01-10-2011, 06:34 AM
quote:They have not been asked to change the zoning.
Originally posted by JerryCarr
While I am glad that there is at least something in the way of retail in HPP, this begs the question of why at least one of the 20-acre parcels designated as commercial in the HPP Master Plan and the Puna CDP is not zoned as such.
This is a controversial subject because it gets great mileage to blame the County for lack of commercial zoning. However the truth doesn’t have the same soapbox. It is the property owners who are the ones who decide which of the two zonings they want. If anyone has a question as to why a lot in HPP that is designated for commercial development still has an AG zoning, they should be directing it to the property owners, not the County. The County of Hawaii has a legal binding obligation to change those lots designated for commercial development when a change is requested, but until the property owner ask, they also have a legal binding obligation to keep it as is.