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<br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII <br /> BILL NO. 49 <br /> (Draft 2) <br /> ORDINANCE NO. <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19, ARTICLES 1,7 AND 8 OF THE <br /> HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (1995 EDITION), RELATING TO REAL <br /> PROPERTY TAX DEFINITIONS; NON-DEDICATED AGRICULTURAL USE <br /> ASSESSMENT AND AGRICULTURAL USE DEDICATION. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br /> SECTION 1. Chapter 19, article 1, section 19-2 of the Hawaii County <br /> Code 1983 (1995 edition), relating to Definitions is amended to read as follows: <br /> Article 1. Administration. <br /> Section 19-2. Definitions. <br /> (a) Whenever used in this Chapter: <br /> (1) "Commercial agricultural activities" shall mean the use of oropertv <br /> to generate income, monetary gain or economic benefit in the form <br /> of money or money's worth of a minimum $2,000 gross income oer <br /> year, while adhering to generally accepted standards or recognized <br /> practices within that agricultural industry. <br /> (2) "Commercial Agricultural Use Dedication" means the use of land on <br /> a continuous and regular basis that demonstrates the owner is <br /> engaged in commercial agricultural activities from: <br /> (A) intensive agriculture; <br /> (B) orchards; <br /> (C) feed crops and fast rotation forestry: or <br /> (D) pasture and slow rotation forestry. <br /> The term "commercial agricultural use dedication" does not include <br /> nor apply to areas used primarily as homesite. setbacks, or open <br /> <br />