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(5) A streetscape rendering of the project site and adjacent properties suitable for <br /> evaluating the immediate spatial relationships. Photographic images may be <br /> substituted provided those images are adequate to serve the same purpose; <br /> (6) Other descriptive information as the director finds necessary to determine consistency <br /> of the proposed project with the design guidelines and/or standards adopted for the <br /> special district in which the project building site is located. <br /> (b) Within five days of acceptance of an application for plan approval the director shall <br /> provide the respective design review committee with a copy of the application and plans <br /> along with a request for their review and comments on the consistency of the project with <br /> the adopted design guidelines and/or standards. <br /> (c) The written recommendations and plans stamped"Reviewed by" with the date and <br /> signature of the chair of the respective design review committee affixed shall be submitted <br /> to the director within twenty-five calendar days of receipt by the design review committee <br /> of the director's request for design review. <br /> (d) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the director shall withhold rendering a <br /> decision on a plan approval application until having received the written recommendations <br /> and stamped and signed plans from the chair of the respective design review committee for <br /> the application. <br /> (e) By written request to the director, the chair of the respective design review committee may <br /> request an extension of time to complete the design review and to submit the <br /> recommendations of the design review committee, which the director may grant only with <br /> the written approval of the applicant for plan approval. <br /> (f) In the event that no design review committee is established, or if the design review <br /> committee, for whatever reason, fails to respond within the time limit prescribed in <br /> subsection(b), the director shall provide design review against the relevant design <br /> guidelines and/or standards as adopted by the council and waive the requirements under <br /> subsection(c)." <br /> SECTION 4. Chapter 25, article 2, section 25-2-76 of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 <br /> (2005 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: <br /> "Section 25-2-76. Action on plan approval application. <br /> (a) The director may issue plan approval subject to conditions or changes in the proposal <br /> which, in the director's opinion, are necessary to carry out and further the purposes of this <br /> chapter and the considerations contained in section 25-2-77. <br /> (b) The director may only issue plan approval for a telecommunication antenna or tower if the <br /> proposed use meets all of the conditions contained in sections 25-2-77 and 25-4-12, and if <br /> the applicant provides all verification required under section 25-2-74. <br /> (c) The director may only issue plan approval for a temporary model home or real estate office <br /> if the proposed use meets all of the conditions in section 25-2-77 and 25-4-8. <br /> (d) The director shall render a decision to either approve or deny a plan approval application, <br /> other than for an agricultural tourism facility[;] or any special district with adopted design <br /> guidelines and/or standards,within thirty days after acceptance of the application. If the <br /> director fails to render a decision within the thirty-day period, the application shall be <br /> considered approved without further certification by the director. For an agricultural <br /> tourism facility, the department shall conduct a site inspection prior to issuing plan <br /> 3 <br />