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December 7, 2005 "
Councilmc•mber Stacy Higa, Chair and Presiding Member
c.,unty of .lawaii. County Council
County' of Hawaii Bui'tding
z5 Attp.mi Street
Kilo, Hawaii 9G7zo BY FACSTM~ILG: Bo8ZA6i-Snr2
i :P~ r C~tnncil Char Higa:
°uhieci: Bil. Nc. I~6 Urdiranee to Amend Chapter a ofthe County Code to
Inclu!Se E1flo:~labi~ housing Requirements for Indust~'ia] Park
Developments
Rly narZe is Dean Uchida, Executive Director of the Land Use Research Foundation of
Hawaii L'~RF); a private: non-profit research and trade association whose members
Include m3)or I-lawa:i landuwnera, developers and a utility comptAny. One of LURI`°C
missions is to advocate for reasonable and rational land use planning, legislation and
rrgul:,tinns affecting common problems in Hawaii.
As proposed, Bill No. r5b finds that the Housing 1?lement of the Hawaii County General
Plan ;cu~cted as Ordinzince No, og-zg) clenrly elates Chat a policy of the County of
Hav,ni~i shall b~r that "larg,e Indus*.ries or developments that create a demand for housing
_i~~a~' provide employee housing cased upon a ratio to be determined by an analysis of Che
]xalit.-'s needs.' "Che County Council finds that industrial developments which are
coml.l ise i or` trralteple imdividuai enteCprises are, in fact. large industfies which generate
ubs~antiai c~npleyment and dcmando fur employee hou=ing.'fherefore, such industrial
decelopmanes shou:d be subject to the affordable housing requirements articulated in
Chanter i~ (Housiing) of the Hawaii County Code.
As such, Chapter 1I will be amended to require that industrial uses fulfill the affordable
housing; rcquirctm~nts. :9peci!`ica;iy, the bill proposes :hat industrial enterpri~ea
generating more *.`an one h•endred employees on a full-time equivalent basis, whether
neti~ or an addition o:' reconstruction to existing facilities; and including one or more
busittesse~ at the same or adjacen*, sites, must earn one affordable housing credit for
?vet~~ four Eull-time e~qu6calent jobs created.
Discu~~inn:
~imila~ to t!-~e ether counties in the state, the County of Hawaii has an Insufficient supply
of reraals and t"pr sale units for ail income groups. /
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