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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: November 28, 2006 Re: Comm. No. 1156Bi11 No. 231 PLACE: Councilroom (new location) Ben Franklin Building 333 Kilauea Avenue, 2nd Floor Hilo, HI 96720 TIME: 2:00 p.m. Council Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Transmitted to the Planning Committee via Communication No. 1156 is a request from Chris Yuen, Director of the Planning Department that Bill No. 231, which originated in the form of Bi11265 m the 2002-2004 Council term, be placed back on the Planning Committee Agenda for further consideration. Your Committee on Planning reports as follows: Bill No. 231, is an ordinance Amending Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code, Relating to Scenic Corridors, and a new division to Chapter 25, Article 6, Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition) entitled "Division 6. Scenic Condors." Communication No. 1156 reports that Bill No. 231 would set up a program by which the County of Hawaii could designate scenic corridors. A scenic corridor is an azea where there would be special controls on the roadside environment to preserve natural beauty, cultural landscapes, viewplanes and other public benefits. Communication No. 1156 further notes that if Bill No. 231 is enacted by ordinance, in order to actually create a scenic condor would require a formal study, public notice and hearings, and eventually, another ordinance establishing the scenic corridor. In Communication No. 1156, Planning Director Chris Yuen notes that Bill 231 originated in the 2000- 2002 Council term in the form of Bill No. 265. Your Committee referred Bill No. 265 to the Planning Director and Planning Commission pursuant to provisions in County Code Section 25-2-43 for Council-initiated amendments to the Zoning Code. The Planning Committee, at its February 19, 2003 meeting then amended the Bill to Draft 3 and recommended passage on first reading via Planning Committee Report No. 21. At the Council meeting of Mazch 19, 2003, Bi11265, Dtaft 3, was referred back to the Planning Committee. The bill was not placed on the Planning Committee agenda again until its meeting of March 4, 2004 when Bill No. 265, Draft 3, was replaced with an amended version, the instant Bill No. 231. There was no Committee report submitted to recommend the filing of Bill No. 265, Draft 3, and further action on Bill No. 231 was deferred. A March 4, 2004 memo from Legislative Auditor, Constance R. Kiriu (Comm. No. 509.2) presented the Chair of the Planning Committee an itemized list of nineteen comments relating to Bi11231, Scenic Condors. In a letter dated April 22, 2004, Planning Director Chris Yuen responds to the March 4, 2004 Legislators Auditor's memo. Mr. Yuen explained that the actual creation of a Scenic Corridor would occur in two stages, the first of which the Council or the Planning Director introduces a resolution to study the establishment of a Scenic Corridor. If passed, the study begins and a Corridor Management Plan is prepared. Mr. Yuen stated the resolution itself would not create new regulations or controls on property within the corridor but that the study would result in a Corridor Management Plan that would go PC Rept. No. 129