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_ CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE t_=:~, ~ CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU BILL 49 (2004 CD1 ±.•e HONOLULU, HAWAII FD2 - DDC 9/21/04 A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE Q~__ The owner of any parcel of land dedicated under this section shall annual+ submit a report to the director no later than September 1st following each tax year of the dedication. The report may be rejected by the director in the event the report is incomplete or contains erroneous or incorrect information The report shall be accepted or rejected by the director by October 31 of the vear in which it is submitted. The director shall prescribe the form of the report. The report may include but is not limited to: (1) An updated description of the agricultural use of the lan_ d during the immediately preceding and current tax vears~ (2) A copy of all state general excise tax returns for the immediately preceding tax year concerning activities conducted on the parcel of land_ dedicated for a specific agricultural use' A description of the acreage and percentage of the area of the parcel o_f_ land utilized for the specified agricultural use during the immediately_ preceding and current tax years and (4) A declaration, if applicable that the owner will keep the land in substantial_ and continuous agricultural use or will maintain the land as agricultural land through the remaining period of the dedication. AnV part of the report containing confidential commercial or financial information, including income statements or tax statements shall be clearly labeled by the owner as such and shall not be open to inspection bV the public (k) If land dedicated for agricultural use undergoes a change in classification which is not at the initiation of the owner or with the authorization of the owner such that there is (i) a change in the state land use classification from agriculture to_ urban or rural district (ii) a change in the county zoning from agriculture1 preservation or country district the dedication shall continue unless the owner files a written notice of cancellation with the director within 60 days of the change. Such cancellation shall be effective on the next July 1st which is at least nine months after the filing. _ In the event that a dedication is canceled or expires the director_shall execute an expiration or cancellation of the dedication. In the event the director, upon inspection, finds that dedicated agricultural land is not in substantial and continuous agricultural use that the land has not been maintained as agricultural land that the property owner failed to file the reguired_ 1~