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The first General Plan document to be completed after the ratification of the County Charter in 1968 was adopted by ordinance on December I5, 1971 by the County Council. Upon adoption of the General Plan in 1971, the Council laid the foundation for establishing a comprehensive planning program for the County of Hawaii. This program consists of three interrelated parts arranged in a hierarchy as described below[.] and illustrated in Fieure I. The General Plan represents the first level and encompasses long-range goals, policies, [and] standards, and courses of action for the entire County. The General Plan also provides the legal basis for all of the other elements of the County's planning structure. As such, the General Plan is the highest order, or "umbrella" plan. It establishes the outer limits or boundaries within which the County must operate. The second level consists of short and middle range plans [which] that further define the long-range goals and policies of the General Plan. These plans are related to specific regions or districts (Hilo, Kona, Kohala, Ka'u, etc.), functions (recreation, agriculture, drainage, highways, etc.)[;], and [for] specific areas within a region (Kailua-Kona, Downtown Hilo, etc.). The third level consists of specific mechanisms to implement the two higher levels of the planning hierarchy. These include the Zoning and Subdivision Codes[,] and both the operating and capita] improvement program budgets. 5 i~noa~~~~~~