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The <br /> ~ITROUP <br /> REAL ESTATE INVESTNENi CA PETAL <br /> July 9, 2007 <br /> Council Chair Peter Hoffman <br /> Hawaii County Council <br /> 25 Aupuni Street <br /> Hilo, HI 96720 <br /> RE: Bill 51 Draft 5 Amendments <br /> Dear Chairman Hoffman: <br /> I am writing to you as a landowner of several properties in North Kona regarding our <br /> concerns to the amendments proposed in Bill 51. The Council is to be applauded for <br /> your efforts in keeping Hawaii's ordinances current with Federal FEMA regulations. <br /> However, the additions to the Bill that go beyond the FEMA regulatory update aze <br /> unwarranted and should be addressed through other ordinance updates in coordination <br /> <br /> with the public. We offer the following comments for your consideration: <br /> 1. The amendments to Chapter 27 should only address the necessary revisions in <br /> order to be consistent and in compliance with current FEMA requirements. We <br /> are adamantly opposed to applying additional restrictions for development within <br /> Flood Zone X as proposed in Section 27-5(b). Zone X areas are specifically <br /> excluded from special flood hazard requirements under FEMA regulations, and <br /> are areas outside of the 100-year floodplain. New or additional restrictions on <br /> construction and development within Zone X should be removed in their entirety <br /> from Bill 51. <br /> 2. The definition of Special Flood Hazard Zones should be consistent with current <br /> FEMA definitions, verbatim. The definition of Zone X (shaded) and Zone X <br /> (unshaded) should be updated to be consistent with FEMA definitions. A copy of <br /> the FEMA definition is included below for reference: <br /> "Zones B, C, and X -Zones B, C, and X are the flood insurance rate <br /> zones that correspond to areas outside the I percent annual chance <br /> floodplain, areas of 1 percent anm~al chance sheet flow,Jlooding where <br /> average depths are less than I foot, areas of 1 percent annual chance <br /> stream flooding where the contributing drainage area is less than 1 <br /> square mile, or areas protected <br /> from the I percent annual chance flood by <br /> levees. No Base Flood Elevations or depths are shown within this zone. <br /> Insurance purchase is not required in these zones. " <br /> .wn~MezhapoFtgopoom ! Tel: 949.417-T1% ~ iaT:949-dt7-1799 j inW®NrcshoFO/fq~oupmm j 8957 Resareh grrvq lroint, C4liforitia4 <br /> Comm. N G ~ 19 <br /> Ref. Tos •6dW~~ <br /> a_I n_. Ilu 1 nnn~ <br /> <br />