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PUBLIC ACCESS § 34-4 (b) The location of public shoreline and mountain areas and existing shoreline, coastal and public mountain trails shall be determined by the director in consultation with the State department of land and natural resources and the department of parks and recreation and shall be established by rule pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes. The director shall solicit such information from such agencies upon adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter and from time to time thereafter. Such rules shall include maps depicting the public-owned areas and the approximate location of the existing public trails, and may provide for supplementation of listed areas and trails upon publication of notice in lieu of rule amendment. Provided, that the rules shall be amended not less than every five years to incorporate any supplemental changes made since prior rule adoption and to allow public comments on practices and procedures established under such rules. (c) The location and frequency of public access shall be established by the director or the planning commission, as respectively authorized under chapters 23 and 25 subject to the provisions of article 3 of this chapter. The director shall establish the preferred public access alignment with consideration of such factors as topography, approximate location along the nearest public street and configuration of the subdivision lots or development site. (d) Where the lands comprising a proposed subdivision or development do not span the entire distance between a public street and a shoreline or mountain area to which the County has determined by the director that public access is necessary, the director shall require dedication of those segments of the needed public accessway laying within the proposed subdivision or development. (e) Except as provided in subsection (f) herein below, a multiple-family development approved prior to March 4, 1996 shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter when six or more dwelling units are added or proposed to be added thereto. (f) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to subdivisions or multiple-family developments sanctioned, approved or permitted by a development agreement pursuant to the development agreement code, a change of zone ordinance, or a valid special management area (SMA) permit issued prior to March 4, 1996 when: (1) Such agreement, ordinance or SMA permit includes requirements for the dedication of public access to the shoreline, provision of related improvements or a cash payment in lieu thereof; or (2) The director determines that the provisions of the agreement, ordinance or SMA permit, together with one or more related agreements, zoning ordinances or SMA permits covering adjacent lands, was intended by the council or the planning commission, respectively, to comprise an integrated shoreline access system for the lands subject to such related agreements, ordinances or SMA permits; and 34-3