HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0004.002 2010-2012BRENDA J. FORD
Council Member
District 7 - Central Kona
Phone: (808)326-5684
Fax: (808)329-4786
E -Mail: bford @co.hawaii.hi.us
HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai `i
Kailua Trade Center
75 -5706 Hanama Place, Suite 109
Kailua -Kona, Hawai'i 96740
DATE: January 5, 2011
TO: Dominic Yagong, Chairperson
and Members of the Hawaii County Council
FROM: j 1�renda J. Ford, Council Member
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendments to Bill 326, Draft 2, Which Amends Chapter 29, Hawaii
County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, As Amended), Relating to Water Use and
Development
Attached please find proposed amendments to Bill No. 326, Draft 2. The proposed amendments
are illustrated by Ramseyer format with respect to Bill No. 326, Draft 2, and bolded for
illustrative purposes. The proposed amendments are as follows:
SECTION, Section 29 -3, Amendments, is amended by deleting the existing material in
its entirety and adding new subsections (a) and (b) to read:
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The council shall have the right to make amendments to the Hawaii County
water use and development Plan through ordinance.
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2. SECTION 3, Section 29 -4, Plan review, is amended to read:
"Section 29.4. [ Plan . Mandatory plan review.
[The Hawai'i Countywater- use and development plan shall be r-eviewed as
required by the State water eode ehftpte - ,''�- 74 ,=uwai'i Revised Statutes.
The Hawaii County water use and development plan shall be reviewed in
1995 and every fifth year thereafter. The water commission of the County of
Hawaii shall serve as the plan review committee. The planning director and the
manager -chief engineer of the department of water supply shall serve as technical
advisors to the plan review committee. The committee shall hold at least one public
hearing in East Hawaii and West Hawaii in order to ascertain whether
amendments to the plan are necessary. The committee may propose amendments to
the existing plan and all such proposed amendments shall be submitted to the
council in bill form no later than December 31, of the plan review year.
A draft copy of Bill 326, Draft 3, is attached with the proposed amendments incorporated
therein.
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 29, HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005
EDITION), RELATING TO WATER USE AND DEVELOPMENT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this bill is to delete sections of Chapter 29,
Hawaii County Code, which are reiterations and summaries of those provisions already
contained in the State Water Code (Hawai`i Revised Statutes Chapter 174C), adopt the updated
Hawaii County Water Use and Development Plan, and amend the provisions regarding the
future updating of the Hawaii County Water Use and Development Plan.
SECTION 2. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is
underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed and stricken material and
underscoring need not be included.
SECTION 3. Chapter 29, article 1, section 29 -1 through section 29 -4, of the Hawaii
County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended) are amended to read as follows:
"Section 29 -1. Purpose.
The State water code, chapter 174C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, mandates the
preparation and adoption of a water use and development plan by each County for
incorporation into the Hawaii water plan. The contents of the County water use and
development plan are dictated by chapter 174C. The purpose of this chapter is to comply
with the dictates of chapter 174C and adopt the water use and development plan.
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Section 29 -2. Adoption of [The] the Hawaii County water use and development
plan.
The Hawaii County water use and development plan of [ Peee ber- 1 989 ]
August 2010, incorporated herein by reference, is hereby adopted and any revision,
amendment, or modification of the same, pursuant to section 29 -3, shall be deemed a part
of the elan without further adoption or amendment to this chapter and shall be
incorporated into this chapter by reference.
Section 29 -3. Amendments.
(a) This ordinance may be amended in the same manner as any general
ordinance.
(b,) The council shall have the right to make amendments to the Hawaii County
water use and development plan through ordinance.
Section 29.4. Mandatory plan review.
The Hawaii County water use and development plan shall be reviewed in 1995
and every fifth year thereafter. The water commission of the County of Hawaii shall
serve as the plan review committee. The planning director and the [manager] manager -
chief engineer of the department of water supply shall serve as technical advisors to the
plan review committee. The committee shall hold at least one public hearing in East
Hawaii and West Hawaii in order to ascertain whether amendments to the plan are
necessary. The committee may propose amendments to the existing plan and all such
proposed amendments shall be submitted to the council in bill form no later than
December 31, of the plan review year."
SECTION 4. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof
to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or
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Section 29 -2. Adoption of [The] the Hawaii County water use and development
plan.
The Hawaii County water use and development plan of [ Peee ber- 1 989 ]
August 2010, incorporated herein by reference, is hereby adopted and any revision,
amendment, or modification of the same, pursuant to section 29 -3, shall be deemed a part
of the elan without further adoption or amendment to this chapter and shall be
incorporated into this chapter by reference.
Section 29 -3. Amendments.
(a) This ordinance may be amended in the same manner as any general
ordinance.
(b,) The council shall have the right to make amendments to the Hawaii County
water use and development plan through ordinance.
Section 29.4. Mandatory plan review.
The Hawaii County water use and development plan shall be reviewed in 1995
and every fifth year thereafter. The water commission of the County of Hawaii shall
serve as the plan review committee. The planning director and the [manager] manager -
chief engineer of the department of water supply shall serve as technical advisors to the
plan review committee. The committee shall hold at least one public hearing in East
Hawaii and West Hawaii in order to ascertain whether amendments to the plan are
necessary. The committee may propose amendments to the existing plan and all such
proposed amendments shall be submitted to the council in bill form no later than
December 31, of the plan review year."
SECTION 4. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof
to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or
applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
application, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.