ASG zoning board
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — For the second time in just over a year, local construction company Continental Transport Corporation (CTC) has been denied permission by the American Samoa Zoning Board to establish its retail and production operations at a new location.
The latest rejection came after...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Lawmakers are questioning the role and enforcement authority of the American Samoa Zoning Board after raising concerns that some business owners are operating multiple ventures within a single location in violation of zoning and licensing rules.
The concerns surfaced...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Last week’s meeting of the American Samoa Zoning Board revived a long‑standing question over who is legally entitled to receive lease payments for land in Atu‘u currently occupied by foreign‑owned businesses. The discussion has renewed calls for clarity on who, under law...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While Sen. Fonoti Tafa’ifa Aufata claims that the owners of Le Fonuea eatery behind the A.P. Lutali Executive Office Building in Utulei violated local law, one of its owners, Mrs. Eseneiaso Liu dismisses the claim, saying that the business followed all required ASG...

![Falaula Silivelio Aofia (right) stands outside his Tula residence with his wife, who is wheelchair-bound, and their granddaughter during a visit by Zoning Board member Jim McGuire (left) to discuss Aofia's concerns about the proposed CTC operation located near his family home. [photo: Asi A. Fa'asau] zoning board visit](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/img_7446.jpg?itok=3fS19bTS)
![The one‑lane road connecting Petesa and Happy Valley runs alongside the four‑acre parcel of individually owned land (left) where O&O Enterprises has proposed building a shopping center. [photo: Asi A. Fa'asau] The four‑acre parcel](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/6380.jpg?itok=bJX0hU8_)
![Members of the American Samoa Zoning Board during their meeting last week. From left: Puletu Dick Koko, Rep. Ape M. Asifoa, Vesiai Poyer Samuelu, (Chairman), ZB Legal Counsel Assistant AG Louise Lafitaga, James L. McGuire, Tavita Tili, and Taesali Lefiti. Absent: Motuiliu Vesi Matu'u, Taesali Matagi. It recently tabled the variance request for a new building until the issue of authority over Manu’a trust land is clarified. [photo: Asi A. Fa'asau] Members of the American Samoa Zoning Board](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/img_6379.jpg?itok=f2shMPZ5)
![This Samoa News photo taken yesterday morning shows Le Fonuea fast food restaurant behind the A.P. Lutali Executive Building in Utulei that was the subject of questions by Sen. Fonoti Tafa’ifa Aufata during the Fono Joint Budget Committee hearings. [photo: AF] Le Fonuea fast food restaurant](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/eob_restaurant.jpg?itok=8Q1NbrrV)