How the county updates its long-term plans every ten years

A. In processing proposed decennial revisions to the general plan, the planning director shall: 1. Simultaneously transmit the planning director's proposed revisions to the countywide policy plan to the three general plan advisory committees; 2. Transmit the planning director's proposed Maui island plan to the Maui general plan advisory committee; 3. Make the revisions to the countywide policy plan and the Maui island plan prepared and recommended by the planning director available for public inspection and copying pursuant to the Uniform Information Practices Act; and 4. Assist the general plan advisory committees to conduct public meetings, public workshops, and public hearings. B. Time limits for the planning director to transmit general plan advisory committee recommendations regarding the countywide policy plan and Maui island plan to the planning commissions: 1. Within thirty days after the Maui, Molokai, and Lanai general plan advisory committees forward their respective recommendations and proposed revisions to the countywide policy plan to the planning director, the planning director shall place, on a meeting agenda for the planning commission of the same island as the general plan advisory committee, the proposed revisions prepared and recommended by the planning director and the general plan advisory committee's recommendations and proposed revisions. 2. Within thirty days after the Maui general plan advisory committee forwards its recommendations and proposed revisions to the Maui island plan to the planning director, the planning director shall place on a meeting agenda for the Maui planning commission the proposed revisions to the Maui island plan prepared and recommended by the planning director and the recommendations and proposed revisions to the Maui island plan recommended by the Maui general plan advisory committee. C. Time limits for planning commission review of the countywide policy plan and the Maui island plan: 1. No later than one hundred twenty days after the Maui, Molokai, and Lanai planning commissions hold their respective first public hearing to discuss the countywide policy plan, the planning commissions shall transmit the following to the council: the proposed revisions prepared and recommended by the planning director; the general plan advisory committee's recommendations and proposed revisions; and the planning commission's recommendations, findings, and proposed revisions. The council may, by resolution, extend the time within which the transmittal may be made. 2. No later than one hundred eighty days after the Maui planning commission holds its first public hearing to discuss the Maui island plan, the Maui planning commission shall transmit the following to the council: the proposed revisions prepared and recommended by the planning director; the general plan advisory committee's recommendations and proposed revisions; and the planning commission's recommendations, findings, and proposed revisions. The council may, by resolution, extend the time within which the transmittal may be made. D. Time limits for council review of the countywide policy plan and the Maui island plan: 1. No later than one year after receipt of the countywide policy plan pursuant to subsection C.1 of this section, the council shall adopt the countywide policy plan by ordinance following a public hearing. The council may, by resolution, extend the time within which the ordinance must be enacted. Upon the adoption of the countywide policy plan, the Molokai and Lanai general plan advisory committees shall be disbanded. 2. No later than one year after receipt of the Maui island plan pursuant to subsection C.2 of this section, the council shall adopt the Maui island plan by ordinance following a public hearing, except for the implementation program component. No later than one year after the effective date of the ordinance adopting the Maui island plan, the council shall adopt the implementation program component of the Maui island plan by ordinance following a public hearing. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the council from adopting the Maui island plan in its entirety within one year from its receipt. The council may, by resolution, extend the time within which the ordinances must be enacted. Upon the adoption of the Maui island plan, including the implementation program component, the Maui general plan advisory committee shall be disbanded. E. The documents that comprise the general plan and any revisions thereto shall be in printed form and shall be attached to and be incorporated by reference into the ordinances adopting the general plan. F. The Maui general plan advisory committee may begin its review of the Maui island plan prior to its final review and recommendations on the countywide policy plan, provided that the Maui general plan advisory committee shall make its final recommendations on the countywide policy plan concurrent with or prior to its recommendations on the Maui island plan. (Ord. No. 3979, § 2, 2012; Ord. No. 3615, § 1, 2009; Ord. 3405 § 3, 2006: Ord. 3166 § 2 (part), 2004)