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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0794.004 2014-2016 Margaret Wille , o ;,' Phone No. Ilii?'. (808)961-8027 Cwmcii.1/ember :.P' ' Phone Na Waimea: (808) 887-2043 Divtrict 9-North and South K'ohala w4 Fax No:: (ROS)887--2072 i•f E-Mail: mwiIlc 4cu.hawaii.hi.us i.r HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawaii Hawaii County Building Ilolomua Center west Mum'i Civic Center Bldg:l 25 Aupuni Street 64-1067 M1iumalahoa Highway.Suite C-5 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Nvr. Hilo. Hawaii 96720 li'aimea. Hawaii 96743 Kailua-Kona, Hamat't.96740 TO: Dru Mamo Kanuha, Council Chair and Members of the Hawaii County Council • FROM: ts.j. Margaret Wille, Council Member • DATE: April 28, 2016 6.3 SUBJECT: Proposed Amendments to Bill No. 179, Draft 2;an Ordinance Amending Article III, Section 3-15 of the Hawaii County Charter(2014), Relating to the General Plan. Please find attached proposed amendments to Bill No. 179, Draft 2. The proposed amendments are illustrated below in Ramseyer format with respect to the contents of Bill No. 179, Draft 2 (material to be deleted is bracketed and stricken; material to be added is underscored). A draft copy of proposed Bill No. 179, Draft 3, is attached with the amendments incorporated therein. Bill No. 179, Draft 2 is amended by amending SECTION 1 of the bill,to read as follows: "SECTION 1. Article III, section 3-15 of the Hawaii 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, (1) The comprehensive physical development of the county; and (2) The economic and employment well-being, environmental well-being, and sociocultural well-being of the county. (b) [Itj The general plan 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 /` . 110. "I . Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island n Hawaii County Is An Equal Opportunity 1-y/Provider And Employer Ref, To: 1- ca Ref. Dore lea;). 04 Z„ntl§ 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)1(c) 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)](d) 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)](e) Amendments to the general plan may be initiated by the council or the planning director."" MW/dh An. 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 Hawaii County Charter(2014), relating to the General Plan, is amended to read as follows: "Section 3-15. General Plan. fat The county council shall adopt by ordinance a general plan which shall set forth the long-range policy directives to advance: (1) The comprehensive physical development of the county; and (2) The economic and employment well-being,environmental well-being, and sociocultural well-being of the county. (b) [II] The general plan 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. I(-a)IL) 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)](d) 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)jj J Amendments to the general plan may be initiated by the council or the planning director." 3 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 Hawaii, 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 Hawaii 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