2. Maui County General Plan Update
• Addresses Regional Planning needs
• Mandated by State Planning Law
• Process set by County Ordinance: Bill 84
• Includes Countywide Policy Plan and three
separate Island Plans: Maui • Moloka’i •
Lana’i
• Each Island Plan has Policies & Maps
3. General Plan Update:
Why does it matter?
• Sets County Policy for next decade or more
• Brings in new ideas and growth management
strategies
• Indicates where growth will be encouraged
• Adopted policies will shape budget priorities
• Potential template to restructure County
Government and how it implements laws and
4. Maui County General Plan Update
What Has Happened?
• 2005 General Plan Drafts prepared by
Planning Dept.
• 2006-07 Three Island GPACs review,
comment on and adopt Countywide Policy
Plan
• 2007-08 Three Island Planning
Commissions review, comment on and adopt
Countywide Policy Plan
• 2008-2009 Maui Island GPAC reviews,
comments on and adopts Maui Island Plan
5. MIP: Next Steps
• April- Oct 2009: Maui Planning
Commission- Review, public comment &
adoption of MIP
• Jan-Dec 2010: Maui County Council
Review- public comment & adoption of
final MIP
• Maui Planning Department
• Maui Planning Commission
• Maui Island GPAC
6. MIP: South Maui Region
• South Maui Urban & Rural Growth
Boundaries were shown in four MIP
Directed Growth Maps
• Other specialized MIP Maps portrayed
South Maui features & resources
7. Maui Island Plan: Makena South
Red= Urban Growth Boundary GPAC Map
Aqua= Rural Growth Boundary Adopted Feb. 26,
Green= Preserve or Park 2009
N. Makena Golf course:
outside Growth
Boundary
Cultural site
Impact zone
deleted from UGB
W-670 98 acres of MR land
designated
“preserve”
Makena State park
8. Maui Island Plan: Makena South
N. Golf Course not in UGB
Cultural site impact zone
in Urban Growth Boundary
W-670 98 acres MR land
preservation zone
Text
Planning Department Map
9. MT Preferred Future: Makena
Aqua line= 2020 UGB
Black line = 2030
UGB
North Golf Course area out of
UGB or RGB
Majority of MR lands outside
UGB
Cultural site impact
zone
out of Urban Growth
Boundary w/ possible
Park expansion
10. North Kihei Land Use
Draft Maui Island Plan adopted by GPAC
Most undeveloped
Maui Hi Tech Center Proj District
South Maui land is AG
A&B Project
in Community Plan
Kaonoulu land Co. Park/Police Stn
✦ Yellow= GPAC proposed
mauka “rural” expansion
✦ Red= existing &
proposed “urban”
entitled areas.
✦ Green = Open Space/Park
Kihei Com. Center
GPAC’s Kihei Map proposed Rural Density lands
mauka of Pi’ilani & several large open spaces
11. North Kihei UGB Maps: Plan Dept • GPAC • MT
Planning Dept. Map
GPAC
w/ MT UGB line
GPAC Map w/ MT UGB line
Piilani Piilani Hwy
Hwy
Text
Black line = MT proposed 2030 UGB
MT Preferred Future
Map
Piilani Hwy
12. S. Maui Population Growth & Housing
Residents Plus Visitors
✦ S. Maui resident
population
✦ 2000 census= c. 60000
22,000
40000
✦ 2009 residents=
28,000
20000
✦ 2030 projection=
39,000
0
2000 2009 2030
South Maui population
projections
13. South Maui proposed units
Key question: Will more or fewer
✦ 7,400 already entitled residents live in each home by
units 2030 ?
Approved units
new units
✦ 1,000 more units
proposed by GPAC map
@2.9/unit Approv
✦ 1,900 more units Dev new
proposed by Plan
Department map @ PD new
2.72/unit
GPAC new
✦ 3,400 more units
proposed by developers
✦ Department estimate 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000
nearly double GPAC
14. Maui Island Plan
POLICIES
• Population
• Heritage Resources
• Economic Development
• Housing
• Infrastructure
• Land Use
16. MIP Heritage Policies
• Expansion of Baldwin Beach
& Ho’okipa Park lands
• Preserve traditional access
routes
• Cultural landscape studies
• Protect reefs through
Special Area Management
Plans
• Conservation Subdivision
design standards
• Designate Heritage Areas Proposed Special Area for South Maui
for natural & cultural from summit to reef
resources
17. MIP Heritage Policies
• Support adequate stream Waters & Watersheds
flow levels
• Establish Environmental
Resource Planning Division
in County
• Establish environmental
research & resource centers
• Protect ridgelines & slopes
from development
• Support for community
watershed planning
• Community groups identify
scenic resources to protect
18. MIP Economic
Development Policies
• Diversify towards a
knowledge-based economy
•Support new jobs that offer a
living wage
•Substitute imports with
locally produced services &
products
•Support sustainable, resource
efficient industries
•Upgrade telecommunications
infrastructure
19. MIP: Visitor Industry Policies
• Diversify tourism-support
health & wellness,
educational, cultural, ag
tourism. etc.
• Connect visitor industry to
local businesses
• Evaluate various visitor
accommodation types for
cost-benefit ratio
• Allow small inns and B&B’s
where there is community
support and small retreat
centers where appropriate
20. MIP: Ag Policies
•Goal: 85% of locally consumed
fruits and vegetables will be
grown on island
•Require new subdivisions to
provide community garden
space
•Allow more direct marketing
of farm goods in ag & rural
districts
•Work with State to regulate &
monitor GMO crops
•More ag parks, farming
associations and biofuel crops
•Improve off-island shipping
21. MIP: Economic Strategies
•Increase support for locally
owned businesses: grants
microlending & regulatory
reform
•Expand health care services-
traditional and alternative
•Support telemedicine facilities
home health care businesses
“age in place” building codes
•Expand educational offerings-
pre-school to college & include
native Hawaiian programs
•Expand training: health care,
clean energy & S.T.E.M. fields
22. MIP Housing Policies
•Promote resident housing &
minimize offshore sales impact
•Build homes and rentals that
remain perpetually affordable
•Adopt progressive tax &
building fee structure
•Track housing, economic & tax
rate cycles & offer affordable
housing incentives
• Establish a Housing Resource
Center & master list of units
•Create affordable housing
finance program
23. MIP Housing Policies
• Promote livable, walkable,
mixed use & income towns
• Prohibit gated communities
• Establish building permit time
limits
• Prioritize CIP process for 100%
affordable projects
•Provide outreach to homeless
establish transitional housing
•Require streamlining of permit
process
•Indigenous architecture code
24. MIP Infrastructure Policies
• Make County government a
model for zero waste Solid Waste &
Wastewater
•Implement curbside recycling
•Reduce packaging, food
service & construction waste
•Create Material Recovery
Facility (MRF) to divert trash
•More composting centers &
waste to energy program
•New wastewater plant outside
tsunami zone
•Require bonding of private
multi-user wastewater systems
25. MIP Infrastructure Policies
•Expand reuse of wastewater
•Amend County regs to allow
non-potable “grey water” use
•Require regular reports for
private infrastructure systems
•Develop site selection studies
for water storage facilities in
each planning region
•Support programs for alien
plant removal in watersheds
•Increase efficiency of all water
treatment systems
26. MIP Infrastructure policies
• Recognize water as a public
trust resource
Water
•Adopt standards for water
source siting- (private wells)
• Set stream flow standards
•Provide sufficient, affordable
water for ag use
•Retain/expand public
ownership of watersheds and
fresh water systems
•Increase system efficiency &
water conservation
•Study SY of E. Maui streams
and aquifers
27. MIP Infrastructure Policies
•Plan for multi-modal system:
public transit, bikes, walking, Transportation
autos & other modes
•Refocus transportation
investment from roadway
construction to multi-modal
•Utilize rural road standards
•Integrate walking, bike and
transit routes into all new
development
•Implement Upcountry
Greenway Plan & other
approved greenway plans
28.
29. MIP Infrastructure Policies
•Conduct study to prioritize
transit corridors & stations Mass Transit
•Designate, map & develop
corridors to support mass
transit solutions
•Plan for mixed-use, Transit
Oriented Development areas
& more Park & Ride facilities
•Provide for bus stop
amenities
•Expand funding sources for
public transit
•Work to provide shuttle
30. MIP Infrastructure Policies
•Adopt island-wide parks plan
• Integrate mauka-makai Parks
landscapes in parks plan
• Pursue improvements &
upgrades in County parks
• Identify areas for cultural-
historical parks in each plan
district
•Incorporate resident input in
park location, planning & care
• Use development approval
process to acquire shore line
parks & additional parking
31. MIP Infrastructure
•Adequately plan & fund public
safety facilities- ambulance, Public Facilities
fire police, civil defense
•Require safe walkways within
1 mile of every school
•Incorporate resident input in
public facility location & design
•Establish a Maui archives
center- digital & hardcopy
•Establish development impact
fees to fund nearby public
facilities
32. MIP Infrastructure Policies
•By 2030, reduce consumption
fossil fuel to 70% of 2005 levels Energy
•Establish County operations as
a model of energy efficiency: use
audits to help set energy targets
•By 2030, 70% of Maui’s energy
will be from renewable sources
•Provide incentives to convert
to renewable energy
•Update Maui’s electric grid
•Develop tax incentives/policies
to encourage appropriate
renewable energy projects
33. MIP Land Use Policies
•Maui Island shall have viable
ag activities, protection of ag Ag Land Use Policies
lands & prosperous ag industry
•Require Conservation Site
Design Plans for ag subdivisions
•Require public review/notice of
4-lot & up ag subdivisons
•Encourage farmer’s markets
•Develop alternative sources for
ag water- treated effluent, etc
•Allow water & tax discounts
for legitimate farming on ag or
rural lands
34. MIP Rural Land Use Policies
•Focus development on lands
inside UGB & RGB
•Encourage Rural lands to use
Conservation Subdivision plans
•Use green belts, riparian zones
to buffer rural/urban landuse
•Rename “Rural” zoning to
“Large Lot Residential” & allow
greater flexibility in design
•Develop Rural infrastructure
standards & protect small town
character
•Allow mixed home/business
use in Business Country Town
35. MIP Urban Land Use Policies
•Maintain distinct separation
between communities & require
public design workshops for new
communities
•Encourage use of “green”
neighborhood design standards
•Develop communities that
provide sufficient parks, schools,
libraries & essential services
•Allow mixed use & home
businesses in residential areas
•Support infill & higher density
in Urban growth boundary areas
36. MIP Key Questions
• When are land use decisions made:
MIP or Community plan level?
• How much influence do policies have
on Urban Growth Boundary maps?
• How will accountability for
implementation of policies be
measured?
• How will future infrastructure be
funded?
37. MIP: Uncompleted Reviews
Maui Island GPAC reached their review deadline
without discussing these important topics:
• Harbor & Airport Policies
• Hazard Maps & Hazard Policies
• Implementation of Policies
• Funding prioritization of recommended
infrastructure & other projects
