HAR §15-15-20. Standards for determining “C” conservation district boundaries

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, in determining the boundaries for the “C” conservation district, the following standards shall apply: (1) It shall include lands necessary for protecting watersheds, water resources, and water supplies; (2) It may include lands susceptible to floods and soil erosion, lands undergoing major erosion damage and requiring corrective attention by the state and federal government, and lands necessary for the protection of the health and welfare of the public by reason of the land’s susceptibility to inundation by tsunami and flooding, to volcanic activity, and landslides; (3) It may include lands used for national or state parks; (4) It shall include lands necessary for the conservation, preservation, and enhancement of scenic, cultural, historic, or archaeologic sites and sites of unique physiographic or ecologic significance; (5) It shall include lands necessary for providing and preserving parklands, wilderness and beach reserves, for conserving natural ecosystems of indigenous or endemic plants, fish, and wildlife, including those which are threatened or endangered, and for forestry and other related activities to these uses; (6) It shall include lands having an elevation below the shoreline as stated by section 205A-1, HRS, marine waters, fish ponds, and tidepools of the State, and accreted portions of lands pursuant to section 501-33, HRS, unless otherwise designated on the district maps. All offshore and outlying islands of the State are classified conservation unless otherwise designated on the land use district maps; (7) It shall include lands with topography, soils, climate, or other related environmental factors that may not be normally adaptable or presently needed for urban, rural, or agricultural use, except when those lands constitute areas not contiguous to the conservation district; - 15 - Hawai`i Administrative Rules Title 15, Chapter 15 - Unofficial (8) It may include lands with a general slope of twenty per cent or more which provide for open space amenities or scenic values; and (9) It may include lands suitable for farming, flower gardening, operation of nurseries or orchards, growing of commercial timber, grazing, hunting, and recreational uses including facilities accessory to those uses when the facilities are compatible with the natural physical environment. [Eff 10/27/86; am and comp 8/16/97; comp May 08 2000] (Auth: HRS §§205-1, 205-2, 205-7) (Imp: HRS §205-2)