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COUNTY OF HAWAII ORDINANCE NO. STATE OF HAWAII BILL NO. 182 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 23, ARTICLE 4, DIVISION 1, SECTION 23- 61 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO SITE VISITS FOR APPLICATIONS FOR SUBDIVISIONS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Chapter 23, article 4, division 1, section 23-61 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: "Section 23-61. Review of plat. (a) The director shall furnish one copy of the preliminary plat and supplemental materials after they are submitted by the subdivider, to the manager, the director of public works, and the state department of health, and when a subdivision is adjacent to a State highway or proposed State highway, to the district engineer for their review and comment. (b) Prior to approving or disapproving a preliminary plat pursuant to section 23-62 the director, or the director's authorized representative shall conduct -a site visit of the designated property to: (1) Verify that the information provided in the preliminary plat and supplemental materials is accurate; (2) Determine if there are any omissions with consideration for the required contents of a preliminary plat as provided in division 2 of this article; and (3) Determine if there are any conditions on the designated property that, with consideration for the proposed land use as expressed by the preliminary plat and supplemental materials could reasonably be conceived to result in potentially deleterious effects to the general welfare and health of the community. Should any such conditions exist the director shall notify the subdivider and the subdvider shall in consultation with the director, revise the preliminary plat and supplemental materials to mitigate the conditions so indicated by the director." SECTION 2. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the underscoring need not be included.