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A DMINISTRATION § 2-31 (5) Adequate drainage facilities and control; and (6) Such other matters as may, in the council’s judgment, be beneficial to the social, economic, and governmental conditions and trends, and which are designed to assure the coordinated development of the County and to promote the general welfare and prosperity of its people. (b) The general plan shall be kept on file at the planning department. (1983 CC, c 2, art 7, sec 2-31; am 2009, ord 09-118, sec 7.)2-31 Section 2-32. Subdivision regulations. Regulations provided for under this section and as codified in chapter 23 of this Code shall coordinate streets within subdivisions with other existing or planned streets, or with other features of the general plan for the adequate and convenient placing of open spaces for traffic, utilities, access for fire-fighting apparatus, recreation, light and air, and for the avoidance of congestion of population, including minimum width and area of lots, and for a proper distribution of population and traffic which will tend to create conditions favorable to public health, safety, and morals. All such regulations shall be enacted as ordinances of the County and published as provided by law. Pursuant to the Charter, the windward and leeward planning commissions shall meet separately and provide separate recommendations on any amendment to subdivision regulations. (1983 CC, c 2, art 7, sec 2-32; am 2009, ord 09-118, sec 8.)2-32 Section 2-33. Zoning regulations; amendments. (a) Regulations provided for under this section and as codified in chapter 25 of this Code shall regulate and limit the height and bulk of buildings, to regulate and determine the area of yards, courts and other open spaces, and to regulate and restrict the location of trades and industries and the location of buildings designed for specific uses or creating districts for any such purposes. The regulations shall be enacted as ordinances of the County and published as provided by law. Pursuant to the Charter, the windward and leeward planning commissions shall meet separately and provide separate recommendations on any amendment to zoning regulations. (b) The director, with the approval of either the windward or leeward planning commission, or both acting jointly, as provided in the Charter, may initiate at any time or upon application as provided in section 2-34 and recommend to the council the adoption of an ordinance amending or repealing any zoning regulation or the enactment of a new ordinance regulating land uses after a public hearing is held. Published notice of the hearing shall be given in the manner provided in section 2-30. (c) Notwithstanding any provision in this section, any ordinance regulating land use and affecting lands in a redevelopment project area shall be amended without the necessity of a public hearing to conform to the approved redevelopment plan upon acquisition of the lands by the Hawai‘i redevelopment agency in accordance with section 53-6, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes. (1983 CC, c 2, art 7, sec 2-33; am 2009, ord 09-118, sec 9.)2-33 2-15