HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PC 112 09/19/2006 2004-2006 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
DATE: September 19, 2006 Re: Comm. No. 1037/Bill No. 329
PLACE: Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa
TIME: 2:30 p.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 329, reports as follows:
BiII No. 329, transmitted by Council Vice Chair Virginia Isbell via Communication No. 1037, dated
August 23, 2006, amends the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, As Amended) by Adding a New
Chapter Relating to Adequate Public Facilities.
BiII No. 329 adds requirements to the County Code which attempt to identify infrastructure and services
necessary to support new development and establishes a policy for when and how these improvements
and services will be constructed and maintained. Bill No. 329 provides that no new development be
approved by the Planning Director unless road, water and sewer facilities are deemed to be adequate as
required by this bill. According to Bill No. 329, all new development shall be served by "an adequate
network of roads," "an adequate water system," and "an adequate sewer system." If these three
infrastructure systems are deemed to be adequate, then new development may be approved. Conversely,
if these three infrastructure systems are deemed to be inadequate, then "the new development in question
shall not be approved."
Bill No. 329 requires that capital improvement projects will increase infrastructure to support the new
development, or that the developer shall fund infrastmcture improvements to ensure the adequacy of the
system(s) to support new development, or that the County and the developer will enter into a binding
agreement to ensure that adequate infrastructure systems are in place to support new development.
At the September 19, 2006 Planning Committee meeting public testimony was presented by Anika Glass,
Charles Flaherty, Brenda Ford, Cheryl King, 1. Curtis Tyler and Alex Leonazd.
The majority of the public testifiers noted that Committee Vice Chair Hoffinann's concurrency bills (Bill
318 and 319) and Council Vice Chair Isbell's concurrency and adequate public facilities bills (Bill 328
and 329) be referred to the Planning Commission and the Planning Director. A detailed summary of these
testimonies are contained in Companion Bill 328.
PC Report No. 112
Communication 1037
Bill No. 329
Page 2 of 2
Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the purpose and intent of Bill 329 and recommends to
commit to the Planning Commission and Planning Director.
and
nvES NOES A&E ex Respectfully submitted,
ARAKAHI X
HIGA X COMMITTEE ON PLANNING
HOFFMANN X /
HOLSCHIIH X
IKEDA X
ISBELL X v'--
JACOBSON X K. ANGEL PILA CHAIR
PILAGO X PC REPORT NO. T 112
SAFARII{ X ADOPTED: OCI ~ 6 2O~F]