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Task force considers rezoning Jonesville Road to single‑family to curb multifamily development
Summary
Staff proposed changing Jonesville Road from RM‑4 (mixed/multifamily) to RSF‑3 (single‑family, max 3 units/acre). Staff said the change would remove multifamily/mixed‑use allowances and sliding‑scale density; residents urged protections for family compounds and raised concerns about property rights and impacts on native islander households.
Staff and planning consultants presented a proposal to change zoning in the Jonesville Road area from RM‑4 (residential mixed district) to RSF‑3 (residential single‑family, maximum three dwelling units per acre) as part of the Land Management Ordinance update.
Trey Lau, interim planning director, said the change aims to remove multifamily and mixed‑use allowances in that corridor and to eliminate sliding‑scale density there. He described an analysis showing the area’s average density at roughly 2.91 units per acre, which staff rounded to three when recommending RSF‑3. Lau also explained related changes under consideration to tree‑mitigation calculations (moving toward an ACI — aggregate…
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