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The difference between both bills is confined to when parking will be required. <br /> The Council version(Bill No. 250)requires on-site parking at a ratio of one parking stall <br /> per unit only when a project's overall unit density achieves 500 square feet of land area <br /> per double or multiple family residential unit. <br /> The Planning Director's version requires on-site parking when a project's overall <br /> unit density exceeds 1,000 square feet of land area per double or multiple family <br /> residential unit. <br /> The Planning Director believes that her version of this CDH density and parking <br /> bill best addresses the desire to increase double and multiple family residential unit <br /> density in order to facilitate residential development within Downtown Hilo, while also <br /> addressing the continuing need to provide on-site parking to accommodate residential <br /> development that takes advantage of the increase permitted density beyond the 1,000 <br /> square feet of land area per residential unit as provided by the current Zoning Code, <br /> should this amendment be approved. <br /> CONSISTENCY WITH ENVISION DOWNTOWN HILO 2025 PLAN <br /> EnVision Downtown Hilo 2025: A Community-Based Vision and Living Action <br /> Plan(EDH 2025)is a grassroots visioning process that was originally adopted BY <br /> Hawaii County Council Resolution 192 05 in November 2005. A five-year action plan <br /> update was conducted and Resolution 352 10 was adopted by the Hawaii County Council <br /> on November 4, 2010. The plan was updated to further clarify and incorporate new <br /> strategies and actions that implement the community Vision and Action Plan. The EDH <br /> 2025 Plan covers the Downtown Hilo Commercial District(CDH) as deliniated by <br /> development area limits of Hilo Bay, Ponahawai Street,Kapi`olani Street/Ka`iulani <br /> Street, and Wailuku River. The CDH zoning district is a unique zoning designation that <br /> serves as an opportune environment to encourage livability. <br /> The EDH 2025 Plan incorporates 6(six) focus areas: Creating Economic Vitality, <br /> Preserving Our Environment, Strengthening and Sustaining Our Community, Enhancing <br /> Education, Culture, and the Arts, Promoting Health and Safety, and Managing Growth. <br /> These focus areas seek to promote and strengthen Downtown Hilo as a vibrant, walkable, <br /> healthy, and livable community while ensuring that growth is managed to preserve its <br /> natural features, cultural assets, its unique sense of place, and quaint historic character. <br /> -3- <br />