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~r,a• ~l~ ~y COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII .~Tf.q.N'~ BILL NO. 231 (Draft 2) ORDINANCE NO. U7 36 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25 (ZONING CODE) OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE, RELATING TO A SCENIC CORRIDOR PROGRAM. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Chapter 25, Article 6, Hawaii County Code, is hereby amended by adding a new division that shall read as follows: "Division 6. Scenic Corridor Program. Section 25-6-60. Purpose and applicability. In the County of Hawaii, there are certain segments of public roads, or portions thereof, that expose traveling residents and visitors to notable and/or unique resources. As established by the National and/or State Scenic Byways Program, the identification of these portions of public roads as Scenic Corridors is intended to provide for the enhancement of important scenic, historic, recreational, cultural and/or natural resources accessed from such a transportation corridor. This planning approach establishes the opportunity for continuity and/or enhancement of land uses and designs for natural, cultural, historic, recreational and/or scenic resources located along a transportation corridor and provides a diversity of regulatory and non-regulatory tools and techniques to apply to a variety of circumstances for a corridor identified by ordinance as a Scenic Corridor in the County of Hawaii. The Hawaii County council may, by ordinance, establish all or portions of public roadways and an appropriate portion of the adjacent property as a Scenic Corridor. Within such an area, all permitted uses defined by the underlying zoning classification will remain in place unless otherwise specified by the Scenic Corridor enabling ordinance. Any standards and conditions not included in the underlying zoning related, but not limited, to signage, lighting,