2017-12-11_HCDP_GUIDE_to_AGENCIES_FINAL 02.15.2019

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• Propose and support amendments to the County's taxing powers as a means to increase the supply of affordable housing. • Revise the Zoning Code, Chapter 25, relating to 'Ohana Dwellings and develop an Accessory Dwelling Unit policy aimed at facilitating affordable housing and aging -in- place opportunities. Evaluate and incorporate applicable policy criteria from the City and County of Honolulu's Chapter 21 Accessory Dwelling Unit policy; see also www.accessorvdwellings.org as a resource for how other municipalities are handling accessory dwelling unit regulations. Revise the building code requirements for renovating older houses to facilitate the redevelopment of affordable housing. Policy 69 Support and provide technical assistance to assist in the development of 'road improvement districts' in order to finance road improvements. (Refer to County Res No 320-10) Property Management Policy 15 Identify and secure in public trust (fee simple or by easement) priority lands that achieve one or more of Hamakua's Objectives. • Seek to use conservation easement or acquisition opportunities through funding sources such as PONC, etc., once critical habitat areas are identified as priorities to protect. • Seek to protect with easements or acquire suitable important coastal lands that would protect viewsheds, provide the public with access to scenic viewing areas, or otherwise promote appropriate coastal recreation and subsistence. • Support the efforts of landowners in establishing conservation and agricultural easements to preserve important resources in perpetuity. Policy 47 Pursue access easements and/or acquisition of high priority public accesses to meet CDP objectives. Policy 48 Where possible through permit conditions, easements, or acquisitions, the County of Hawai'i shall establish: public access to and along the shoreline to significant historic sites, public transit along the top of cliff, streams, mauka trails, facilities, and access to areas for gathering, hunting, and other recreational purposes. Lands adjacent to Forest and Natural Area Reserves shall be assessed for public access potential and public access may be included as a condition of subdivision. (HRS §205A-26,- GP 205A-26;GP 6.2(b), 7.3(a); 8.3(r)) Policy 50 Prior to disposing of, leasing, or transferring public lands, including public roads or trails, public access potentials will be assessed, documented, and protected if public access use is in the public's interest. (HRS §46-1.5 and §171-26) 10 Hamakua CDP Guidance to Agencies