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Impacts, Climate Mitigation, and Climate Resilience. Global warming is a term that isn't used in <br /> these descriptions. Please work to be as internally consistent with terms as best as you can. <br /> Open Space: Please consider revising this definition. I find it very troubling that this proposed <br /> term has land uses that would not normally be included in this "catch all" category, such as <br /> flood protection, separation of incompatible land uses, areas for agricultural operations, <br /> historical site preservation, and lands with slopes of 20% or more. There are better land use <br /> categories for these descriptions. I sympathize with wanting to streamline the number and <br /> amount of General Plan (and future Zoning Code) land use designations, but there are too <br /> many land uses thrown into the OPEN SPACE category. <br /> Overlay and Overlay Zone: These definitions say the same thing. Please consider using only <br /> the Overlay Zone. People are smart enough to understand what an Overlay is and that an <br /> Overlay Zone is an additional layer of requirements. <br /> Underserved Subdivisions: What is the purpose of this definition? It feels out of place, and not <br /> needed. <br /> Urban Growth Area (UGA): Second bullet point - what does "respect" mean? Please qualify <br /> and clarify. Third bullet point - sufficiently. What does this mean? How is this quantified? Is <br /> there any thought to combine this definition with Urban Service Area? The definitions seem <br /> quite similar and appear to work towards the same intent. <br /> Variance: Please expand this definition, as this isn't as specific as it should be. Please look at <br /> "Local Planning - Contemporary Principles and Practices" for a better definition. <br /> Please explain why there are so many levels of plans: Community Development Plan, <br /> Functional Plans; General Plan; Integrated Resource Plans; Master Plan; Special Area Plans; <br /> Urban Development Plans; and Village Plan. Do all of these types of Plans currently exist, or <br /> are required? Are some of them good ideas to create in the future by the County of Hawai'i or <br /> Agencies it works with? A graphic to show how these plans work together and why all of these <br /> types of Plans are needed will help to explain why so many types of plans are discussed and <br /> how they are intended to work together. I know there is Figure 3 in Chapter 1, but this doesn't <br /> elaborate on my issue of whys many plans exist, and are needed. It's unnecessarily <br /> complicated. A City of approximately 200,000 on the mainland wouldn't have so many <br /> regulatory hurdles with various plans - why does this County? <br /> Chapter 1 - Introduction <br /> 1.1 Purpose and Authority of the General Plan <br /> I wish this section could be expanded to have more vision, and the language about process, <br /> politics, and efficiencies were at the end of this list. The General Plan is a vision and values <br /> document, and efficiencies are important. Please consider reorganizing this list so that the <br /> higher order of values and island visions are at the top of the list, and the administrative <br /> aspects of the draft General Plan are at the bottom of this list. <br /> (D) Are General Plan Amendments (GPA) not allowed by a developer as part of development <br /> proposal? I'd appreciate it if this could be explained. If they are not, is a change to Section <br /> 3-15 of the Hawai'i County Charter contemplated to allow a GPA as part of a development <br /> proposal? <br />