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• -ttY Htk <br /> OF............�111-� rr. <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII f-(4‘.' -'t•-..ft . STATE OF HAWAII <br /> • ,ITE OF�MI,... <br /> BILL NO. 58 <br /> ORDINANCE NO. 23 s® <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19, ARTICLES 1 AND 7, OF THE HAWAII <br /> COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION,AS AMENDED), RELATING TO COMMUNITY <br /> FOOD SUSTAINABILITY USE ASSESSMENTS. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br /> SECTION 1. Purpose. The Real Property Tax Review Working Group and Agricultural <br /> Committee report dated September 20, 2019, and the 2021 Annual Report from the Real <br /> Property Tax Board of Review both recommended revision of the agricultural use programs <br /> provided for in chapter 19, section 19-57, of the Hawai`i County Code. The purpose of this <br /> amendment is to act on the recommendations of these reports to enable the County to attain the <br /> statewide goal of doubling our food supply by 2030. This amendment will incentivize property <br /> owners to contribute to food sustainability in Hawai`i County by affording them with tax <br /> benefits. <br /> SECTION 2. Chapter 19, article 1, section 19-2, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 <br /> Edition, as amended), is amended by adding a new definition to be appropriately inserted and to <br /> read as follows: <br /> 'Community food sustainability use"means the present use of agricultural or residential <br /> and agricultural zoned land on a continuous and regular basis that demonstrates the owner is <br /> engaged in agricultural activities to provide food to the community, including_ <br /> (1) Intensive agriculture; <br /> (2) Orchards; or <br /> (3) Diversified agriculture." <br /> SECTION 3. Chapter 19, article 7, of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as <br /> amended), is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as <br /> follows: <br /> "Section. Community food sustainability use assessment. <br /> (a) Lands classified and used for farming to produce food crops, that are not dedicated to <br /> commercial agricultural use, may be assessed for real property tax purposes as established <br /> in subsection (a)(2) of this section and shall be subject to the following: <br />