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40J�SVlOi M1k,',. COUNTY OF HAWAII : • ''' °, .� /:• STATE OF HAWAII e . BILL NO. 36 ORDINANCE NO. 1 1.. 5 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PUNA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AS ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE NO. 08 -116 AND AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 10 -104, RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Chapter 4, section 4.5 (Non- Motorized Travel and Scenic Byways), subsection 4.5.3 (Actions), of the Puna Community Development Plan (as amended), is amended by amending paragraph (f) to read as follows: "f. Improve Highway 137 (Red Road) as a scenic corridor by: — Requiring a 15 -foot easement along the frontage of private properties along the corridor within which native and mature trees of non - invasive species must be retained, unless they are in poor health due to natural conditions, not due to malicious acts, and/or pose a threat to public health and safety; -- Preserving Mango, Kamani, and Monkeypod groves and tree tunnels; — Providing property tax relief to owners who maintain the easement in the manner intended and State tax credits to those who replant easements with non - invasive plant material approved by the County; — Adding interpretive markers and small visitor parking areas at historical sites, such as the two Kehena sites listed in the General Plan; -- Providing pullouts along the highway at intervals so that travelers can stop to enjoy the scenery without conflict with traffic in travel lanes; — Delineating and maintaining physical access to the shoreline at appropriate locations on the makai side of the road; — Minimizing tree pruning by using special, shielded cable for overhead utility lines or by undergrounding sections of the line; — Minimizing excessive lighting by limiting street lights to major intersections and informing residents along the corridor about how to reduce illumination of driveways; [Adding a restroom and emergency phonc below Seavicw bcfore Kehena B eh] Develop at least one scenic turnout near Kehena Beach that includes restroom facilities and an emergency phone; — Creating a simple walking trail on the lava and new parking area with restrooms on the State owned accretion land at the new Kaimu Beach; — Posting warning signs, where appropriate, in newly realigned sections; and — Covering old section of road with cinder soil to allow Naupaka to reclaim the land."