WEST KAUA‘I COMMUNITY PLAN Departmental Draft [January] May 2020 WEST KAUAʻI COMMUNITY PLAN Departmental Draft Table of Contents USER GUIDE ........................................................................................................................................................... 1 PART I: INTRODUCTION AND PLAN FRAMEWORK ................................................................................................ 16 A. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................. 16 B. PLAN PURPOSE .................................................................................................................................................. 16 C. PLAN FRAMEWORK AND ORGANIZATION ................................................................................................................. 17 D. PLANNING AREA ................................................................................................................................................ 18 E. STATE AND COUNTY PLANNING SYSTEM ................................................................................................................. 20 F. PLANNING PROCESS ............................................................................................................................................ 22 PART II: REGIONAL POLICIES ................................................................................................................................ 25 A. TOWN DESIGN ................................................................................................................................................... 25 B. RESILIENCY ........................................................................................................................................................ 27 C. LAND TRANSPORTATION ...................................................................................................................................... 32 D. SHARED SPACES ................................................................................................................................................. 34 E. HERITAGE RESOURCES ......................................................................................................................................... 37 F. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................................................... 40 PART III: TOWN PLANS ......................................................................................................................................... 45 A. KEKAHA TOWN PLAN ..................................................................................................................................... 45 B. WAIMEA TOWN PLAN.................................................................................................................................... 54 C. HANAPĒPĒ TOWN PLAN ................................................................................................................................ 64 D. ‘ELE‘ELE AND PORT ALLEN TOWN PLAN ......................................................................................................... 72 PART IV: OTHER COMMUNITIES AND SIGNIFICANT AREAS .................................................................................. 77 A. NI‘IHAU, LEHUA, AND KAULA ......................................................................................................................... 77 B. MĀNĀ ............................................................................................................................................................ 78 C. KŌKE‘E AND WAIMEA CANYON ..................................................................................................................... 81 D. MAKAWELI .................................................................................................................................................... 82 E. HANAPĒPĒ RIVER VALLEY .............................................................................................................................. 85 F. NUMILA/WAHIAWA ...................................................................................................................................... 86 PART V: IMPLEMENTATION ................................................................................................................................. 87 A. OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................................................... 87 B. SHORT-TERM IMPLEMENTATION .................................................................................................................. 87 C. MID- TO LONG RANGE IMPLEMENTATION .................................................................................................... 88 PART VI: MAPS..................................................................................................................................................... 91 A. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................. 91 B. MAP LIST .......................................................................................................................................................... 91 C. MAP DESCRIPTIONS ............................................................................................................................................ 92 Page i of 139 WEST KAUAʻI COMMUNITY PLAN Departmental Draft Figures FIGURE 1: WKCP PLANNING PROCESS .................................................................................................................. 24 FIGURE 2: KEKAHA NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER CONCEPT....................................................................................... 52 FIGURE 3: KEKAHA MILL AND KEKAHA ROAD CONCEPT ....................................................................................... 53 FIGURE 4: ʻELEPAIO ROAD CONCEPT .................................................................................................................... 53 FIGURE 5: KAUMUALIʻI HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL AREA CONCEPT ........................................................................ 62 FIGURE 6: WAIMEA ROAD FESTIVAL STREET CONCEPT ........................................................................................ 62 FIGURE 7: KAHAKAI ROAD CONCEPTS .................................................................................................................. 63 FIGURE 8: HANAPĒPĒ ROAD DESIGN CONCEPTS .................................................................................................. 70 FIGURE 9: KONA ROAD DESIGN CONCEPT ............................................................................................................ 70 FIGURE 10: REGIONAL TOWN PLAN MAP ............................................................................................................. 98 FIGURE 11: KEKAHA TOWN PLAN MAP ................................................................................................................ 99 FIGURE 12: WAIMEA TOWN PLAN MAP ............................................................................................................. 100 FIGURE 13: MAKAWELI TOWN PLAN MAP ......................................................................................................... 101 FIGURE 14: HANAPĒPĒ TOWN PLAN MAP .......................................................................................................... 102 FIGURE 15: ʻELEʻELE-PORT ALLEN TOWN PLAN MAP .......................................................................................... 103 FIGURE 16: SHARED SPACES MAP FOR WEST KAUAʻI PLANNING DISTRICT ........................................................ 105 FIGURE 17: SHARED SPACES MAP FOR KEKAHA ................................................................................................. 106 FIGURE 18: SHARED SPACES MAP FOR WAIMEA ................................................................................................ 107 FIGURE 19: SHARED SPACES MAP FOR HANAPĒPĒ-‘ELE‘ELE-PORT ALLEN ........................................................... 108 FIGURE 20: WEST KAUAʻI CIRCULATION MAP .................................................................................................... 110 FIGURE 21: KEKAHA CIRCULATION MAP ............................................................................................................ 111 FIGURE 22: WAIMEA CIRCULATION MAP ........................................................................................................... 112 FIGURE 23: HANAPĒPĒ-‘ELE‘ELE CIRCULATION MAP .......................................................................................... 113 FIGURE 24: CULTURAL LANDSCAPE MAP FOR WEST KAUAʻI PLANNING DISTRICT .............................................. 115 FIGURE 25: CULTURAL LANDSCAPE MAP FOR KEKAHA-WAIMEA ....................................................................... 116 FIGURE 26: CULTURAL LANDSCAPE MAP FOR MAKAWELI.................................................................................. 117 FIGURE 27: CULTURAL LANDSCAPE MAP FOR HANAPĒPĒ-‘ELE‘ELE .................................................................... 118 FIGURE 28: DISTRIBUTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR WEST KAUA‘I PLANNING DISTRICT ..........................