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BILL NO. 179
(DRAFT 2)
ORDINANCE NO.
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
historical sites; the most desirable density of population in the several parts of the county; a
system of principal thoroughfares, highways, streets, public access to the shorelines, and other
open spaces; the general locations, relocations and improvement of public buildings, the general
location and extent of public utilities and terminals, whether publicly or privately owned, for
water, sewers, light, power, transit, and other purposes; the extent and location of public housing
projects; adequate drainage facilities and control; air pollution; and such other matter as may, in
the council's judgment, be beneficial to the social, economic, and governmental conditions and
trends and shall be designed to assure the coordinated development of the county and to promote
the general welfare, health, 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 Charter material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.
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.
INTRODUCED BY:
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IL MEMB , COUNTY OF H1—ik..—COUN
, Hawai`i
Date of Introduction:
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REFERENCE Comm. 794.3
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