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<br /> <br />Q <br />aarnweaz~s~n.ao~-ion vos <br />.' .: .; <br />COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT - <br />BACKGROUND AND RECOMMENDATION <br />INITIATOR: PLANNING DII2ECTOR <br />s. <br />AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 23 (SUBDIVISION CODE) AND <br />CHAPTER 25 (ZONING CODE) OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 <br />(2005 EDTTIONI <br />The Planning Director is,initiating an amendment to Chapter 23 (Subdivision Code) and ; <br />Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 edition) relating to subdivision <br />requirements,for public purpose subdivisions:' The proposed amendment seeks to amend' the <br />Subdivision.Code and.the Zoning Code to provide that subdivisions for'.public use do not.rieed to <br />meet the normal subdivision "requirements; including the minimum building site area: <br />BACKGROUND . <br />There is sometimes a need for a subdivision to create a lot that will be conveyed to a~~ <br />governmental agency for a public purpose, such a park, school or libraiy. There are also. <br />subdivisions which set aside public land for specified public purposes, such as forest reserve or <br />transferring•land from one subunit of government to another. In these cases, the normal <br />subdivision standards, especially minimum lot sizes, should not apply. For example; the County <br />may want to build a playing field on an area zoned Agricultural 20-acres (A-20a); and' may need <br />only two acres for the field. The considerations that led to the A-20a zoning, such as the desire to <br />keep the area in low density for Jarger farming units; would not necessarily apply to the public <br />project. <br />Currently, the zoning, and subdivision codes are not clear whether governmental functions, <br />generally, can be exempted from the minimum lot sizes and other typical requirements of a <br />subdivision. Section 23-11 of the Subdivision Code provides that the normal requirements, <br />including lot sizes, "shall not be applicable to public utility and public rights-of--way subdivisions <br />and their remnant parcels." The Zoning Code, in Section 25-4-34, provides that "the required <br />minimum building site area may be waived by the director for public utility or public rights-of--way <br />ATTACH: Cann. 96 <br />Bill 20 <br />