Amending the Countywide Policy Plan or Maui Island Plan (between decennial updates)

A. Nondecennial amendments to the countywide policy plan and Maui island plan may be proposed by the planning director or by the council by resolution. All proposed amendments shall be referred to the appropriate planning commission for findings and recommendations. Proposals for nondecennial amendments made pursuant to this subsection shall be processed in accordance with sections 8-8.4 and 8-8.6 of the revised charter of the County of Maui (1983), as amended. B. Nondecennial amendments to the countywide policy plan and Maui island plan enacted pursuant to section 2.80B.050 may be proposed by a person during July of each year, provided that such amendments shall not be accepted within one year after the enactment of a decennial revision to either the countywide policy plan or the Maui island plan. Applications shall follow the procedures set out in sections 19.510.010 and 19.510.020 of this code, shall include the application fee as set forth in the annual budget, and shall be processed as if prepared by the planning director pursuant to section 8-8.4 of the revised charter of the County of Maui (1983), as amended. An environmental assessment or environmental impact statement prepared in accordance with chapter 343, Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, shall be submitted along with the application. C. Prior to approving any amendment to the countywide policy plan pursuant to this section, the council shall hold public hearings on Lanai, Maui, and Molokai on the bill incorporating the amendment. Prior to approving any amendment to the Maui island plan pursuant to this section, the council shall hold a public hearing on Maui on the bill incorporating the amendment. D. Nothing in this section shall prevent concurrent processing of other actions related to a proposed amendment. Where an amendment to the countywide policy plan or Maui island plan directly triggers an amendment to a community plan, such matters shall be processed concurrently, subject to subsection 2.80B.110.A. (Ord. No. 4176, § 2, 12-19-2014; Ord. 3405 § 4, 2006; Ord. 3166 § 2 (part), 2004)