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4 <br />Section 4: Protect and Enhance Natural & Cultural Resources <br />4.2 Protect Coastal Resources <br />4.2.4 County Action <br />Policy 19: <br />Amend Planning Department Rule 11 to establish shoreline setbacks for the Hamakua CDP <br />Planning Area at the earliest stages of the land use planning and development process. The <br />minimum shoreline setback shall be either: <br />a) A minimum of 40 feet from the top of cliff, in addition to a distance equal to the average <br />elevation of the top of cliff within the subject parcel; or, <br />b) A minimum of 40 feet from the top of cliff, in addition to a distance equal to the <br />anticipated 100 years of erosion as determined by a coastal erosion study. This study, <br />including a cliff stability analysis and/or a geological analysis, shall be conducted by a <br />licensed engineer. <br />This policy shall only apply to properties that are located within the Special Management Area <br />and abutting or within five hundred feet of the shoreline. For lots created (final subdivision <br />approval or a legal lot of record as determined by the Planning Department) prior to the date of <br />adoption of the Hamakua CDP with an average lot depth of two hundred feet or less, the <br />shoreline setback line shall 40 feet from top of cliff. <br />Policy 20: <br />