2017-3-15 Land Use Policy Guide FINAL COMPLETE 06.07.2018

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1.1 Purpose and Organization of this Land Use Planners Guide The Hamakua Community Development plan (CDP) Land Use Policy Guide is a quick -reference guide for land use planners. It is one of several CDP support documents designed to make the Hamakua CDP accessible to the diversity of its future users. The CDP policies included in this Guide are identical to the land use polices in the CDP, but they are re -organized for easy reference by land use planners. This Guide is organized into four substantive sections: ■ "Section 2: Applicability of CDP Land Use Policies" explains where and how the land use policies are to be applied. ■ "Section 3: Preferred Settlement Patterns" introduces the official CDP Land Use Guide Map ■ "Section 4: Land Use & Permitting" includes all of the CDP policies designed to achieve the community's preferred future growth pattern. The policies are clustered by community priorities: rural and agricultural land, coastal areas, forests/conservation areas, scenic resources, public access, and road/connectivity standards. The types of actions involve guidance for performing permit reviews, change of zone applications, special and use permits, planned unit development, Special Management Area reviews, subdivision, parcel consolidation and resubdivision, variance, plan approval, and grubbing and grading. ■ "Section 5: Code Amendments and Rule Changes" includes other CDP strategies that relate to various types of County initiated changes to either County Code, or various other departmental rules. ■ "Section 6: Other Supporting Actions" includes various other guidance in how to implement CDP objectives. This section involves policies and actions that would guide and direct Planning Department collaboration, technical or collaborative support, or capacity building to achieve the community's objectives. ■ "Section 7: Land Use Guide Maps" includes the close-up town -focused version of the land use guide map referred to in Section 3, Policies 1 and 12. This section provides guidance in recommending General Plan LUPAG map amendments and general guidance about community priorities for future land use decisions around the Planning Area's towns and villages. 1.2 What Is a CDP ana wnat can It do -.e A Community Development Plan (CDP) is an official plan authorized by the County of Hawai'i General Plan that translates the broad goals and objectives of the General Plan to the unique needs and conditions of a region. The Hamakua CDP is adopted by County ordinance and is a long-range plan with a 20 -year time horizon. CDPs are the forum for community input into establishing County policy at the regional level and coordinating the delivery of County services to the community. CDPs generally do four things: 1. Establish County Policy, particularly for land use and development. CDPs can direct settlement where the community wants it and protect cultural resources, public access, and valuable areas like the coast, agricultural land, and forests. County land use policies are implemented primarily through the County's actions on permit applications. Hamakua CDP Land Use Planner's Guide