06-18-2013, 10:39 AM
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Tyranny of the minority. Best example is the "S.P.A.C.E. Special-Use" (which persists despite the original complainants having moved off-island).
It would be cheaper for everyone if the subdivisions were grandfathered in-place, and the current infrastructure (or lack thereof) made a required disclosure for all real-estate transactions.
The current situation is like buying a house near the airport, then complaining about how noisy it is, and starting a campaign to have the airport shut down. Seriously, if you didn't want to live next to the airport (or on a dusty unpaved road, or outside the broadband service area, etc), why did you buy a house there?
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Well, the SPACE case is a little different from my understanding...they had a special use permit that allowed specific activities and uses, but then they began sponsoring activities that went waaaay beyond what was allowed in their permit. In the HPP case, the complaining owners knew they were buying on a dirt road so I have little sympathy for them. In the SPACE case, the complaining owners were objecting to an unauthorized, dramatic expansion of SPACE activities in a residential neighborhood that was adversely affecting their quality of life. One could argue that SPACE's activities were good for the community at large, but if you lived next door or across the street you might have a different opinion, since the noise, extra traffic, etc. would directly affect you more than "the community at large."