HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PC 069 05/01/2006 2004-2006 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
DATE: May 1, 2006 Re: Comm. No. 818Bi11 No. 267
PLACE: Council Chambers
TIME: 10:00 a.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Bill No. 267, transmitted by Mayor Harry Kim via Canmunication No. 818, dated Apri14, 2006,
amends Chapter 25 (Zoning), Hawaii County Code, by including a sewer pump station as a
permitted use in any zoning district, subject to the Planning Director's issuance of a plan
approval.
Bill No. 267 amends Chapter 25, article 4, section 25-4-I 1, Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005
Edition, as amended), by adding sewer pump stations to the list of other utility substations which
require plan approval prior to establishment within any zoning district in the County. Currently,
sewer pump stations are not specifically mentioned as permitted within any zoning district. Bill
No. 267 states that sewer pump stations are "normally a necessary function of a larger
development; and therefore should be permitted within the various zoning districts under the
category of public and private utilities."
Bill No. 267 also clarifies that the listed utility substations may be public or private, and adds
language to allow both types of substations upon the issuance of a plan approval by the Planning
Director.
Communication 818 reports that the Planning Commission voted to approve the proposed
amendments to Chapter 25 (Zoning), Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition), at its public
hearing on March 24, 2006.
At the May 1, 2006 Committee on Planning meeting, Director Chris Yuen explained this
measure is to correct a small flaw in which the Zoning Code is not clear where a sewer pump
station is a permitted use. Director Yuen stated that very often, location of a pump station is
dictated by engineering concerns and that the amendment specifies that like other kinds of utility
substations, a sewer pump station can be located in any zone district.
Additionally, the Office of the County Clerk distributed a new Drafr 2 of Bill No. 267. Draft 2
makes the following non-substantive changes to the bill:
In Section 2, it amends the reference to the Hawaii County Code 1983, from the "2000 Edition"
to the "2005 Edition" of the code, as amended.
In the amendment to section 25-4-11 of the code, it amends the title of the section to read as
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follows, "Power lines utility substations[;], public buildings." Draft 1 of the bill,
inadvertently changed the first semi-colon to a comma, without ramseyering the change. We
used this opportunity to change the punctuation between these terms to commas throughout.
In Section 3, language is added that explains that material to be repealed is bracketed and
stricken and that in printing this ordinance, such brackets and bracketed material need not be
included.
Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose of Bill No. 267, as
amended to Drafr 2, and recommends it pass first reading.
and
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