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SECTION 8. Chapter 2, article 7, section 2-32, Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 <br />Edition, as amended) is amended to read: <br />"Section 2-32. Subdivision regulations. <br />fTL.e .l: «o..r,.. ..: al. «L.,. ,. ...1 ,.F rl.e ..1,..,..:.... .. ^l...n .. o .,.1 ..,,1....:r r.. rl,o <br />L ~ "> <br />^^,.~~:1 F,.« :r^ ......«,....,I «^....l..ti..«~ ......e..,:.,.. the ....h.7 :..:..:.... ..F «o~l ..«....o«r., :., rho !'.,.,..r., 1 <br />[T~] Regulations provided for under this section and as codified in chapter 23 of <br />this Code shall coordinate streets within subdivisions with other existing or planned streets, or <br />with other features of the general plan for the adequate and convenient placing of open spaces for <br />traffic, utilities, access for fire-fighting apparatus, recreation, light and air, and for the avoidance <br />of congestion of population, including minimum width and area of lots, and for a proper <br />distribution of population and traffic which will tend to create conditions favorable to public <br />health, safety, and morals. All such regulations shall be enacted as ordinances of the County and <br />published as provided by law. Pursuant to the Charter, the windward and leeward planning <br />commissions shall meet separately and provide separate recommendations on any amendment to <br />subdivision reQrrlations." <br />SECTION 9. Chapter 2, article 7, section 2-33, Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 <br />Edition, as amended) is amended to read: <br />"Section 2-33. Zoning regulations; amendments. <br />(a) <br />'^« ~'^ ^~~«^~~^' «°^~~'^'~^^^'^] Regulations provided for under this section and as codified <br />in chapter 25 of this Code shall regulate and limit the height and bulk of buildings, to <br />regulate and determine the area of yards, courts and other open spaces, and to regulate and <br />restrict the location of trades and industries and the location of buildings designed for <br />specific uses or creating districts for any such purposes. The regulations shall be enacted as <br />ordinances of the County and published as provided by law. Pursuant to the Charter, the <br />windward and leeward planning commissions shall meet separately and provide separate <br />recommendations on any amendment to zoning regulations. <br />(b) The director, with the approval of either the windward or leeward planning commission, or <br />both acting iointly, as provided in the Charter, may initiate at any time or upon application <br />as provided in section 2-34 and recommend to the council the adoption of an ordinance <br />amending or repealing any zoning regulation or the enactment of a new ordinance regulating <br />land uses after a public hearing is held. Published notice of the hearing shall be given in the <br />manner provided in section 2-30. <br />(c) Notwithstanding any provision in this section, any ordinance regulating land use and <br />affecting lands in a redevelopment project area shall be amended without the necessity of a <br />public hearing to conform to the approved redevelopment plan upon acquisition of the lands <br />by the Hawaii redevelopment agency in accordance with section 53-6, Hawaii Revised <br />Statutes." <br />5 <br />