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housing, the loss of open space and agriculture, and the perception that rapid growth will lead to a loss of community, culture, and place in the county; and WHEREAS, amendments to the subdivision code and zoning code will ensure that developments proposed in a particular azea are assessed considering a number of factors, including how much public infrastructure is challenged by recent or anticipated growth in the area, and will increase opportunities for public input into the subdivision and planned unit development review process; and WHEREAS, the council wishes to review and approve applications for new subdivisions, planned unit developments, and cluster plan developments which consist of seven or more lots; and WHEREAS, of the 502 subdivision permit applications submitted to the planning department between January 3, 2005 and December 27, 2006, 86 of these permits were for developments consisting of seven or more lots, or approximately 17% of all subdivision applications submitted during this 24-month period; and WHEREAS, the council wishes to add another layer of public and governmental scrutiny to roughly 17% of all applications for new subdivisions, to include those projects consisting of seven or more lots, which have potentially greater impacts on the surrounding community than do small-scale subdivisions; and WHEREAS, the vast majority of subdivision applications for developments consisting of six or fewer lots, or roughly 83% of the total number of applications, would not be impacted by the proposed amendments to the subdivision code and would continue to be processed administratively by the planning department; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that pursuant to section 6-4.2(c) of the Hawaii County Charter 2000 (as amended) and section 25-2- 43(b) of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), the planning director is requested to submit comments and recommendations on the proposed subdivision and zoning code amendments as set forth in the proposed bills for ordinances attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and by reference made a part hereof, or to prepaze similaz bills for ordinances to provide for a discretionary permitting process for applications for new subdivisions of seven or more lots, new planned unit developments of seven or more lots, and new cluster plan developments of seven or more lots, wherein the council is the final approving authority for such developments; and 4