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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0794.001 2014-2016 Margaret Wille Phone No. Hilo: (808)961-8027 Council Member o°:• +.,'.. Phone No. Waimea: (808) 887-2043 District 9-North and South Kohala ��' Fax No.: (808)887-2072 `*: E-Mail: mwille@co.hawaii.hi.us HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawai'1 Hawai'i County Building Holomua Center West Hawai`i Civic Center Bldg. A 25 Aupuni Street 64-1067 Mamalahoa Highway,Suite C-5 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy. Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Waimea, Hawai`i 96743 Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i,96740 TO: Dru Mamo Kanuha, Council Chair and Members of the Hawai`i County Council FROM: 44 Margaret Wille, Council Member DATE: April 18, 2016 SUBJECT: Proposed Amendments to Bill No. 179; An Ordinance Amending Article VII Section 3-15 of the Hawai`i County Charter (2014), Relating to the Genera Plan. Please find attached proposed amendments to Bill No. 179. The proposed amendments are illustrated below by Ramseyer format with respect to the contents of Bill No. 179 (material to be deleted is bracketed and stricken, material to be added is underscored). A draft copy of proposed Bill No. 179, Draft 2, is attached with the amendments incorporated therein. Bill No. 179, is amended by amending SECTION 1 of the bill, to read as follows: "SECTION 1. Article III, section 3-15 of the Hawai`i County Charter (2014), relating to the General Plan, is amended to read as follows: "Section 3-15. General Plan. The county council shall adopt by ordinance a general plan which shall set forth the council's long range policy directives to advance the county's economic, employment, environmental, and socio-cultural wellbeing[7] in addition to the council's policy for long-range comprehensive physical development of the county. It shall contain a statement of development objectives, standards and principles with respect to the most desirable use of land within the county for residential, recreational, agricultural, commercial, industrial and other purposes which shall be consistent with proper conservation of natural resources[; the preservation of our natural the "Blue Zone Project" and other community health initiatives for all age groups; the most desirable density of population in the several p - -- .• - ; • - •- - •- •:- • - - , .. , _ , -- , • , - - •- -• -- - ; - - - - - - - - :. : •°• • Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island Comm. No. Hawai`i County Is An Equal Opportunity Provider And Employer Ref• To: �' �- Ref. Date, �_ projects; adequate drainage facilities and control; adequate protection from air, water, and soil . . .. -- matter as may, in the council's judgment, be beneficial to the social, economic, and coordinated development of the county's economic, environmental, and socio cultural directives, . . . . . . -, - . -, ., : • . - : . . - . •.• ]. (a) The council shall enact zoning, subdivision, and such other ordinances which shall contain the necessary provisions to carry out the purpose of the general plan. (b) No public improvement or project, or subdivision or zoning ordinance, shall be initiated or adopted unless the same conforms to and implements the general plan. (c)) Amendments to the general plan may be initiated by the council or the planning director." MW/dh Att. 2 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE III, SECTION 3-15 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER(2014), RELATING TO THE GENERAL PLAN. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Article III, section 3-15 of the Hawai`i County Charter(2014), relating to the General Plan, is amended to read as follows: "Section 3-15. General Plan. The county council shall adopt by ordinance a general plan which shall set forth the council's [policy for long range comprehensive physical development of the county.] long range policy directives to advance the county's economic, employment, environmental, and socio- cultural wellbeing in addition to the council's policy for long-range comprehensive physical development of the county. It shall contain a statement of development objectives, standards and principles with respect to the most desirable use of land within the county for residential, recreational, agricultural, commercial, industrial and other purposes which shall be consistent with proper conservation of natural resources [and the preservation of our natural beauty and • - ; - . . . . .. . - ; . open spaces; the general locations, relocations and improvement of public buildings, the general the council's judgment, be beneficial to the seeia'l,economic, and governmental conditions and trends and shall be designed to assure the coordinated development of the county and to promote the general welfare, and prosperity of its people]. (a) The council shall enact zoning, subdivision, and such other ordinances which shall contain the necessary provisions to carry out the purpose of the general plan. (b) No public improvement or project, or subdivision or zoning ordinance, shall be initiated or adopted unless the same conforms to and implements the general plan. (c) Amendments to the general plan may be initiated by the council or the planning director." SECTION 2. Charter material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is underscored. When revising, compiling, or printing these charter provisions for inclusion in the Charter of the County of Hawai`i, the reviser need not include the brackets, bracketed and stricken material, and underscoring. SECTION 3. 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 severable. 3 SECTION 4. Upon adoption of this ordinance, this Council, by appropriate resolution, shall provide that this amendment be submitted to the electorate of Hawai`i County for approval in the 2016 general election. SECTION 5. Upon approval of the charter amendment proposed in this ordinance by a majority of voters voting on this legislation in the 2016 general election, as duly certified, this ordinance shall take effect at twelve o'clock meridian on December 5, 2016. 4