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necessary administrative support that may be required Committee membership should reflect a broad cross section of the Pahoa regional town center service area and, to the extent reasonably possible shall include representation from the construction industry, local businesses, and architecture and design professionals. (e) The director shall provide the committee with an opportunity to conduct an architectural and desi® review for consistency with the design guidelines, of all applications for olan "Reviewed by" with the date and signature of the committee chair to the director within twenty-five calendar days of receipt of such anPlication from the director. (2) The committee shall complete its review of any application for a P.U.D. and submit its written recommendations alone with the reviewed plans stamped "Reviewed by" with the date and signature of the committee chair to the director within twenty-five calendar days of receipt of any plans for partial or final full approval from the director. (3) The committee shall review and submit its written recommendations on applications for sign nermits as provided in chanter 3, article of this Code. (4) Committee recommendations to the director shall be consistent with the provisions of the County Charter, general plan, Puna community development plan, Pahoa Village Design Guidelines zoning and other related ordinances and any master plan adopted for the PVD district. (d) The director may waive the requirement for architectural and design review by the committee when the proposed improvements will clearly have little or no visual impact on the Preservation or promotion of the Hawaii plantation architectural theme including, but not limited to: (1) The construction or installation of accessory buildings or structures or minor alterations to the exterior of any existing building or structure that is not visible from any street frontage of the building site; (2) The addition or replacement of accessory features such m flagpoles, roof gutters and downspouts railings and fencing of similar size style and material or that more closely conforms to the design guidelines: (3) Painting or repainting of the exterior of any building structure or accessory feature that is consistent with the design guidelines; or (4) The replacement of existing doors and windows where the size of the replacement door or window is within ten percent of the size of the original door or window. (e) In order to assist applicants with designing proiects that satisfactorily conform to the design guidelines the committee shall also develop a process for and be available to provide preliminary review of conceptual plans prior to formal submittal of detailed plans and an application for a building permit. plan approval P.U.D or sign permit. (f) The committee shall conduct a comprehensive review of the design guidelines and PVD district boundaries and submit its recommendations for amendments to the design guidelines and PVD district boundaries to the PCDP AC within ten vears following adoption of the design guidelines and every ten years thereafter. The committee may prepare and submit to the PCDP AC recommendations for interim amendments to the design guidelines and PVD district boundaries as it deems necessary."