HR291

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	291
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008
STATE OF HAWAII

WHEREAS, good urban design is a creative process which, when applied to towns and cities, results in the development of great urban places: buildings, streets, squares and parks; and

WHEREAS, urban design is inextricably linked to its site and locality, responding to the landscape, existing built form, culture and attitudes; and

WHEREAS, urban design should provide sustainable, positive and peaceful living environments, both in private and public areas; and

WHEREAS, well-planned urban design serves the public interest and includes appropriate innovation to respond to technical, social, aesthetic, economic and environmental challenges; and

WHEREAS, research into criminal behavior shows that the decision to offend or not to offend is more influenced by cues to the perceived risk of being caught than by cues to reward or erase of entry, good urban design is based on enhancing the perceived risk of detection and apprehension; and

WHEREAS, the Hawaii State Legislature recognizes the need to efficiently process applications for new development, while placing a high priority on quality design; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-fourth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2008, that the counties to acknowledge the relationship between urban design and the mental and physical well-being of people; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the counties should incorporate this recognition into their permit and design decisions; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the planning and permitting departments of each county.

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

Urban design; recognize