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V' 'm acts Just becauso the plan has not yet been fleshed out doesn't mean we can't settle now upon some required mitigation measures. The application acknowledges the need to "blend with the existing terrain" and t0 minimise interference with view planes. T believe the most effective way to do that is for the County to impose special building requirements as conditions of approval, My observation has been that CC&Rs that are up to the developer or community association to formulate and enforce do not work. I therefore ask you to formulate the most important ones and, by making them conditions of rezoning, retain. the power to enforce them. First of all, it is not enough to say that tiew planes will still be available on the State land to the north, so it doesn't matter so much what happens on the project site. It does matter. I believe there should be a substantial setback from the highway. The Northwest Hawaii Plan which the application says gives its blessing to this project calls fora 300' buffer along the highway. The Planning Department proposed a setback of 100' in its recommendations to the Plannutg Commission on the SMA permit application. The developer objected to such a setback, but since the public welfare and protection of this unique coastline are of highest priority, I urge you to stand firm on this. Either there should be a 100' buffer, or no roof should protrude about the level of the highway, or--preferably-- both. If this is too difficult, then the project should be downsized or "clusterized" to make it work. There should be a height limit of something like 15' near the highway, the shore, and at ridgetops. Better yet, there should be no building at all on ridgetops. Elsewhere, the height limit should be about 20'. Earth-tone colors should be required, and should not be compromised by white-rail fences, as happened at Kohala Ranch. Any fences or enclosure walls should be of wire, narural stone, weathered wood, or a brown material. No wall or fence or line of shrubbery should be used along the highway to shield the project from view, as that would detract from the natural open character of the area and would interfere with the view plane. There should be an upper limit on floor area, how much of the lot can be gaded, and how much of the lot can be landscaped. Outside air conditioning units should have to be in bafr7ed enclosures. Lighting at the entrance should be as low key as it is at Kohala Ranch. Any street lightening within the project should be no more than three or four feet above grade, and for the purpose of indicating intersections only. Wood roofs should not be allowed, no matter how fire retardant the manufacturer may claim they are, as their installation could adversely affect insurance ratings for the whole area. To construe the Island's electrical resources, solar collectors, with or without attached tanks, should be encouraged. Termite prevention should be by gavel barrier rather than poison under the house slabs. Drought-tolerant plants should be required for the bulk of the landscaping, and lawns should not be allowed. This will not only conserve 2