11-18-2010, 05:29 AM
quote:Carol, that is the popular belief and has been repeated so often, it's taken as truth. It has some truth, but the excess fluff clouds the bottom line reality.
Originally posted by csgray
It is my understanding that there is a conflict between what HPP land is zoned for and what it was designated as on the "master plan" under which the subdivision was divided up and sold. Am I correct that regardless of how land is marked on the HPP map, that it is all zoned A-1, and that the county has so far been unwilling to match the zoning with the plan which includes parks, schools, and commercial?
It is true that land intended for other than agricultural use still has AG zoning and the County of Hawaii has not altered the zoning to match the intended use. However, on no less than two separate occasions by two separate County Councils they have affirmed by legally binding legislation that the County of Hawaii will honor the intended land use. That if and when a request is made to rezone property to match the intended use, the County will do so.
The question I have asked before and never received an answer was: has anyone made application to rezone the land from AG to the intended use? If nobody has asked for the rezoning, the County has nothing to rezone.