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COUNTY OF HAWAII ORDINANCE NO. STATE OF HAWAII BILL NO. Ui 70 75 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE HAWAII COUNTY GENERAL PLAN, AS ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE NO. 05 25, RELATING TO GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT PROCEDURES BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is in accordance with Section 3 -15, Hawaii County Charter, and Section 16.2 Interim Amendments, County of Hawaii General Plan adopted by Ordinance No. 05 25. Specifically, the amendment is to streamline the current amendment procedures to the General Plan initiated by the County Council and the Planning Director, while still allowing adequate time for the Planning Director and Planning Commission to provide their recommendations as required by the Hawaii County Charter and the Hawaii County Code. SECTION 2. Ordinance No. 05 -25, is amended by amending section 16.1, relating to Comprehensive Review of the County of Hawaii General Plan, to read as follows: "16.1 COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW (l) The Planning Director shall initiate a comprehensive review of the General Plan lever), ten years after the initial date of adoption of the Gmer-al -plau" And thee date of..deption ofsubsequent] and prepare a set of recommended amendments for review by the Planning Commission and adoption by the County Council. The recommended amendments shall be submitted to the County Council not more than ten years after the date of adoption of the previous amendments resulting from a comprehensive review. (2) The Planning Director shall give notice of the comprehensive review to the County Council, Planning Commission, and the general public. The notice shall state: (a) The general scope of review; (b) The [ability] opportunity for the County Council, Planning Commission, and the general public to provide their comments and suggestions to the Planning Director; and