06-21-2012, 07:57 AM
At the present there is a committee working on a Pahoa Plan. I understand that they have had over 600 respondents to their survey so far. There is also a design plan committee. It would be nice if there were a moratorium on new changes of zone until these two community initiatives are completed and carved in stone.
Each zoning designation has a whole list of uses that are allowable, and some of them might really not be appropriate for certain areas. A Pahoa plan, if enacted, could eliminate some of these. These are not detailed uses, such as MacDonald's/fast food restaurants, but broader uses - restaurant. At present, for example, an allowable use in CV are crematoria and funeral homes. I doubt that anyone would want to see a crematorium on Pahoa Village Rd., which cannot handle the traffic generated by a good sized funeral.
However, absent a temporary moratorium pending the enactment of these plans, change of zone is legal. Opposing a legal activity like change of zone could be seen as discriminatory.
Each zoning designation has a whole list of uses that are allowable, and some of them might really not be appropriate for certain areas. A Pahoa plan, if enacted, could eliminate some of these. These are not detailed uses, such as MacDonald's/fast food restaurants, but broader uses - restaurant. At present, for example, an allowable use in CV are crematoria and funeral homes. I doubt that anyone would want to see a crematorium on Pahoa Village Rd., which cannot handle the traffic generated by a good sized funeral.
However, absent a temporary moratorium pending the enactment of these plans, change of zone is legal. Opposing a legal activity like change of zone could be seen as discriminatory.