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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII <br />BILL NO. 49 <br />Draft 4 <br />ORDINANCE NO. 04 14~ <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19, ARTICLES 1,7 AND 8 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 <br />(1995 EDITION), RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY TAX DEFINITIONS; NON-DEDICATED AGRICULTURAL <br />USE 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 Code 1983 (1995 edition), <br />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) "Agriculture use value" means the productivity value for assessment purposes <br />determined for lands being~ut to any agricultural use. <br />(2) "Commercial agricultural activities" shall mean the use of oroperty to generate <br />income, monetary gain or economic benefit in the form of money or moneys <br />worth of a minimum $2,000 annual gross income per farm operation, which may <br />include multiple parcels that need not be contiguous and/or the use of property <br />that adheres to generally accepted standards or recoanized practices within that <br />agricultural industry <br />(3) "Commercial agricultural use dedication" means the use of land on a continuous <br />and regular basis that demonstrates the owner is engaged in commercial <br />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 />(4) "Continuous and regular basis" shall be evidenced by the recurring~lanting, <br />cultivation and harvesting of crops or ongoing animal husbandry or aquaculture <br />activities that adhere to generally accented standards or recognized Dractices <br />within that agricultural industry. <br />