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BRPDInitChap25 SpecDistProj Review051914.doc-6/20/2014 <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br /> BACKGROUND AND RECOMMENDATION <br /> INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR <br /> AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 25,ARTICLE 2,DIVISION 7 AND ARTICLE 6, <br /> DIVISION 1 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION,AS AMENDED), <br /> RELATING TO THE REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS PROPOSED WITHIN <br /> A SPECIAL DISTRICT. <br /> The Planning Director has initiated the following amendments to Chapter 25, Article 2, Division <br /> 7 "Plan Approval" and Article 6, Division 1 "Planned Unit Development(P.U.D.)"of the <br /> Hawai`i County Code 1893 (2005 Edition, as amended)relating to the review of Plan Approval <br /> and P.U.D. applications within a special district where design guidelines and/or standards have <br /> been adopted by the Council. <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> 1974—Kailua Village Special District and Urban Design Review Commission: The Kailua <br /> Village Special District and Urban Design Review Commission were established by Ordinance <br /> No. 628 in 1974. This advisory commission was created to assist the planning department in the <br /> development and preparation of the Kailua Village Design Plan and to define the Kailua Village <br /> Special District. This fourteen member commission was appointed by the Mayor and approved <br /> by the Council. <br /> 1976—Kailua Village Design Plan: Ordinance No. 217 was adopted in June 1976 and was <br /> intended to provide further clarification of the General Plan policies as they pertained to the <br /> Kailua Village area, and to establish a more detailed program for implementation of the General <br /> Plan. <br /> 1987—Kailua Village Design Commission: Ordinance No. 87-18, adopted in February 1987, <br /> amended Chapter 25,Article 24, HCC changing the Kailua Village Special District and Urban <br /> Design Commission to the Kailua Village Design Commission. The commission membership <br /> was reduced from fourteen to nine,but still being appointed by the Mayor and approved by the <br /> Council. Section 25-7-4(b), HCC, states that"(t)he design commission shall provide an <br /> architectural and design review if applications requiring plan approval by the director. The <br /> design review commission's review and recommendations to the director shall be completed <br /> within thirty days from the date of the design commission's receipt of the plans requiring plan <br /> 1 Re: Comm. 1028 (Bill 283) <br />