2017-12-11_HCDP_GUIDE_to_AGENCIES_FINAL 02.15.2019

Home

For examples of conditions, look for applicable conditions used in the Concurrency Requirements from HCC 25-2-46 and Agricultural Tourism, HCC 25-2-75 and 25-4-15. Policy 28 Amend the County Code and associated Planning Department Rules to establish reporting and inspection requirements, as well as enforcement for additional farm dwellings to ensure that additional dwellings are used for farm -related purposes. Policy 35 Develop and establish viewshed regulations to preserve and to protect scenic resources, vistas, viewsheds, open space, prominent landscapes, and areas of natural beauty identified in the General Plan. • Conduct a scenic resources inventory and map for the Hamakua Planning Area; • Develop a corridor management plan to direct viewshed protections along roadways; • Consider structural setbacks from major thoroughfares and highways to protect viewshed. (Charter 13-29, HRS 205A, GP 7.2(a), 7.2(b), 7.3(b), 7.3(e), 7.3(f), 7.3(h), 7.3(i), & 14.8.3(d)) Policy 36 Amend the Zoning Code to create a conservation designation for lands (or portions thereof) that should be kept in a largely natural state, but that may not be in the Conservation District, such as certain important viewsheds, riparian buffer areas, gulches, and very steep slopes. (GP 14.8.3 (e)) Policy 40 Develop and adopt policies (including setback requirements) to protect riparian (streamside) areas from incompatible development and uses. Policy 43 To further ecosystem protections, revise Planning Department Rule 17, Landscaping Requirements, to incorporate and encourage native and noninvasive alternatives for landscaping and restoration activities for Plan Review and County projects, and to include the noxious weed list from Hawaii Administrative Rules 4-68 and the invasive plant lists from the Hawaii -Pacific Weed Risk Assessment (HPWRA) as plants to avoid. Consult HPWRA's Plant Pono program (http://plantpono.org) and collaborate with the Big Island Invasive Committee (BIISC) and the University of Hawai'i to determine which native and noninvasive plants to include with this rule revision. Policy 52 Designate Waipi'o Valley, including the Valley rim, as a Wahi Pana and create a resource protection overlay and regulations that will protect Waipi'o Valley's natural resources, preserve its storied past and perpetuate its agricultural traditions and unique rural lifestyle. The Wahi Pana designation should address the following: • Create a Natural Resource Overlay Zone: o Prepare viewshed siting guidelines in the County Zoning Code for parcels along the southeast and eastern portions of Waipi'o Valley rim (GP Policy 7.3 (b)),- • b));o Extend the SMA boundary beyond Waipi'o Valley on the east and southeast Valley rim to ensure that greater setbacks and viewshed protections are incorporated into the review of structures in those areas; 17 Hamakua CDP Guidance to Agencies