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PCDP Objective and Action Alignment Table <br />Native Forests and Geological Features <br />2.2.2.a <br />Non -County <br />Adopt a Biosphere Reserve Buffer Zone (BRBZ) and designate a BRBZ Advisory Commission to guide <br />O <br />Action <br />development within the region's native forest through regulatory measures and economic <br />incentives. <br />2.2.2.b <br />County Action <br />Adopt regulatory measures, educational programs and incentives to preserve remnants of native <br />O <br />ecosystems in Puna subdivisions, especially remnants at lower elevations. <br />2.2.2.c <br />County Action <br />Modify and enforce Chapter 10, Hawai'i County Code (HCC), to prevent storm water diversion to <br />O <br />other properties. <br />2.2.2.d <br />County Action <br />Increase the County's role in helping to sustain the native forest, primarily through tax incentives, <br />O <br />(May 2015 -April 2016 Annual Report) Building <br />new regulations and zoning changes. <br />in Puna Brochure - Work on the grubbing and grading <br />brochure continues and is awaiting approval of final <br />Provide tax incentives to encourage more landowners to participate in programs to preserve <br />draft. <br />2.2.2.e <br />Non -County <br />O <br />Action <br />native species and to remove invasive species. <br />2.2.3.a <br />Non -County <br />Enact a BRBZ, either separately or as an overlay district for the Volcano area, to include proposing <br />A <br />(May 2015 -April 2016 Annual Report) The <br />Volcano — Wants to do community <br />Action <br />the following provisions and other supporting measures: <br />Action Committee made comments and <br />plan. There is no recognized <br />1) Standards for maximum land disturbance within the BRBZ; <br />recommendations pertaining to the General Plan <br />governance lower than county <br />2) A system to monitor the'Ohi'a forest canopy within the BRBZ; <br />comprehensive update. <br />govt. <br />3) A set of economic incentives designed to reduce forest clearance and the number of <br />developable lots within the BRBZ; <br />4) Mitigation standards and procedures that provide guidelines for the restoration and re- planting <br />of disturbed areas; <br />5) A study to mitigate localized flooding in ecologically friendly ways, such as using vacant, forested <br />lots to absorb floodwaters (see also Action c. in Section 2.3.3); <br />6) Use of "small -footprint" septic tanks to reduce lot grading; <br />7) An expert advisory committee to assist in developing standards, project reviews and public <br />education programs related to the BRBZ; <br />8) Designation of unencumbered State-owned lands near Wright Road for either Natural Area <br />Reserve or Forest Reserve status; <br />9) Amendment to the General Plan to recognize the purpose and intent of the BRBZ and <br />designation of State-owned lands in the BRBZ to "Open"; <br />10) Prohibition of'Ohana Dwelling Units within the BRBZ; and <br />11) Within the Volcano area, propose re -zoning agricultural- and residential -zoned lots to an <br />appropriate desi nation to prevent further subdivision. <br />2.2.3.b <br />County Action <br />Propose amendments to the grubbing and grading ordinance and/or the zoning code to protect <br />A <br />native species, geological and historic features outside of the BRBZ by preventing pin -to -pin lot <br />grading, clearing and grading encroachments onto adjacent lots and water diversions into <br />adjoining properties. The new regulations should provide standards for the preservation of native <br />vegetation, review and public notice procedures for grading permits, and penalties for violations <br />