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BRCCInitiatedBi1164.doc-5/14/09 COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT BACKGROUND AND RECOMMENDATION INITIATOR: COUNTY COUNCIL (BILL No. 64) AMENDMENT TO CHAPTERS 23 AND 25 AND OTHER CHAPTERS HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED) The County Council has drafted amendments to various chapters of the Hawaii County Code as a result of the recent County Charter amendment creating the Leeward and Windward Planning Commissions. The amendments are to Chapters 2 (Administration), 6 (Businesses), 23 (Subdivision), 25 (Zoning), 28 (Fire) and 34 (Public Access). According to the County Charter, one of the duties of the Leewazd and Windward Planning Commissions is to "Review proposed subdivision and zoning ordinances and amendments thereto and transmit such ordinances with recommendations thereon through the mayor to the council for consideration and action." While the attached Bill No. 64 deals with amendments to several chapters of the County Code, the commission's review will be directed only to the amendments to Chapter 23 and Chapter 25. The amendments to Chapter 23 and 25 aze reflected in Sections 15 through 20 of Bill No. 64. It should also be noted that the amendments to both chapters aze basically "housekeeping changes" as the amendments are merely to replace the word "planning commission" or "commission" with "leeward and windwazd planning commissions" or "commissions." Besides Bill No. 64 (Planning Department Exhibit 1), also enclosed is a Rationale Sheet for Proposed Amendments to the Hawaii County Code Relating to the Conversion to Two Planning Commissions prepazed by the County Clerk's office (P.D. Exhibit 2) and Ordinance No. O8 Ol, which provides for the conversion from a single planning commission to Leeward and Windward Planning Commissions (P. D. Exhibit 3). RECOMMENDATION The Planning Director recommends that the Leeward and Windwazd Planning Commissions send favorable recommendations to the County Council on Bill No. 64. -1-