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.s COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII •••A~O~~M•~ RESOLUTION NO. 235 07 A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE PLANNING DIRECTOR TO INITIATE AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 25, HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED) RELATING TO ZONING. WHEREAS, the Hawaii County Charter Section 3-15 charges the county council with the responsibility for enacting zoning, subdivision, and other such ordinances when it states, in part: "T'he county council shall adopt by ordinance a general plan which shall set forth the council's policy for long-range comprehensive physical development of the county. It shall contain a statement of development objectives, standazds and principles with respect to the most desirable use of land within the county for residential, recreational, agricultural, commercial, industrial and other purposes and such other matter as may, in the council's judgment, be beneficial to the social, economic, and governmental conditions and trends and shall be designed to assure the coordinated development of the county and to promote the general welfare and prosperity of its people. (a) The council shall enact zoning, subdivision, and such other ordinances which shall contain the necessary provisions to carry out the purpose of the general plan. (b) No public improvement or project, or subdivision or zoning ordinance, shall be initiated or adopted unless the same conforms to and implements the general plan."; and WHEREAS, section 3.1 of the general plan, Energy; Introduction and Analysis, states that the county must reduce its dependence on imported petroleum and encourage renewable energy production on the island when it states, in part: "The County of Hawaii must decrease economic vulnerability and energy costs. To do so, the County must combine the efforts of energy efficiency and the development of natural