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RA R T ,�50 Bisk,op Sr. #5c�$ <br /> GHonolulu, HI 96613 <br /> 808-864-1776 <br /> info grassrootinstitute.org <br /> Removing barriers to Hawaii's prosperity <br /> Aug. 21, 2025, 9:30 a.m. <br /> West Hawai'i Civic Center <br /> To: Hawaii County Windward Planning Commission <br /> Dean Au, Chair <br /> Donna "Kinuko" Noborikawa,Vice Chair <br /> From: Grassroot Institute of Hawaii <br /> Jonathan Helton, Policy Analyst <br /> RE: Bill 63 (2025) — RELATING TO DWELLINGS <br /> Aloha Chair Au, Vice Chair Noborikawa and other members of the Commission, <br /> The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii supports Bill 63 (2025j, which would make single-family, double-family and <br /> multifamily dwellings by-right permitted uses in the county's industrial-commercial mixed-use zoning districts. <br /> Under the bill, double-family and multifamily dwellings would be allowed at a maximum density of one unit <br /> per 1,250 square feet of land area. Single-family dwellings would not face this same density restriction. <br /> These are the same standards under which single-family, double-family and multifamily dwellings are allowed <br /> in Hawai'i County's neighborhood commercial, village commercial and general commercial zoning districts. <br /> Grassroot supports legalizing more mixed-use zoning because it would expand housing options. <br /> According to estimates from the Hawaii Research and Economic Analysis Division, Hawaii County needs 6,665 <br /> new housing units built between 2025 and 2025 just to keep up with demand.'Authorizing more mixed-use <br /> construction could help make a dent in this shortfall. <br /> This measure would also align Hawai'i County's zoning code with the state's Act 37 (2024), which made <br /> residential uses a permitted use in all commercial zones statewide. <br /> 1 Rene Kamita, "Hawai'i Housing Demand:2025-2035,' Research and Economic Analysis Division, Hawaii Department of Business, <br /> Economic Development and Tourism, March 2024, p. 11. <br /> 1050 Bishop St.#508 Honolulu,HI 96813 808-864-1776 info@grassrootinstitute.org <br /> 1 <br />