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(k) A special land reserve is established to enable the owner of any parcel of <br /> land within an urban district to dedicate his or her land for a specific <br /> livestock use such as feed lots, calf-raising and like operations in dairy, <br /> beef, swine, poultry and aquaculture, but excluding grazing or pasturing, <br /> and to have his or her land assessed at its value in such use; provided, <br /> that <br /> (1) A lessee of the land with a term of ten or more years remaining <br /> from the date of the petition shall also be deemed an owner of the <br /> land within these provisions; <br /> (2) The land dedicated must be used for livestock uses such as feed <br /> lots, calf-raising and like operations in dairy, beef, swine, poultry <br /> and aquaculture but excluding grazing and pasturing; <br /> (3) The land dedicated must have been substantially and continuously <br /> used in the livestock uses enumerated in (2) hereinabove; <br /> (4) And such livestock use must be compatible with the surrounding <br /> uses.] <br /> SECTION 4. Chapter 19, article 7, section 19-57 of the Hawaii County <br /> <br /> Code 1983 (1995 edition), is amended to read as follows: <br /> <br /> Section 19-57. [Reserved] Non-dedicated agricultural use assessment. <br /> <br /> (a) Lands classified and used for agriculture and which are not dedicated <br /> pursuant to Article 8. section 19- may be assessed for real property <br /> tax purposes at a percentage of the land's market value as established <br /> in subsection (a)(2) of this section and shall be subject to the following: <br /> (1) The land in non-dedicated agricultural use must be used <br /> on a continuous and regular basis for intensive <br /> agriculture, orchards, feed crops and fast rotation forestry <br /> or pasture and slow rotation forestry on lands zoned by <br /> the County to be in the districts of agricultural, residential <br /> and aoricultural, family aoricultural. intensive agricultural, <br /> and agricultural project district; <br /> L) The portion of land that is committed in specific non- <br /> dedicated aoricultural use shall be assessed at two times <br /> the dedicated productivity value as established by the <br /> director of finance. <br /> 13 <br /> <br />