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w <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII <br /> BILL NO. 156 <br /> ( DRAFT' 6 ) <br /> ORDINANCE NO. <br /> <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 11 (HOUSING), ARTICLE 1, SECTION 11-4(D), <br /> HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION), TO INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING <br /> REQUIREMENTS FOR INDUSTRIAL PARK DEVELOPMENTS. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br /> SECTION 1. The Housing Element of the Hawaii County General Plan (enacted as <br /> Ordinance No. OS-25) cleazly states that a policy of the County of Hawaii shall be that "lazge <br /> industries or developments that create a demand for housing shall provide employee housing <br /> based upon a ratio to be determined by an analysis of the locality's needs." The County Council <br /> finds that industrial developments which are comprised of multiple individual enterprises are, in <br /> fact, large industries which generate substantial employment and demands for employee housing. <br /> Therefore, such industrial developments should be subject to the affordable housing requirements <br /> articulated in chapter 11 (Housing) of the Hawaii County Code. <br /> SECTION 2. Chapter 11, article 1, section 11-4(d), Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2005 <br /> Edition), relating to affordable housing requirements for industrial uses, is amended to read as <br /> follows: <br /> "(d) Requirements for industrial uses. <br /> The industrial uses that must fulfill the affordable housing requirements <br /> aze any uses allowed as of right in an ML or MG district, except for <br /> home improvement centers, and any uses that are also allowed as of <br /> right in a CG district. <br /> Credits Required. <br /> Individual industrial enterprises generating more than one <br /> hundred employees on afull-time equivalent basis must earn <br /> one affordable housing credit for every four full-time <br /> equivalent jobs created. <br /> Rezonings to ML MG or MCX, anvroved after (the effective <br /> date of this ordinance) with a potentialto ¢enerate more than <br /> one hundred emplovees on a full-time euuivalent basis must <br /> earn one affordable housine_ credit for every four full-time <br /> equivalent iobs created. <br /> <br />