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COUNTY OF HAWAII <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br />STATE OF HAWAII <br />BILL NO. 231 <br />(Draft 2) <br />07 36 <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25 (ZONING CODE) OF THE HAWAII <br />COUNTY CODE, RELATING TO A SCENIC CORRIDOR PROGRAM. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br />SECTION 1. Chapter 25, Article 6, Hawaii County Code, is hereby amended by adding <br />a new division that shall read as follows: <br />"Division 6. Scenic Corridor Program. <br />Section 25 -6 -60. Purpose and applicability. In the County of Hawaii, there are certain <br />segments of public roads, or portions thereof, that expose traveling residents and visitors to <br />notable and/or unique resources. As established by the National and/or State Scenic Byways <br />Program, the identification of these portions of public roads as Scenic Corridors is intended to <br />provide for the enhancement of important scenic, historic, recreational, cultural and/or natural <br />resources accessed from such a transportation corridor. This planning approach establishes the <br />opportunity for continuity and/or enhancement of land uses and designs for natural, cultural, <br />historic, recreational and/or scenic resources located along a transportation corridor and provides <br />a diversity of regulatory and non - regulatory tools and techniques to apply to a variety of <br />circumstances for a corridor identified by ordinance as a Scenic Corridor in the County of <br />Hawaii. <br />The Hawaii County council may, by ordinance, establish all or portions of public <br />roadways and an appropriate portion of the adjacent property as a Scenic Corridor. Within such <br />an area, all permitted uses defined by the underlying zoning classification will remain in place <br />unless otherwise specified by the Scenic Corridor enabling ordinance. Any standards and <br />conditions not included in the underlying zoning related, but not limited, to signage, lighting, <br />