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thereof pursuant to the requirements of any urban redevelopment, rehabilitation or conservation project under the provisions of part II of chapter 53, Hawaii Revised Statues, shall not increase the assessable valuation of any building for a period of seven years from the date of certification as hereinafter provided. It is further provided that the owner-occupant shall file with the director of finance, in the manner and place which the director may designate, a statement of the details of the improvements certified in the following manner: (1) In the case of additions, alterations, modifications or other new construction, improvements or repair work to a building that are undertaken pursuant to any urban redevelopment, rehabilitation or conservation project as hereinabove mentioned, the statement shall be certified by the mayor or any government official designated by the mayor and approved by the council, that the additions, alterations, modifications, or other new construction, improvement or repair work to the buildings were made and satisfactorily comply with the particular urban redevelopment, rehabilitation or conservation act provision, or (2) In the case of maintenance or repairs to a residential building undertaken pursuant to any health, safety, sanitation or other governmental code provision, the statement shall be certified by the mayor or any governmental official designated by the mayor and approved by the council, that: (A) The building was inspected by them and found to be substandard when the owner-occupant made the claim, and (B) The maintenance or repairs to the buildings were made and satisfactorily comply with the particular code provision. (h) For roroperties in the homeowner class as of January 1 2003 the assessed value of a propertv shall not increase more than three percent (3%) per tax vear tax until the parcel is sold or anv roortion thereof sold by way of convevance which is subject to convevance tax under terms of chapter 247. Hawaii Revised Statutes at which time the propertv will be assessed at market value. In addition to the 3% limit of this subsection anv improvements undertaken on the property within the tax vear shall be assessed at market value. All roarcels entering this class after January 1 2003 shall have the assessed value as of January 1 of the following_year and be subject to the above provisions SECTION 3. Material to be repealed is bracketed. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed material and underscoring need not be included. SECTION 4. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications