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PUNA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Transportation: 2.2 Native Forests and Geological Features
Action 2.2.3.e (page 2-8)
Reduce the minimum lot size to qualify for the native forest
preservation tax reduction and allow it in any zoning district. Enrollment of a lot in this program is voluntary, but it is binding and permanent, and attached to effective measures
to prevent significant clearing or other adverse alterations of the forest cover.
(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.
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.e
Reduce the minimum lot size to qualify for the native forest preservation tax reduction and allow it in any zoning district. Enrollment of a lot in this program is voluntary,
but it is binding and permanent, and attached to effective measures to prevent significant clearing or other adverse alterations of the forest cover.
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Action 2.2.3.e
Reduce the minimum lot size to qualify
for the native forest preservation tax reduction and allow it in any zoning district. Enrollment of a lot in this program is voluntary, but it is binding and permanent, and attached
to effective measures to prevent significant clearing or other adverse alterations of the forest cover.