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Existing Residential Units <br />Estimating the number of existing residential dwelling units is a key building block for any impact fee <br />analysis, since it is essential for determining the exis ting level of service. This is critical because a <br />fundamental principle of impact fees is that new development sho <br />of service than is being provided to existing de velopment. Without an accurate estimate of existing <br />residential units, it is impossible to accura tely determine the existing level of service. <br />To estimate existing residential units, the consultant first analyzed the number of building permits issued <br />since 2000. Over the last five years and eight months, the County has issued 9,066 permits for single- <br />family detached units and 2,798 multi-family permit s, for a total of 11,864 new residential units. <br />Table 5 <br />RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS, 2000-2005 <br />Housing Type200020012002200320042005Total <br />Single-Family Detached1,196 1,0811,1991,8522,1331,6059,066 <br />Multi-Family/Other3472582754939444812,798 <br />Total 1,5431,3391,4742,3453,0772,08611,864 <br />Source: County of Hawai i building permit data by building type; 2005 data through Augus <br />The consultant then added the number of new building permits to <br />recorded in the 2000 U.S. Census. Since the census enumeration occurred on April 1, 2000, adding five <br />years and eight months of building permits yiel ds a reasonable estimate of dwelling units as of <br />approximately December 1, 2005. It is estimated that Hawai i County currently has about 57,297 single- <br />family units and 17,241 multi-family units and other units, for a tota l of about 74,538 existing dwelling <br />units. <br />Table 6 <br />RESIDENTIAL UNITS BY TYPE, 2005 <br />2000 2000-2005 2005 <br />Housing Type Units Permits Estimate <br />Single-Family Detached48,2319,066 57,297 <br />Multi-Family/Other14,4432,798 17,241 <br />Total 62,67411,864 74,538 <br />Source: 2000 units from the U.S. Census; 2000-2005 building permits by <br />housing type from Table 5. <br />H C \I N A ÐG A M January 5, 2006, Page 6 <br />AWAI I OUNTY NFRASTRUCTURE EEDS SSESSMENT ROWTH NALYSIS EMORANDUM <br /> <br />