By Staff Reports
(Kauai)– One of the most utilized chapters of the Kaua’i County Code is getting an overhaul.
Adopted in 1972, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (CZO), which regulates land use and development on Kaua’i, is in the process of being updated by the Planning Department with the assistance of the consulting firm Helber, Hastert and Fee.
“There are many compelling reasons to systematically review, research, and propose formal revisions to numerous sections of the CZO,” said Planning Director Michael Dahilig. “Our ultimate goal is to overhaul as necessary the entire CZO, and make it a more user-friendly document.”
The first phase of the draft update, which focuses primarily on organizational and format changes along with all of the adopted amendments to date, is now available on the county website, http://www.kauai.gov/planning/CZOUpdate.
Plans are in place for the second phase to begin later this year. This phase will contain substantive revisions in a Ramseyered format.
Comments from the public are welcome and can be emailed to: czoupdate@kauai.gov or sent via regular mail to: Planning Department, 4444 Rice Street, Suite A473, Lîhu’e, HI 96766. The deadline to provide input on phase one of the CZO draft update is Friday, Jan. 20.
Over the last two years, long-range county planners have been working closely with the consultant in reorganizing the CZO, incorporating charts and figures as visual aids, and inserting language changes based on meetings with the Planning Department staff along with their research of other codes and laws.
The project team has also reviewed the recommendations for CZO amendments found in the 2000 Kaua’i General Plan as well as the recommendations from the 1996 to 1998 CZO update, and has moved forward with having some of them codified.
Among the recently codified amendments are: Transient Vacation Rental Ordinances Nos. 864, 876 and 904; Open District Ordinance No. 896; and Additional Dwelling Unit Ordinances Nos. 843 and 886.
For more information about the CZO update, please call the Planning Department at 241-4050.