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�VNt'i's'',�Y •. <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAI`I •: � '�a STATE OF HAWAI`I <br /> E OF'HZ%' <br /> BILL NO. '163 <br /> (DRAFT 2) <br /> ORDINANCE NO. <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19,ARTICLE 8,OF THE HAWAI`I <br /> COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION,AS AMENDED),RELATING TO REAL <br /> PROPERTY TAXES. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I: <br /> SECTION 1. Chapter 19, article 8, of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as <br /> amended)is amended by adding a division to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows: <br /> "Division . `Aina Knpuna Dedication. <br /> Section 19- . `Aina knpuna dedication; definitions <br /> For the purposes of this division: <br /> "Agriculture"means the production and cultivation of plant and animal life <br /> for food, fiber, or raw materials for processed products, including,but not limited <br /> to, forestry, aquaculture,beekeeping, grazing, dairying, agricultural tourism,farm <br /> stays,roadside stands for the sale of agricultural products grown on the same <br /> property,the growing of fruits,vegetables, and flowers, and accompanying services <br /> and facilities. <br /> "Commercial purposes"includes: <br /> (1) The production,processing,manufacturing,warehousing, distribution, <br /> sale, or offer for sale of goods; and <br /> (2) Residential rental uses for a term less than six months. <br /> This definition does not include agriculture. <br /> "Descendant"means the same as defined in the Hawai`i Revised Statutes, <br /> section 560:1-201. <br /> Section 19- . ',Tana knpuna dedication; establishment,eligibility. <br /> (a) There is established a special land reserve to enable the owner of a parcel of land to <br /> dedicate it as `aina knpuna for a dedication period of ten years, during which time <br /> the property is: <br /> (1) Subject to the minimum tax; and <br /> (2) Exempt from penalties or interest due to delinquency, including any incurred <br /> during the two tax years immediately preceding dedication as `aina knpuna. <br /> (b) A property is eligible for dedication as 'aim knpuna,if: <br /> (1) The property is not larger than twenty acres; <br /> (2) The property is owned in fee simple,whether in whole, in part, or held in <br /> trust,by: <br /> 4 <br />