How zoning rules are changed

(a) Regulations provided for under this section and as codified in chapter 25 of this Code shall regulate and limit the height and bulk of buildings, to regulate and determine the area of yards, courts and other open spaces, and to regulate and restrict the location of trades and industries and the location of buildings designed for specific uses or creating districts for any such purposes. The regulations shall be enacted as ordinances of the County and published as provided by law. Pursuant to the Charter, the windward and leeward planning commissions shall meet separately and provide separate recommendations on any amendment to zoning regulations. (b) The director, with the approval of either the windward or leeward planning commission, or both acting jointly, as provided in the Charter, may initiate at any time or upon application as provided in section 2-34 and recommend to the council the adoption of an ordinance amending or repealing any zoning regulation or the enactment of a new ordinance regulating land uses after a public hearing is held. Published notice of the hearing shall be given in the manner provided in section 2-30. (c) Notwithstanding any provision in this section, any ordinance regulating land use and affecting lands in a redevelopment project area shall be amended without the necessity of a public hearing to conform to the approved redevelopment plan upon acquisition of the lands by the Hawai‘i redevelopment agency in accordance with section 53-6, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes.