COM 0526.028 2010-2012 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

September 06,2012 County of Hawaii Planning Committee HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo,Hawaii 96720 Aloha: RE: OPPOSITION TO BILL 168 Souza/Mulliken Rezone RS-10 to CV-10 Zoning Change TMK (3)1-08-002:064 Parcel Located 18-1354 Nichols Road,Mt.View,HI 96771 We are neighbors living across the street from the subject property since the mid 1980's and our position is to oppose the proposed zoning change for the reasons described below. In my profession experience (Licensed Architect since 1982) doing highest and best use studies for clients seeking to purchase or develop properties to evaluate the property's potential;I would have recommended not to purchase or develop the subject property unless using the property only for a residence. I believe this property would have no realistic chance of rezoning (upzoning) when and until the Mt.View Community has set the guidelines for a Neighborhood Development Plan;and only if the property was accessed from the Old Volcano Road. Highway 11 access to the property even thru the private Nichols Road is contrary to sound planning practices. Perhaps in a decade or so,Mt.View Neighborhood Community may have the population and demand for Neighborhood Zoned parcels (CN-zoned). That is the appropriate time to consider mass zoning (CN-zoned) for the good of the neighborhood;but it is not appropriate right now to spot zone to a (CV-zone). Upzoning from a Residential Zoned property should only be considered if the potential zoning and permitted uses are compatible within a predominantly residential neighborhood. By changing a property's zoning classifications,the greatest negative use permitted by that zoning change becomes the future of the property and the measure for governing Public Officials to determine if the upzoning is appropriate for the communities'best interest. The County Code has the RCX Residential-Commercial Mixed Use District zoning a transitional residential to commercial zoning district of RCX (§25-5-42). The Code also has the CN Commercial Neighborhood District zoning to further bridge the gap (potential upzoning)between residential uses and limited commercial uses. Since the Public Officials (in their entirety)have not fully embraced the Basic Planning Principle To Judge The Merits Of An Upzoning by the property's potential impacts on Comm. No. 2Jo. 23 Ref.To: Ref. Date,SEP 0 6