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Hawaii County Council committee forwards Bill 29 to council after amendment allowing survey exception
Summary
A Hawaii County Council committee voted to forward Bill 29 with a friendly amendment that would generally require meets-and-bounds surveys for zoning districts but allow the Planning Director to use alternative geographic descriptions in some cases; one public testifier urged rejection, citing concerns about lava overlays and agricultural land.
Bill 29, which would change how Hawaii County establishes zoning and special zoning districts, was forwarded to the full council with a favorable recommendation after a committee vote and a friendly amendment on Wednesday.
The Planning Committee vote follows public testimony opposing the bill and a presentation from the Planning Department explaining the measure’s intent and the proposed amendment.
The bill would amend chapter 25, article 3, section 25-3-3 of the Hawaii County Code to clarify methods for describing zoning district boundaries. Planning Director Jeff Darrow told the committee the bill aims to ease obstacles to creating special districts in older downtowns — such as Pahoa Village — by allowing alternatives to costly meets-and-bounds surveys, including references to landmarks, roads or TMKs and the use of GIS shapefiles.…
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