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(5) A streetscape rendering heproject site and adjacent properties suitable for evaluating the immediate spatial relationships. Photographic images may be substituted provided those images are adequate to serve the same purpose; (6) Other descriptive information as the director finds necessary to determine consistency of the proposed project with the design guidelines and/or standards adopted for the special district in which the project building site is located. (b) Within five days of acceptance of an application for plan approval the director shall provide the respective design review committee with a copy of the application and plans along with a request for their review and comments on the consistency of the project with the adopted design guidelines and/or standards. (c) The written recommendations and plans stamped"Reviewed by"with the date and signature of the chair of the respective design review committee affixed shall be submitted to the director within twenty-five calendar days of receipt by the design review committee of the director's request for design review. (d) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the director shall withhold rendering a decision on a plan approval application until having received the written recommendations and stamped and signed plans from the chair of the respective design review committee for the application. (e) By written request to the director,the chair of the respective design review committee may request an extension of time to complete the design review and to submit the recommendations of the design review committee,which the director may grant only with the written approval of the applicant for plan approval. (fl In the event that no design review committee is established, or if the design review r committee, for whatever reason, fails to respond within the time limit prescribed in subsection(b), the director shall provide design review against the relevant design guidelines and/or standards as adopted by the council and waive the requirements under subsection(c)." SECTION 4. Chapter 25, article 2, section 25-2-76 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: "Section 25-2-76. Action on plan approval application. (a) The director may issue plan approval subject to conditions or changes in the proposal which, in the director's opinion, are necessary to carry out and further the purposes of this chapter and the considerations contained in section 25-2-77. (b) The director may only issue plan approval for a telecommunication antenna or tower if the proposed use meets all of the conditions contained in sections 25-2-77 and 25-4-12, and if the applicant provides all verification required under section 25-2-74. (c) The director may only issue plan approval for a temporary model home or real estate office if the proposed use meets all of the conditions in section 25-2-77 and 25-4-8. (d) The director shall render a decision to either approve or deny a plan approval application, other than for an agricultural tourism facility[,] or any special district with adopted design guidelines and/or standards,within thirty days after acceptance of the application. If the director fails to render a decision within the thirty-day period, the application shall be considered approved without further certification by the director. For an agricultural tourism facility, the department shall conduct a site inspection prior to issuing plan 3