out traffic and on-street ~
parking (instead ofoff-street parking, as the laws stipulate). - -
You ve heard the other issues regarding this project from others in the ~
area. Please believe us when we tell you this project will erode our
quality of life even further. No one will stand to benefit from this kind
of density except the developer. Please call a halt to development without
infrastructure.
Sincerely,
Linda Gross
Kona Heights
Comm. No. ~3g'41
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5/14/04