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COUNTY OF HAWAII :,• A`: f • STATE OF HAWAII <br /> of N'� . <br /> rK� <br /> BILL NO. 283 <br /> ORDINANCE NO. <br /> AN ORDNANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25, ARTICLE 2, DIVISION 7 AND ARTICLE 6, <br /> DIVISION 1 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), <br /> RELATING TO REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS PROPOSED WITHIN A <br /> SPECIAL DISTRICT. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I: <br /> SECTION 1. Purpose and Findings. The Council finds that it is both desirous and <br /> appropriate for the establishment of a process for the review of development projects within a <br /> special district under Article 7 of Chapter 25, HCC, as amended, for consistency with any design <br /> guidelines and/or standards adopted by the Council, either by ordinance or resolution, for said <br /> special district and that provides local communities with an opportunity to review and comment <br /> on the design and compatibility of development projects within their respective communities. <br /> Community Development Plans adopted since 2008, and those yet to be adopted, often <br /> identify specific local communities with a rich historical and architectural heritage that residents <br /> routinely identify as a defining community characteristic that should be preserved and enhanced. <br /> As local communities actively pursue and secure the adoption of guidelines and/or standards <br /> devised to foster their sense of identity, now and for future generations, a process allowing for <br /> the systematic review of all development projects subject to adopted design guidelines and/or <br /> standards becomes necessary. <br /> The purpose of this ordinance is to incorporate a process within Chapter 25 that requires <br /> the Planning Director to review all development within a special district for consistency with any <br /> applicable adopted design guidelines and/or standards, and to establish a process whereby an <br /> appropriately recognized local organization(s) may create a local design review committee that <br /> shall be routinely provided with the opportunity to review and comment to the Planning Director <br /> on applications for plan approval or a planned unit development for consistency with said <br /> adopted design guidelines and/or standards. <br /> SECTION 2. Chapter 25, article 2, division 7, section 25-2-71 of the Hawai`i County <br /> Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: <br /> "Section 25-2-71. Applicability; plan approval required. <br /> (a) Plan approval shall be required prior to the construction or installation of any new structure <br /> or development or any addition to an existing structure or development in all districts <br /> except in the RS, RA, FA, A and IA districts, and except for the construction of one single- <br /> family dwelling and any accessory buildings per lot, unless required elsewhere in this <br /> chapter. <br />