Street parking will not suffer with land sale, HawTel says

By June Watanabe

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 26, 2012

~~<p>Question: I am an employee of a small business in the Mapunapuna business area. I was recently informed by a friend who works for Hawaiian Telcom at Kikowaena Place in Mapunapuna that they are selling a portion of their property, which includes an employee parking lot. I work for a company that has a few parking stalls for customers only. I have to arrive one to 11&frasl;2 hours before work to find parking. The Hawaiian Telcom employee said there are at least 150-plus cars in their lot that, if it is sold, will be looking for parking in the same area as myself and many others. Is there any city ordinance that would help prevent a big business from doing this to us?</p>
<p>Answer: There’s no law requiring companies, big or small, to provide employee parking.</p>
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Question: I am an employee of a small business in the Mapunapuna business area. I was recently informed by a friend who works for Hawaiian Telcom at Kikowaena Place in Mapunapuna that they are selling a portion of their property, which includes an employee parking lot. I work for a company that has a few parking stalls for customers only. I have to arrive one to 11⁄2 hours before work to find parking. The Hawaiian Telcom employee said there are at least 150-plus cars in their lot that, if it is sold, will be looking for parking in the same area as myself and many others. Is there any city ordinance that would help prevent a big business from doing this to us?