04-01-2008, 01:10 PM
So let me see if I understand you correctly. You got off the record advice from a co. official who told you that HRS 302A-1184 does not apply to Charter schools. Is that correct? Did that official happen to mention that HRS 301A-1184 applies to nobody because it was repealed a couple of years ago? You notified neighbors within the required 300-ft, and you even notified a few farther away that was personally known. I wonder how many properties were in that 300’ notification zone?
You said that you as well as the other owners have been working on the special permits from the beginning. But you also said Special Use permits would be applied for, before the hearing date. So is that like driving a car while you and your family discuss getting drivers license? Did you actually complete and file the application for the special use permit?
You stated that the Charter School Review Panel called the Building Division and they issued a Cease and Desist order based on a lack of permits to operate a school. If that’s correct, I don’t get your argument. You didn’t have the permit, you got caught, and you got shut down. That’s the process, as it should apply to everyone.
If a bar opened without a permit in defiance of county zoning regulations next to your house, are you saying they get to stay open while they attempt to apply for zoning permits or are they shut down until they get one?
If a Rendering plant opened up in defiance of county zoning regulations next to your house, are you saying they should be allowed to stay open while they attempt to apply for the permits or are they to be shut down until they get one?
If someone on the property next to you opens up a halfway house for child sex offenders without going through the proper permit and zoning requirements, should they be allowed to stay open while they try to get a permit, or should they be shut down for lack of proper permits?
If Whelbrator is building a demonstration incinerator smack in the heart of HPP which is in violation of county zoning, should they be allowed to continue while they try to get permits or should they be shut down?
Now, I have no idea who these Rosenberg or Katz are, and as for my BIL, his job, his existence, is finding every tiny mistake government makes and exploit it for the benefit of his paying developer clients. Have you ever attended hearings where one of these developer attorneys turn a simple variance given to a property owner to construct a grassy dog run within the setback into a legal challenge to successfully argue the tearing down of a historical neighborhood to build a golf course? I have a tendency to respect his words of caution especially having seen him in action. Don’t underestimate what turning a blind eye to open defiance of zoning can lead too.
You said that you as well as the other owners have been working on the special permits from the beginning. But you also said Special Use permits would be applied for, before the hearing date. So is that like driving a car while you and your family discuss getting drivers license? Did you actually complete and file the application for the special use permit?
You stated that the Charter School Review Panel called the Building Division and they issued a Cease and Desist order based on a lack of permits to operate a school. If that’s correct, I don’t get your argument. You didn’t have the permit, you got caught, and you got shut down. That’s the process, as it should apply to everyone.
If a bar opened without a permit in defiance of county zoning regulations next to your house, are you saying they get to stay open while they attempt to apply for zoning permits or are they shut down until they get one?
If a Rendering plant opened up in defiance of county zoning regulations next to your house, are you saying they should be allowed to stay open while they attempt to apply for the permits or are they to be shut down until they get one?
If someone on the property next to you opens up a halfway house for child sex offenders without going through the proper permit and zoning requirements, should they be allowed to stay open while they try to get a permit, or should they be shut down for lack of proper permits?
If Whelbrator is building a demonstration incinerator smack in the heart of HPP which is in violation of county zoning, should they be allowed to continue while they try to get permits or should they be shut down?
Now, I have no idea who these Rosenberg or Katz are, and as for my BIL, his job, his existence, is finding every tiny mistake government makes and exploit it for the benefit of his paying developer clients. Have you ever attended hearings where one of these developer attorneys turn a simple variance given to a property owner to construct a grassy dog run within the setback into a legal challenge to successfully argue the tearing down of a historical neighborhood to build a golf course? I have a tendency to respect his words of caution especially having seen him in action. Don’t underestimate what turning a blind eye to open defiance of zoning can lead too.