The document outlines 9 guiding land use principles for the Maui Island Plan: 1) Respect island culture and traditions while ensuring access to resources and protecting culturally significant sites. 2) Promote sustainable planning and livable communities by focusing growth in existing areas, mixed-use development, and protecting resources. 3) Protect traditional small towns through compatible development and greenbelts. 4) Preserve agricultural lands and open space through innovative design and a vibrant agricultural economy. 5) Guide growth away from environmentally sensitive lands to protect habitat, watersheds, and shorelines.

1. Guiding Land Use Principles for the Maui Island Plan
1. Respect and encourage island lifestyle, cultures, and Hawaiian traditions
Maintain access to shoreline and mountain resources
Protect culturally significant sites and regions
Give priority to the housing, employment, infrastructure, and public facility needs of residents
2. Promote sustainable land use planning and livable communities
Focus growth into existing communities by taking advantage of infill and redevelopment opportunities
Promote compact, walkable, mixed-use development
Revitalize urban and town centers
Provide transportation connectivity and multi-modal opportunities
Protect natural and environmental resources
Protect, enhance, and expand communities and small towns where appropriate
3. Protect traditional small towns
Use greenbelts and open space to maintain hard edges around new and existing communities
Perpetuate the unique character of these small towns through compatible development within
and adjacent
4. Protect open space and working agricultural landscapes
Preserve ag lands and open space resources through innovative site design
Develop a vibrant, diverse agricultural economy
Utilize agricultural land to define edges of communities, create buffers along roadways,
provide visual relief, and preserve scenic views
5. Protect environmentally sensitive lands and natural resources
Guide future growth away from native habitat, natural floodways, and steep slopes
Preserve habitat connectivity, watershed functions, undeveloped shoreline areas, and other
environmentally sensitive lands and wildland areas
6. Promote equitable development that meets the needs of each community
Distribute housing opportunities and public facilities throughout Maui’s communities
Provide adequate parks, community centers, greenways, libraries, and other public facilities
Provide a mix of housing opportunities, convenient public transit, and employment centers
Provide a fair, efficient, and predictable planning and regulatory process
Focus on providing affordable housing for all of Maui’s residents over developing non-resident housing
7. Plan for robust and timely public facilities and infrastructure development
Plan growth for areas with existing infrastructure or where infrastructure can be expanded with
minimal financial burden on the public
Plan infrastructure repairs, upgrades, or expansion so as not to waste public resources
8. Support sustainable economic development and the needs of small business
Promote sustainable business activities which contribute to our residents continuing to make Maui
their home
Advance the mixed use concept in our communities
Enhance socio-economic and cultural life of our communities
9. Promote the use of sustainable energy and design
Encourage future projects to incorporate energy efficient design and alternative energy technology
from “Recommendations” link on http://www.mauicounty.gov/index.aspx?NID=1414
(http://www.mauicounty.gov/DocumentView.asp?DID=8864 = “PC matrices 040109.PDF”, pp. 127-128)