Do you agree with the following vision element?
"Direct New Housing to Areas Contiguous to Hale'iwa and Waialua Towns and Use Rural Design Guidelines for Rural Residential Development"
View the 2011 NSSCP description of this vision element below:
New residential development is located within designated areas adjoining Hale‘iwa and Waialua Towns, with additional “infill” on or contiguous to existing lots in previously developed residential areas. New housing consists of a range of housing types and prices, including affordable housing that is allowing local residents to stay in the area. Attached and multifamily housing forms which were not traditionally associated with the rural setting have been developed, and the higher densities have supported the development of affordable housing. In Waialua, new housing has replaced the former mill camp once located between the Mill and Pu‘uiki Road, and expanded into the area mauka of the mill camp between Pu‘uiki Road and Goodale Avenue. In Hale‘iwa, infill residential expansion has occurred north of Pa‘ala‘a Road on lands outside the flood plain.
Rural design guidelines and development standards have been adopted to ensure compatibility with the region’s rural character and surrounding open space. Rural models such as the plantation community at Poamoho Camp, which is characterized by clusters of single-story dwellings with landscaping, narrow streets, and common parks and open spaces within the neighborhood, were used as examples to follow.
In addition to guidelines to limit building heights and lot coverage in order to maximize open space and landscaping, low-impact development principles that promote sustainable building design and alternative development options that allow for site design flexibility, creative site utilization, and open space preservation were adopted. Rural streetscape design that minimizes pavement surfaces and allows for grassed swales in place of sidewalks with curbs and gutters, as opposed to more urban and suburban models, is considered appropriate. Where feasible and appropriate, existing plantation homes were rehabilitated in a manner which allows them to be affordable to existing residents.