HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-04-04 Testimony Mark Sidmore0 0Q� 011 MA�t4, J � 0 t) ru e rem s
SSUES WITH BILL 121
THERE ARE TOO MANY HIDDEN TRAPS IN
THIS BILL AS WRITTEN
where as the public has not been given the opportunity to ask questions and learn the
meaning and effects of this bill, I have these suggestions to BILL 121 as written:
-DEFINE "safety, health and code requirements" which must be signed under penalty
of perjury. We MUST know what these codes are in order to not purger ourselves.
25-4-16.5(2) must be define BEFORE passage sadly, this seems to have been
left up to the planning dept to define
*hidden trap*
-DEFINE Time Limits to come into compliance of these "requirements" during the
application process if denied or need clarification or to legalize portions of the
dwellings ... regarding safety, heath and code *hidden trap* How backed up is
planning, building currently?
-DEFINE `guest limits' or `maximum renter limits' HOW is this determined? By
Whom? WHEN? *hidden trap*
-DEFINE `parking requirements' Heather Kimbal has verbally stated that parking on
a�,acent parcels or nearl ! leased lots would be acceptable yet it is NOT YET in this
Bill 121 PLEASE REVISE *hidden trap*
-DEFINE "building site" to INCLUDE contiguously landscaped lots owned by same
owner *hiddnn tr?n*
-DEFINE "ohana" or Accessory dwelling as occupied by owner on adjacent
lots
-STRIKE 25-4-16.1(a) altogether
or at least strike 25-4-16.1(a) `transient accommodation is subordinate
and incidental to use as principal home' Large house, single owner doesn't make
sense How can one person occupy an entire 3,000 sq ft home with several rooms?
perhaps change to 10% of sq ft? *hidden trap*
-25-4-16-2(a)2 ADD VACATION NODES AS PROMISED IN "'
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-25-4-16-2(b)3 allow owner to live in Ohana or detached bedroom
-25-4-16-3(a)1 to include VACATION NODES as promised in 2008
PARKING 25-4-16.5 (1) allow parking requirements to be fulfilled on adjacent lots by
way of lease (as Maui does for commercial parking requirements)
Application Process 25-4-16.6 & 25-4-16.11(b) ALLOWED TO OPERATE DURING
APPEALS PROCESS IF DENIED INITIAL APPLICATION
-MUST DEFINE 25-4-16.10(1) "pertinent laws" before passage
25-4-16.10(2) "health & safety code requirements" before passage
-CHANGE 25-4-16.12(3) "bedrooms" or any `sleeping room' as many homes were
built with bedrooms being called `storage' or `workshops' within the home sq ft and
legal at the time to `sleep' in them *hidden trap*
-DEFINE 25-4-16.17(1)(a) "building site" to
include contiguously landscaped parcels
-CHANGE 25-4-16.23 "SHALL BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE DURING APPEALS
PROCESS" "IF PROPERTY OWNER PREVAILS, COUNTY SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR LEGAL FEES" to stop retaliatory or arbitrary actions by inspectors or neighbors in
way of complaints
-ADD A CLAUSE OF EXEMPTION FOR COMPLIANCE IF REGISTRATION WOULD
PRECLUDE OWNER FROM OBTAINING HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE IN LAVA
ZONES 1 & 2
WE NEED A O&A SESSION ABOUT THESE PROPOSED RULES.
PREVIOUS `ZOOM' MEETINGS WERE ONE SIDED AND PUBLIC
COMMENTS WERE NOT ADDRESSED AND MANY TIMES WE WERE
MUTED DURING THE MEETINGS