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SECTION 2. Ordinance No. 05-25, as amended, is amended by amending section 16.1, relating to Comprehensive Review of Amendments to the County ofHawai'i General Plan, to read as follows: "16.1 COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW (1) The Planning Director shall initiate a comprehensive review of the General Plan and prepare a set of recommended amendments for [review] independent review by the [Planning Commission] Windward and Leeward Planning Commissions and then adoption by the County Council. The recommended amendments shall be submitted to the County Council not more than ten years after the date of adoption of the previous amendments resulting from a comprehensive review. (2) The Planning Director shall give notice of the comprehensive review to the County Council, [Planning Commission,] Windward and Leeward Planning Commissions, and the general public. The notice shall state: (a) The general scope of review; (b) The opportunity for the County Council, [Planning Commission] Windward and Leeward Planning Commissions, and the general public to provide their comments and suggestions to the Planning Director; and (c) The initiation date, general sequence of events, and time for completion of the review period. (3) The Planning Director shall establish a deadline for Council-initiated amendments during the comprehensive review which shall be not less than 120 days after the 'initial notice under section 16.1 (2). The County Council may initiate such amendments by resolution. (4) The Planning Director shall conduct public workshops on amendments proposed by the Planning Director and by the County Council. (5) The public shall be afforded 21 days from the date of the last public workshop to provide comments to the Planning Director. (6) The Planning Director shall then submit the amendments proposed by the Planning Director and by the County Council to the [Planning Commission for its review-aoo recommendation] Windward and Leeward Planning Commissions for their independent review and separate recommendations within 30 days after the public deadline to submit comments to the Planning Director. The Planning Director shall make a recommendation on any Council-initiated amendments. (7) The Planning Director shall notify a property owner of a proposed amendment that would redesignate its property to Open or Conservation, unless the property is already designated Conservation by the State Land Use Commission. Notice shall be given not less than 21 days before the first Windward or Leeward Planning Commission hearing on the proposed amendment. (8) The [Planning Commissioo] Windward and Leeward Planning Commissions shall conduct and complete [its review] their independent review on the proposed amendments to the General Plan, and shall both submit [-its] their separate recommendations, within 150 days from the date of receipt of the proposed amendments from the Planning Director. (9) The [Planning Commission] Windward and Leeward Planning Commissions shall each recommend approval of the proposed amendments, in whole or in part, recommend " f 4