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The Hawaii County Council has introduced Bili No. 194, which seeks to amend Chapter 25, the Zoning Code, Article 2, Division 4, of the Hawaii County Code 1983,2016 Edition as amended, relating to conditions on change of zone actions. The purpose of this bill is to clarify that the Planning Director may not extend the time allowed to satisfy conditions within a change of zone ordinance unless specifically authorized by the County Council. Bill 194 seeks to amend Article 2, Division 4, of Chapter 25, Conditions on change of zone as follows: Section 25-2-44(B) paraphrasing the changes—the changes proposed for this section include modifying language to clarify the requests to change or alter conditions of any change of zone ordinance shall be processed in the same manner as a new zone change. And furthermore, new proposed language indicates that unless, unless specifically authorized by the County Council, extensions of time to satisfy conditions of a change of zone ordinance may not be allowed by the Planning Director. And here you see the strikeouts, or language that is struck out, is proposed to be removed, and language that is underlined is proposed to be added. So, to summarize, striking out"Changes or alterations of and adding"Requests to change or alter"the conditions of any change of zone ordinance shall be processed in the same manner as a zone change unless the Council authorizes the changes or alterations to be made by the Director. New language is "Unless specifically authorized by the Council, extensions of time to satisfy conditions may not be allowed by the Director. And striking out the last section, which addressed the filing fee, and that will actually be created as a new section, as you'll see in this next section. So, the section 25-2-44(C), changes in this, for this section include the deletion of all current language on the failure to fulfill change of zone conditions within specified time limitations and the addition of submittal instructions for a change of zone amendment, which is currently found in the previous section; so that part about the filing fee is going to replace this section here, which is entirely deleted. And the new language is "A request for any change or alteration of conditions shall be submitted in writing to the Director, in lieu of the application required for an applicant-initiated change of zone. The request shall be accompanied by a filing fee of$250." This is the same language; it's just in a new location. And Section 25-2-44(D): The draft bill proposes to add this new section to clarify that if the applicant fails to fulfill any conditions of the change of zone ordinance within the specified time limitations, the Planning Director or County Council may initiate the process for enactment of an ordinance reverting the effective property back to its original zoning designation or a more appropriate zoning designation in accordance with Section 25-2-43. And the exact language is as follows: If the applicant fails to fulfill any conditions of the zone change within the specified time limitations, the Director or Council may initiate the process for enactment of an ordinance reverting the effective property back to its original zoning designation or a more appropriate zoning designation in accordance with Section 25-2-43. 2 EXHIBIT G (DRAFT)