05-15-2012, 10:37 AM
My concern is that the landowner has had the property on the market and, after village commercial zoning is obtained, there is nothing obligating the landowner or anyone who buys the property when it sells to pursuing the "Pahoa Boutiques and Bungalows."
For village commercial, there are 48 potential uses.
In a historic corridor, I think we should have less than 48 different uses for village commercial.
Why bother with a Pahoa Plan or the formation of a Pahoa Village Design District, both of which are underway, if we are going to approve a rezoning in which there are 48 potential uses, some of which would be totally inappropriate in this historic corridor?
I would love to see a Pahoa Boutiques and Bungalows. I do not believe that that project will come to fruition. And that is why for over a year now I have stood up and voiced my disapproval.
From the Zoning Code, see for yourself:
Section 25-5-121. Designation of CV districts.
Each CV (village commercial) district shall be designated by the symbol “CV” followed by a number
which indicates the minimum land area, in number of thousands of square feet, required for each building site.
(1996, Ord. No. 96-160, sec. 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-121
Section 25-5-122. Permitted uses.
(a) The following uses shall be permitted in the CV district:
(1) Adult day care homes.
(2) Amusement and recreation facilities, indoor.
(3) Art galleries, museums.
(4) Automobile sales and rentals.
(5) Automobile service stations.
(6) Bars.
(7) Bed and breakfast establishments, as permitted under section 25-4-7.
(8) Boarding facilities, rooming, or lodging houses, provided that the maximum density shall be one
thousand two hundred fifty square feet of land area per rentable unit or dwelling unit.
(9) Business services.
(10) Cemeteries and mausoleums, as permitted under chapter 6, article 1 of this Code.
(11) Churches, temples and synagogues.
(12) Commercial parking lots and garages.
(13) Community buildings, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(14) Convenience stores.
(15) Crematoriums, funeral homes, funeral services, and mortuaries.
(16) Crop production.
(17) Day care centers.
(18) Dwellings, double-family or duplex, provided that the maximum density shall be one thousand two
hundred fifty square feet of land area per rentable unit or dwelling unit.
(19) Dwellings, multiple-family, provided that the maximum density shall be one thousand two hundred
fifty square feet of land area per rentable unit or dwelling unit.
(20) Dwellings, single-family.
(21) Family child care homes.
(22) Farmers markets. When the vending activity in a farmers market involves more than just the sale of
local fresh and/or raw produce, plant life, fish and local homegrown and homemade products for
more than two days a week, the director, at the time of plan approval, shall restrict the hours of use,
maintenance and operations and may require improvements as determined appropriate to ensure its
compatibility with the existing character of the surrounding area.
(23) Financial institutions.
(24) Group living facilities.
(25) Home occupations, as permitted under section 25-4-13.
(26) Hospitals, sanitariums, old age, convalescent, nursing and rest homes and other similar uses.
(27) Hotels, when the design and use conform to the character of the area, as approved by the director.
(28) Laboratories, medical and research.
(29) Lodges.
(30) Manufacturing, processing and packaging light and general, except for concrete or asphalt products,
where the products are distributed to retail establishments located in the immediate community, as
approved by the director.
(31) Medical clinics.
(32) Meeting facilities.
(33) Model homes, as permitted under section 25-4-8.
(34) Neighborhood parks, playgrounds, tennis courts, swimming pools, and similar neighborhood
recreational areas and uses.
(35) Offices.
(36) Personal services.
(37) Photography studios.
(38) Public uses and structures, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(39) Publishing plants for newspapers, books and magazines, printing shops, cartographing, and
duplicating processes such as blueprinting or photostating shops, which are designed to primarily
serve the local area.
(40) Repair establishments, major, when there are not more than five employees, as approved by the
director.
(41) Repair establishments, minor.
(42) Restaurants.
(43) Retail establishments.
(44) Schools.
(45) Telecommunication antennas, as permitted under section 25-4-12.
(46) Temporary real estate offices, as permitted under section 25-4-8.
(47) Theaters.
(48) Utility substations, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
More tomorrow. Preparing my testimony now...
For village commercial, there are 48 potential uses.
In a historic corridor, I think we should have less than 48 different uses for village commercial.
Why bother with a Pahoa Plan or the formation of a Pahoa Village Design District, both of which are underway, if we are going to approve a rezoning in which there are 48 potential uses, some of which would be totally inappropriate in this historic corridor?
I would love to see a Pahoa Boutiques and Bungalows. I do not believe that that project will come to fruition. And that is why for over a year now I have stood up and voiced my disapproval.
From the Zoning Code, see for yourself:
Section 25-5-121. Designation of CV districts.
Each CV (village commercial) district shall be designated by the symbol “CV” followed by a number
which indicates the minimum land area, in number of thousands of square feet, required for each building site.
(1996, Ord. No. 96-160, sec. 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-121
Section 25-5-122. Permitted uses.
(a) The following uses shall be permitted in the CV district:
(1) Adult day care homes.
(2) Amusement and recreation facilities, indoor.
(3) Art galleries, museums.
(4) Automobile sales and rentals.
(5) Automobile service stations.
(6) Bars.
(7) Bed and breakfast establishments, as permitted under section 25-4-7.
(8) Boarding facilities, rooming, or lodging houses, provided that the maximum density shall be one
thousand two hundred fifty square feet of land area per rentable unit or dwelling unit.
(9) Business services.
(10) Cemeteries and mausoleums, as permitted under chapter 6, article 1 of this Code.
(11) Churches, temples and synagogues.
(12) Commercial parking lots and garages.
(13) Community buildings, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(14) Convenience stores.
(15) Crematoriums, funeral homes, funeral services, and mortuaries.
(16) Crop production.
(17) Day care centers.
(18) Dwellings, double-family or duplex, provided that the maximum density shall be one thousand two
hundred fifty square feet of land area per rentable unit or dwelling unit.
(19) Dwellings, multiple-family, provided that the maximum density shall be one thousand two hundred
fifty square feet of land area per rentable unit or dwelling unit.
(20) Dwellings, single-family.
(21) Family child care homes.
(22) Farmers markets. When the vending activity in a farmers market involves more than just the sale of
local fresh and/or raw produce, plant life, fish and local homegrown and homemade products for
more than two days a week, the director, at the time of plan approval, shall restrict the hours of use,
maintenance and operations and may require improvements as determined appropriate to ensure its
compatibility with the existing character of the surrounding area.
(23) Financial institutions.
(24) Group living facilities.
(25) Home occupations, as permitted under section 25-4-13.
(26) Hospitals, sanitariums, old age, convalescent, nursing and rest homes and other similar uses.
(27) Hotels, when the design and use conform to the character of the area, as approved by the director.
(28) Laboratories, medical and research.
(29) Lodges.
(30) Manufacturing, processing and packaging light and general, except for concrete or asphalt products,
where the products are distributed to retail establishments located in the immediate community, as
approved by the director.
(31) Medical clinics.
(32) Meeting facilities.
(33) Model homes, as permitted under section 25-4-8.
(34) Neighborhood parks, playgrounds, tennis courts, swimming pools, and similar neighborhood
recreational areas and uses.
(35) Offices.
(36) Personal services.
(37) Photography studios.
(38) Public uses and structures, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(39) Publishing plants for newspapers, books and magazines, printing shops, cartographing, and
duplicating processes such as blueprinting or photostating shops, which are designed to primarily
serve the local area.
(40) Repair establishments, major, when there are not more than five employees, as approved by the
director.
(41) Repair establishments, minor.
(42) Restaurants.
(43) Retail establishments.
(44) Schools.
(45) Telecommunication antennas, as permitted under section 25-4-12.
(46) Temporary real estate offices, as permitted under section 25-4-8.
(47) Theaters.
(48) Utility substations, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
More tomorrow. Preparing my testimony now...
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