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tV of COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII •hoi'wi''~ BILL NO. ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 7, HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S REVIEW OF A DRAFT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN OR AMENDMENTS THEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to provide a time frame for the Planning Commission to review and submit its recommendation to the County Council on a draft community development plan or any amendment thereof. SECTION 2. Chapter 2, Article 7, Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended) is amended by adding a new Section 2-28A to read as follows: "Section 2-28A. Community Development Plan. Within sixty days after receipt of a draft community development plan or any amendment thereof, the planning commission shall transmit the draft community development plan or any amendment with its recommendation through the mayor to the county council. The commission shall recommend approval in whole or in part, with or without modifications, or rejection of the community development plan or any amendment. In the event the planning commission fails to act on the community development plan or amendment within the sixty-day period, such inaction shall be considered as an unfavorable recommendation by the planning commission, and the community development plan or amendment shall then be submitted through the mayor to the county council with such recommendation." SECTION 3. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the underscoring need not be included. SECTION 4. If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. -I-