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Hawaii County Charter Proposal -- text <br />Section 6-7.5. Duties and Functions of the Windward and Leeward Planning <br />Commissions. <br />(a) Both commissions shall: <br />(1) Advise the mayor, council and the planning director on planning and land use <br />matters pursuant to law and this charter. <br />(2) Review the general plan, its amendments and other plans and modifications <br />thereof and transmit such plans with recommendations thereon through the mayor <br />to the council for consideration and action. <br />(3) Review proposed subdivision and zoning ordinances and amendments thereto and <br />transmit such ordinances with recommendations thereon through the mayor to the <br />council for consideration and action. <br />(4) Conduct public hearings in every case prior to action on any matter upon which <br />the commission is required by law or this charter to act. Notice of the time and <br />place of the hearing shall be published at least ten days prior to such hearing in at <br />least two daily newspapers of general circulation in the county and shall also be <br />distributed via an electronic medium, such as the Internet. <br />(5) Perform such other related duties and functions as may be necessary or required <br />pursuant to law and this charter. <br />(b) A uniform body of rules of practice and procedure, except for meeting places and times, <br />shall apply to both commissions. Uniform rules of practice and procedure shall be <br />adopted by a majority vote of the combined membership of the windward planning <br />commission and the leeward planning commission, meeting jointly. [The existing rules <br />of practice and procedure of the Hawai`i county planning commission, except for <br />and procedure are adopted.] <br />(c) Each planning commission shall review and take action upon applications for land use <br />changes and community development plans involving only property within their <br />respective jurisdictions, other than those involving the general plan. If an application for <br />a land use change or a community development plan includes land within the jurisdiction <br />of both the windward planning commission and the leeward planning commission, the <br />application shall be considered by both commissions meeting jointly and action shall <br />require the affirmative vote of a majority of the combined membership of the two <br />commissions. All amendments to the general plan or the adoption of a new general plan <br />shall be considered by each planning commission, meeting separately, and each <br />commission shall make its own recommendation to the council. Each planning <br />commission, meeting separately, shall make its own recommendations to the council on <br />changes to the subdivision and zoning codes and any other planning or land use matters <br />which apply generally and not to a specific area. The planning director shall determine <br />which commission shall take jurisdiction over any matters when not fully established by <br />the charter. <br />1 <br />The existing planning commission shall remain in effect and continue to hear and decide <br />matters pursuant to Section 6 7.3, Hawai`i County Charter (2000), until April 1, 2009, the <br />