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t+,« <br /> <br /> Nancy Pisicchio ~ Tel: (808) 326-5684 <br /> Council Member Fax: (808)326-5697 <br /> _ L <br /> COUNTY COUNCIL <br /> County ojHawai'i _ _ - - - <br /> Kona Council ice <br /> 77-6399 Nalani Street, Suite /04 <br /> September 24, 2002 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740-8980 <br /> TO: James Y. Arakaki, Chair <br /> and Members ofihe Hawaii County Council <br /> FROM: Nancy Pisicchio <br /> RE: Scenic Condor Overlay Districts <br /> Attached is a bill amending Chapter 25 of the Hawaii County Code regarding Scenic Corridor Overlay <br /> Districts. This amendment will serve as a policy framework for the creation of Scenic Corridor Overlay <br /> Zones in the County of Hawaii. But, for an individual highway to be designated as a "Scenic Corridor", a <br /> separate Corridor Management Plan and accompanying enabling ordinance would be required to be <br /> approved by the County Council. Such an ordinance would establish standards and conditions specific to <br /> an individual section of highways. <br /> Overlay Zones are a fairly common land-use tool, which provides a mechanism to establish specific, <br /> unified, land use standards and conditions that are applied in addition to the conditions already in place as <br /> defined by the underlying zoning designations. Overlay Zones are adopted for land surrounding airports in <br /> order to establish specific conditions related to airport safety, security, and access. For example,. conditions <br /> regarding heights of towers or night lights may be imposed in a region surrounding the airport. They are <br /> also often applied to flood zones for public safety as well as the establishment of linear green belt parks <br /> over flood zones. <br /> But the use of overlay zones encompassing transportation corridors is probably the most common <br /> application across the county. Typically, as one travels along a highway, the zoning designations of the <br /> adjoining properties can range from conservation to agricultural to urban to commercial within a distance <br /> ofa few miles. Therefore, an "overlay" zone provides a tool to establish specific standards and conditions, <br /> in addition to the underlying zoning designations, in order to create continuity along the transportation <br /> corridor. The overlay zone extends for a specific length and width, on a case by case basis. Within this <br /> overlay zone, conditions and standards can be established to address such things as landscaping, utility <br /> poles, signage, view planes, building standards, recreation, access, and natural, historic, and cultural <br /> resource preservation. <br /> Thank you for your consideration of this bill. I have included some additional information, which 1 hope <br /> you will find useful. Please feel free to call me at 326-5684 ifyou have any questions. <br /> encl. `(diI/ ~ 65~ <br /> Comm. 0. <br /> File No. <br /> Ref, To: <br /> Ref. Date SEP 3 0 2002 <br /> <br />