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<br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII <br /> BILL NO. 231 <br /> ORDINANCE NO. <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25 (ZONING CODE) OF THE HAWAI`[ <br /> COUNTY CODE, RELATING TO SCENIC CORRIDORS. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br /> SECTION 1. Chapter 25, Article 6, Hawaii County Code, is hereby amended by adding <br /> a new division that shall read as follows: <br /> "Division 6. Scenic Corridors. <br /> Section 25-6-60. Purpose and applicability. In the County of Hawaii segments of <br /> public roads expose traveling residents and visitors to notable and/or unique resources. As <br /> established by the National Scenic Byways Program, the identification of these portions of public <br /> roads as Scenic Corridors is intended to provide for the enhancement of important scenic, <br /> historic, recreational, cultural and/or natural resources accessed from such a transportation <br /> corridor. This planning approach establishes the opportunity for continuity in land uses and <br /> designs for natural, cultural, historic, recreational and/or scenic resources located along a <br /> transportation corridor and provides a diversity of regulatory and non-regulatory tools and <br /> techniques to apply to a variety of circumstances for a corridor identified by ordinance as a <br /> Scenic Corridor in the County of Hawaii. <br /> The Hawaii County Council may, by ordinance, establish segments ofpublic roadways <br /> and an appropriate portion of the adjacent property as a Scenic Corridor. Within such an area, all <br /> permitted uses defined by the underlying zoning classification will remain in place unless <br /> otherwise specified by the enabling ordinance. Any standards and conditions not included in the <br /> underlying zoning related, but not limited, to signage, lighting, design standards, access <br /> management, landscaping, parking, height, historic and cultural preservation, view planes, and/or <br /> <br />