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.7.14 COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII •+f'i N�MC i�'\\ ,FrE OFNF''�r BILL NO. ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25, ARTICLE 2, DIVISION 7 AND ARTICLE 6, DIVISION 1 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS PROPOSED WITHIN A SPECIAL DISTRICT. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`L SECTION 1. Purpose and Findings. The Council finds that it is both desirous and appropriate for the establishment of a process for the review of development projects within a special district under Article 7 of Chapter 25, HCC, as amended, for consistency with any design guidelines and/or standards adopted by the Council, either by ordinance or resolution, for said special district and that provides local communities with an opportunity to review and comment on the design and compatibility of development projects within their respective communities. Community Development Plans adopted since 2008, and those yet to be adopted, often identify specific local communities with a rich historical and architectural heritage that residents routinely identify as a defining community characteristic that should be preserved and enhanced. As local communities actively pursue and secure the adoption of guidelines and/or standards devised to foster their sense of identity, now and for future generations, a process allowing for the systematic review of all development projects subject to adopted design guidelines and/or standards becomes necessary. The purpose of this ordinance is to incorporate a process within Chapter 25 that requires the Planning Director to review all development within a special district for consistency with any applicable adopted design guidelines and/or standards, and to establish a process whereby an appropriately recognized local organization(s) may create a local design review committee that shall be routinely provided with the opportunity to review and comment to the Planning Director on applications for plan approval or a planned unit development for consistency with said adopted design guidelines and/or standards. SECTION 2. Chapter 25, article 2, division 7, section 25-2-71 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: "Section 25-2-71. Applicability; plan approval required. (a) Plan approval shall be required prior to the construction or installation of any new structure or development or any addition to an existing structure or development in all districts except in the RS, RA, FA, A and IA districts, and except for the construction of one single- family dwelling and any accessory buildings per lot, unless required elsewhere in this chapter.