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J+tV ac N��Y STATE OF HAWAI`I +l •� Xi M�i•' '1Tf OF•N�,� BILL NO. 23 (DRAFT 2 ) ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19, ARTICLE 1, SECTION 19-2 AND ARTICLE 8, SECTION 19-61 OF THE HAWAI`I COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO SHORT-TERM COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURAL USE DEDICATION. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I: SECTION 1. Chapter 19, article 1, section 19-2, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), is amended by amending the definition of "short-term commercial agricultural use dedication" to read as follows: ""Short-term commercial agricultural use dedication" means the use of land on a continuous and regular basis for a minimum of [three] five years that demonstrates the owner is engaged in commercial agricultural activities from: (1) Intensive agriculture; (2) Orchards; (3) Feed crops and fast rotation forestry; (4) Pasture and slow rotation forestry; or (5) Diversified agriculture." SECTION 2. Chapter 19, article 8, section 19-61, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: "(a) A special land reserve is established to enable the owner of any parcel of land, or lessee of a recorded agricultural lease with a minimum of three years remaining on the lease at time of petition, to dedicate the land for a specific short-term commercial agricultural use, and to have the value of the land assessed in such use for a period of [three] five years, or in the case of a recorded agricultural lease the term of the lease up to three years, provided: (1) The land dedicated for commercial activity must be used on a continuous and regular basis for intensive agriculture, orchards, feed crops and fast rotation forestry, pasture and slow rotation forestry, or diversified agriculture and have a minimum lot size per farm operation as determined by the minimum lot size schedule for that dedicated category of commercial activity as provided for in the administrative rules and regulations of the department, except where the dedication petition indicates a commercially viable agricultural operation on a smaller lot;