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[Rationale: Based on an identified need to identify natural beauty areas through a scenic <br />resource protection program and restrict development appropriately to ensure scenic <br />resources are not lost to development. Based also on General Plan policies 7.3 (h, i).] <br />[Mapping] <br />454. Applications for Special Permits and environmental assessment reports for proposed <br />changes of zone on property that may impact open space, viewsheds, and areas of <br />natural beauty shall include visual impact assessments and propose conditions to <br />mitigate scenic impacts. <br />[Rationale: Based on identified needs to protect scenic resources, open space and <br />natural beauty in the special permit process. Also based on Hamakua CDP policy 33 and <br />ACTION <br />4.88 Develop and establish viewshed regulations to preserve and protect from <br />obstruction scenic resources, vistas, viewsheds, open space, prominent landscapes, and <br />areas of natural beauty identified in the General Plan. <br />4.89 Develop and maintain a program to identify, inventory, preserve, acquire, and <br />develop (where appropriate) viewing sites on the island. [Transportation] <br />4.90 Collaborate with the State to modify zoning on publicly -owned parcels that have <br />been identified as having special cultural and/or scenic value. [Land Use] <br />4.91 Identify valued scenic resources in the Coastal Zone Management area. [Land Use, <br />Mapping] <br />4.92 Identify and develop scenic lookouts along highways to ensure important views <br />(coastal, mountain, and waterfall) are preserved from development, create various <br />opportunities to view these scenic resources, and develop a vegetation maintenance <br />program. <br />4.93 Establish a Scenic Resources Protection Program to identify, inventory, and protect <br />areas of significant beauty. The program would include: <br />a) Rate viewsheds and roadway corridors documented in the Scenic Resources <br />b) Inventory and Mapping Project (June, 2016) <br />c) Develop scenic resource and viewshed corridor maps <br />d) Develop administrative rules to implement Hawaii County Code section 25-6-60 <br />e) Develop Scenic Corridor Management Plan(s) for specific corridors identified. Scenic <br />Corridor Management Plan(s) should include permit conditions, such as design <br />