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Mir or <br /> t~ i~,; <br /> I <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII <br /> ~~•;;•a. <br /> BILL NO. 156 <br /> ORDINANCE NO. <br /> <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 11 (HOUSING), ARTICLE 1, SECTION 11-4(D), <br /> HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION), TO INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING <br /> REQUIREMENTS FOR INDUSTRIAL PARK DEVELOPMENTS. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br /> SECTION 1. The Housing Element of the Hawaii County General Plan (enacted as <br /> Ordinance No. OS-25) clearly states that a policy of the County of Hawaii shall be that "large <br /> industries or developments that create a demand for housing shall provide employee housing <br /> based upon a ratio to be determined by an analysis of the locality's needs." The County Council <br /> finds that industrial developments which are comprised of multiple individual enterprises are, in <br /> fact, large industries which generate substantial employment and demands for employee housing. <br /> Therefore, such industrial developments should be subject to the affordable housing <br /> requirements articulated in Chapter ] 1 (Housing) of the Hawaii County Code. <br /> SECTION 2. Chapter 11, article 1, section 11-4(d), Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2005 <br /> edition), relating to affordable housing requirements for industrial uses, is amended to read as <br /> follows: <br /> "Section 11-4. Affordable housing requirements. <br /> (d) Requirements for industrial uses. <br /> The industrial uses that must fulfill the affordable housing requirements are any <br /> uses allowed as of right in an ML or MG district, except for home improvement <br /> centers, and any uses that are also allowed as of right in a CG district. <br /> #~I] Industrial enterprises generating more than one hundred employees on <br /> a full-time equivalent basis. whether new or an addition or reconstruction to <br /> existing_facilities and including one or more businesses at the same or adiacent <br /> site s must earn one affordable housing credit for every four full-time equivalent <br /> jobs created." <br /> SECTION 3. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to <br /> any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or <br /> applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or <br /> application, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. <br /> <br />