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PUNA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Transportation: 2.2 Native Forests and Geological Features
Action 2.2.3.b (page 2-7)
Propose amendments to the grubbing and grading ordinance
and/or the zoning code to protect native species, geological and historic features outside of the BRBZ by preventing pin-to-pin lot grading, clearing and grading encroachments onto adjacent
lots and water diversions into adjoining properties. The new regulations should provide standards for the preservation of native vegetation, review and public notice procedures for
grading permits, and penalties for violations.
Refer to Chapter 5 for implementation guidelines related to this action.
(2.2.1) Goals:
The connection between intact native forests
in Volcanoes National Park and nearby State forest reserves and natural area reserves in preserved while allowing for more limited orderly development of the residential and agricultural
areas in between.
Destruction of native forest through development activity is abated.
The spread of invasive species through abandonment of previously cleared areas is reduced.
d)
Residents, those employed in the real estate and construction industries, and the general public are made more aware of the value of the native forest, the threats to that ecosystem,
and actions that can be taken to sustain the forest.
(2.2.2) Objectives:
Adopt a Biosphere Reserve Buffer Zone (BRBZ) and designate a BRBZ Advisory Commission to guide development
within the region’s native forest through regulatory measures and economic incentives.
Adopt regulatory measures, educational programs and incentives to preserve remnants of native ecosystems
in Puna subdivisions, especially remnants at lower elevations.
Modify and enforce Chapter 10, Hawai'i County Code (HCC), to prevent storm water diversion to other properties.
Increase
the County’s role in helping to sustain the native forest, primarily through tax incentives, new regulations and zoning changes.
Provide tax incentives to encourage more landowners to
participate in programs to preserve native species and to remove invasive species.
Action 2.2.3.b
Propose amendments to the grubbing and grading ordinance and/or the zoning code to protect native species, geological and historic features outside of the BRBZ by preventing
pin-to-pin lot grading, clearing and grading encroachments onto adjacent lots and water diversions into adjoining properties. The new regulations should provide standards for the preservation
of native vegetation, review and public notice procedures for grading permits, and penalties for violations.
Refer to Chapter 5 for implementation guidelines related to this action.
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Action 2.2.3.b
Propose amendments to the grubbing and
grading ordinance and/or the zoning code to protect native species, geological and historic features outside of the BRBZ by preventing pin-to-pin lot grading, clearing and grading encroachments
onto adjacent lots and water diversions into adjoining properties. The new regulations should provide standards for the preservation of native vegetation, review and public notice procedures
for grading permits, and penalties for violations.
Refer to Chapter 5 for implementation guidelines related to this action.