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factors which influence highest and best use, except that parcels which are <br />used as the owner's principal residence shall be classified as "homeowner" <br />without regard to the highest and best use, provided that the director has <br />granted to the owner a home exemption in accordance with sections 19-71 to <br />19-72. <br />(A) The homeowner class is exclusively reserved for properties which are <br />used as the owner's principal residence. Uses which shall not qualify as <br />"homeowner" include: <br />(i) Real property which is used for commercial or income -producing <br />purposes, except as exempted under section 19-71(a) or (b). <br />(ii) Real property which is used for residential rental purposes, <br />whether for short-term or long-term lease, except as exempted <br />under section 19-71(a) and affordable rental housing. <br />(iii) Real property which is used for any purpose other than the owner's <br />principal residence, with the exception of any property valued <br />according to its agricultural use pursuant to sections 19-57, 19- <br />57.1, 19-59, [or] 19-60[.], or 19-61. <br />(B) The affordable rental housing class is exclusively reserved for properties <br />which meet the eligible requirements for this class and have the annual <br />required application timely filed. Real property which is used for <br />commercial or income -producing purposes shall not qualify as <br />"affordable rental housing," except: <br />(i) Real property with uses legally permitted as a home occupation in <br />accordance with the zoning code; or <br />(ii) Real property with agricultural use pursuant to sections 19-57, 19- <br />57.1, 19-59, [or] 19-60[.], or 19-61. <br />(3) Whenever there is an overlap or contradiction in districting or use <br />classification between the County and the State, zoned districts by the County <br />shall take precedence." <br />SECTION 5. Chapter 19, article 8, section 19-61, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 <br />(2016 Edition, as amended), is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: <br />"(a) A special land reserve is established to enable the owner of any parcel of land, or <br />lessee of a recorded agricultural lease with a minimum of three years remaining on <br />the lease at time of petition, to dedicate the land for a specific short-term <br />commercial agricultural use, and to have the value of the land assessed in such use <br />for a period of three years, or in the case of a recorded agricultural lease the term of <br />the lease up to three years, provided: <br />[(-2)] W The land dedicated for commercial activity must be used on a <br />continuous and regular basis for intensive agriculture, orchards, feed crops <br />and fast rotation forestry, pasture and slow rotation forestry, or diversified <br />agriculture and have a minimum lot size per farm operation as determined by <br />