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<br />degree of effort, and, in some cases, the inability to achieve a sufficient <br />consensus, has been the limiting factors. <br /> <br />The need for a Community Development Plan for a particular area should <br />be assessed considering a number of factors, including how much is public <br />infrastructure challenged by recent or anticipated growth and whether there are <br />significant efforts to change the zoning and land use in the area. <br /> <br />After the steering committee has recommended approval of the <br />Community Development Plan, it shall be forwarded to [the Planning <br />Commission] either the Windward or Leeward Planning Commission, or both <br />meeting as a ioint commission as provided for in the Hawai'i County Charter, for <br />[its] review and recommendation to the County Council. The County Council may <br />modify or amend the Community Development Plan before enacting it by <br />ordinance, but it shall give the steering committee and the designated Planning <br />Commission, or ioint commission, as the case may be, an opportunity to review <br />and comment upon substantive amendments and modifications before final <br />adoption of the plan. <br /> <br />In the process of creating the Community Development Plan, it may be <br />determined that the General Plan should be amended. The Planning Director or <br />County Council may initiate amendments to the General Plan, and the steering <br />committee may recommend amendments, that would be enacted at the same time <br />as the Community Development Plan, or as a follow-up to the Community <br />Development Plan. If there is a direct conflict between the Community <br />Development Plan and the General Plan, the General Plan shall be controlling. <br /> <br />The Community Development Plans shall focus on action. The courses of <br />action specified in each element of the General Plan need greater detail and need <br />to be coordinated by district. The Community Development Plans shall identify <br />appropriate governmental actions that include: <br /> <br />. Regulatory actions. Regulations rely on government's police power to <br />control what people can and cannot do in the interest of the public's health, safety, <br />or welfare. The County administers and enforces various regulations to control <br />land use. These regulations include the zoning code, subdivision code, flood <br />control code, grading code, sign code, and building code. The County also <br />administers requirements imposed by the Federal and State governments, such as <br />the Coastal Zone Management Act and the State Land Use Law. The Community <br />Development Plans shall recommend amendments as appropriate to the codes, <br />maps, or administration and enforcement. <br /> <br />. Incentive measures. Where regulatory controls are the government's <br />"sticks", incentives are the "carrots" to encourage certain actions. Too often, <br />regulation is the solution. Regulation can be restrictive, reactive, and divisive. <br />Incentive measures, on the other hand, can invite creative "win-win" solutions. <br /> <br />, (; , <br /> <br />2 <br />