STAND. COM. REP. NO. 535
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2009
RE: H.B. No. 1462
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2009
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1462 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to ensure that adequate and proper highway infrastructure is in place prior to residential development by requiring counties to certify that all county and state highways that are or will be contiguous to a residential development have been completed, or are under construction, as a condition to the issuance of any grubbing, grading, or building permit for any portion or phase of the residential development.
The Hawaii Developers Council and Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii testified in opposition to this bill.
New residential development requires transportation infrastructure for that project to be feasible. Oftentimes, government land use planning dictates the construction of infrastructure while market forces dictate the development of these residential areas. Requiring government construction of highway infrastructure to be in progress or completed prior to the permitting for these residential developments is approved may be a way to ensure that this infrastructure is available to accommodate the new development.
Although no testimony was received in support of this bill, your Committee finds that this measure deserves further consideration.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1462 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committees on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources and Housing.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation,
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____________________________ JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair |
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