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FAN TO: bobby -Jean Leithead -Todd, Planning Committee Chairperson
,Januan' 14, 1 999
RE• Zoning Code Up -Date -- Please pass along to all committee members and enter into the count}_
record. NIahalo.
Aloha, Nis. Leithead -Todd:
Your suggestion that the Zoning Code be revised in a `fasttrack" process has come to my
attention. I see red flags all over the place in light of this suggestion.
Thanks to members of the community for bringing it to light, the courts have detemined
that the 7oning Code that was accepted by the now- defunct council is in violation of State law. The
latest revised code offers no protection - -in fact, restri public participation - -to democratic
per, while it further opens county resources to the haphazard. poorly thought -out
development which continues to plague this counts.
Some of the points in the latest Zoning Code with which I am in total disagreement are those
that - -like making important decisions without community input —give undo powers of decision -
making to an appointed body (the Planning Commission): allowing excessive height limits for
agricultural structures on .agricultural land and determining height limits for buildings and
communications: alloying small hotels on .-\g or Open land with only a Use Permit: establishment
of shoreline setbacks. I also strongly object to eliminating EIS requirements and, in fact. feel that
there is a crucial need to consider addition of CIS (Cultural Impact Statements) in mans cases.
Eliminating contested case hearings when Use Permits are considered is in clear opposition to the
inclusion of the pubic in democratic processes (Contested Case hearings should not be deemed
unnecessary bits of "red tape. ")
I strongly request that the Zoning -)de be thoroughly examined by the new council iii a
manner that alloys time for this important activity to take place. Thirty -three days is isufficient.
Rather, several months would alloy the proper time for this York to occur - -work which gill
affect all communities on Hawaii Island. Any other approach focuses on the needs of developers- -
not Hawaii's residents.
'Iahalo a nut fan,
Comm. No. 9:405
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