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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII BILL NO. 350 ORDINANCE NO. 08 130 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19, ARTICLE 1 (ADMINISTRATION), SECTION 19-2, OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO DEFINITIONS. BENT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Chapter 19, article 1, section 19-2, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: "Section 19-2. Definitions. Wherever used in this chapter: "Affordable rental housing" means a residential unit where the rental cost does not exceed the affordable rental rate. "Affordable rental rate" is a monthly rent not to exceed 75% of the Payment Standards as established by the office of housing and community development as of the first of January each year. "Agriculture use value" means the productivity value for assessment purposes determined for lands being put to any agricultural use. "Certification of rental rate" means the sworn statement of the parcel owner attestin under penalty of law the rental rate that the land owner will charge and maintain for all renters on that parcel for that calendar year. "Commercial agricultural activities" shall mean the use of property to generate income, monetary gain or economic benefit in the form of money or money's worth of a minimum $2,000 annual gross income per farm operation, which may include multiple parcels that need not be contiguous, and/or the use of property that adheres to generally accepted standards or recognized practices within that agricultural industry. "Commercial agricultural use dedication" means the use of land on a continuous and regular basis that demonstrates the owner is engaged in commercial agricultural activities from: (1) Intensive agriculture; (2) Orchards; (3) Feed crops and fast rotation forestry; or (4) Pasture and slow rotation forestry. "Continuous and regular basis" shall be evidenced by the recurring planting, cultivation and harvesting of crops or ongoing animal husbandry or aquaculture activities that adhere to generally accepted standards or recognized practices within that agricultural industry. "County" means the County of Hawaii.