HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0206.001 2024-2026Holeka Goro Inaba, Ed.D
Council Chair, District 8, N. Kona
Office: (808) 323-4280
Email: holeka. Inaba@hawaiicounty.gov
HAWAPI COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai `i
West Hawai `i Civic Center, Bldg. A
74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy.
Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i 96740 -
DATE: April 11, 2025
TO: Members of the Hawaii County Council
FROM: Dr. Holeka Goro Inaba, Council Chair���
Council District 8
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendment to Bill No. 39; An Ordinance Amending Chapter 19,
Article 1, Section 19-2, and Article 7, Section 19-53, of the Hawaii County Code
1983 (2016 Edition, as Amended), Relating to the Affordable Rental Housing
Real Property Tax Classification.
Transmitted herewith is a proposed amendment to Bill No. 39. The proposed amendment is
shown below in Ramseyer format with respect to the contents of Bill No. 39; material to be
deleted is bracketed and stricken, and material to be added is underscored.
SECTION 3 of Bill No. 39, which amends chapter 19, article 7, section 19-53(h), of the Hawaii
County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows:
"(h) Eligibility for affordable rental housing class.
(1) Real property [*�rrxat-s—wsed] utilized for residential rental purposes shall be
eligible for the ff-e f able fefA,, ,,,,,sing elass ] classification as affordable
rental housing, provided that all rental units situated thereon are either rented
at [the] affordable rental [fate-.] rates or are certified by the office of housing
and communi . development as section 8 rental units with an initial lease term
of one Year.
(2) Affordable rental housing properties shall not be excluded by the owner's
principal residence also being on the property.
(3) For properties in the affordable rental housing class as of January 1, 2008, the
assessed value of the property shall not increase more than three percent per
tax year until the parcel is sold or any portion thereof sold by way of
conveyance which is subject to conveyance tax under terms of chapter 247,
Hawaii Revised Statutes, at which time the property will be assessed at
market value. In addition to the three percent limit of this subsection, any
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improvements undertaken on the property within the tax year shall be assessed
at market value. All parcels entering this class after January 1, 2008, shall
have the assessed value as of January 1 of the following year and be subject to
the above provisions."
Due to the limited scope of this proposed amendment, a copy of the new draft of Bill No. 39 that
would result if this proposed amendment were adopted is not attached.
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