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COUNTY OF HAWAII •� �� STATE OF HAWAII BILL NO. 59 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25, ARTICLE 6, DIVISION 1 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Findings and Purpose. The Hawaii County Council finds that: A Planned Unit Development (P.U.D.) is a regulatory process that encourages comprehensive site planning that adapts the design of development to the land, by allowing diversification in the relationships of various uses, buildings, structures, open spaces and yards, building heights, and lot sizes in planned building groups while still ensuring that the intent of the zoning code is observed. The area for development is planned all at once so land uses complement each other. A P.U.D. approval allows for a comprehensive set of deviations and variances from the zoning and subdivision codes related to building site standards such as lot width and size, building height, yards and open space, and road standards. These deviations and variances provide flexibility in project design in order to encourage the protection of important natural resources such as floodplains, woodlands and wildlife habitat, and historic and cultural resources; the protection of important agricultural lands; the provision of open space; and the provision of support infrastructure that is in harmony with the character of the surrounding area while providing for an environment of sustained desirability and stability. ■ While a P.U.D. allows for flexible project design and for innovative uses of spaces and structures to achieve planning goals, standards are needed to protect public health and safety and to assure design quality and conformance to an overall plan. ■ A P.U.D. approval does not change the zoning district of the lands upon which the development is proposed. The proper regulatory process for establishing a comprehensive development containing a mix of land uses is the Project District zoning district which is enacted by ordinance by the County Council. The Council recognizes that the P.U.D. ordinance has not been amended since adoption of the Puna, Kona, North Kohala, and South Kohala Community Development Plans.