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[Rationale: Based on an identified need to identify natural beauty areas through a scenic <br /> resource protection program and restrict development appropriately to ensure scenic <br /> resources are not lost to development. Based also on General Plan policies 7.3 (h, i).] <br /> [Mapping] <br /> 454. Applications for Special Permits and environmental assessment reports for proposed <br /> changes of zone on property that may impact open space, viewsheds, and areas of <br /> natural beauty shall include visual impact assessments and propose conditions to <br /> mitigate scenic impacts. <br /> [Rationale: Based on identified needs to protect scenic resources, open space and <br /> natural beauty in the special permit process. Also based on Hamakua CDP policy 33 and <br /> ACTION <br /> 4.88 Develop and establish viewshed regulations to preserve and protect from <br /> obstruction scenic resources, vistas, viewsheds, open space, prominent landscapes, and <br /> areas of natural beauty identified in the General Plan. <br /> 4.89 Develop and maintain a program to identify, inventory, preserve, acquire, and <br /> develop (where appropriate) viewing sites on the island. [Transportation] <br /> 4.90 Collaborate with the State to modify zoning on publicly-owned parcels that have <br /> been identified as having special cultural and/or scenic value. [Land Use] <br /> 4.91 Identify valued scenic resources in the Coastal Zone Management area. [Land Use, <br /> Mapping] <br /> 4.92 Identify and develop scenic lookouts along highways to ensure important views <br /> (coastal, mountain, and waterfall) are preserved from development, create various <br /> opportunities to view these scenic resources, and develop a vegetation maintenance <br /> program. <br /> 4.93 Establish a Scenic Resources Protection Program to identify, inventory, and protect <br /> areas of significant beauty. The program would include: <br /> a) Rate viewsheds and roadway corridors documented in the Scenic Resources <br /> b) Inventory and Mapping Project (June, 2016) <br /> c) Develop scenic resource and viewshed corridor maps <br /> d) Develop administrative rules to implement Hawai'i County Code section 25-6-60 <br /> e) Develop Scenic Corridor Management Plan(s) for specific corridors identified. Scenic <br /> Corridor Management Plan(s) should include permit conditions, such as design <br />