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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
BILL NO. 156
( DRAFT' 6 )
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 11 (HOUSING), ARTICLE 1, SECTION 11-4(D),
HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION), TO INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
REQUIREMENTS FOR INDUSTRIAL PARK DEVELOPMENTS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The Housing Element of the Hawaii County General Plan (enacted as
Ordinance No. OS-25) cleazly states that a policy of the County of Hawaii shall be that "lazge
industries or developments that create a demand for housing shall provide employee housing
based upon a ratio to be determined by an analysis of the locality's needs." The County Council
finds that industrial developments which are comprised of multiple individual enterprises are, in
fact, large industries which generate substantial employment and demands for employee housing.
Therefore, such industrial developments should be subject to the affordable housing requirements
articulated in chapter 11 (Housing) of the Hawaii County Code.
SECTION 2. Chapter 11, article 1, section 11-4(d), Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2005
Edition), relating to affordable housing requirements for industrial uses, is amended to read as
follows:
"(d) Requirements for industrial uses.
The industrial uses that must fulfill the affordable housing requirements
aze any uses allowed as of right in an ML or MG district, except for
home improvement centers, and any uses that are also allowed as of
right in a CG district.
Credits Required.
Individual industrial enterprises generating more than one
hundred employees on afull-time equivalent basis must earn
one affordable housing credit for every four full-time
equivalent jobs created.
Rezonings to ML MG or MCX, anvroved after (the effective
date of this ordinance) with a potentialto ¢enerate more than
one hundred emplovees on a full-time euuivalent basis must
earn one affordable housine_ credit for every four full-time
equivalent iobs created.
At the time of rezoning the potential iob Generation shall
be assumed to be ten full-time equivalent jobs per acre to
determine whether subsequent development within the
rezoned area must satisfy an affordable housinG
requirement.
ii At the time of plan approval pursuant to section 11-9(bl,
the affordable housinG requirement shall be based upon
ten full-time equivalent iobs der acre, or one per 1,000
~uaze feet of Gross floor azea, whichever is Greater
provided that the administrator, after consultation with
the plannine director shall adiust the number of iobs
based on kroof that the actual number of iobs created will
deviate from this standazd, and provided that in that case,
the affordable housinG requirement shall be reassessed if
the use is chaneed.
iii The applicant may also satisfythe affordable housinG
requirement at the time of final subdivision approval for
all or a portion of the lots created within the rezoned azea,
provided that in that case the applicant shall be required
to earn one affordable housing credit for every ten full-
time equivalent jobs created based on ten full-time
~uivalent iobs per acre.
iv Hawaii County Council Districts 2 3, 4, and 5 would be
exempt from inclusion in Chapter 11, Article 1, Section
>~dl until such time that either the Hawaii County
Council or the Hawaii County PlanninG Director deem
their inclusion necessary and a Resolution statinG such is
passed by the County Council."
SECTION 3. Upon passage of this ordinance, the Revisor of Ordinances shall insert in
section 11-4(d)(2)(B), the effective calendaz date of this ordinance in place of the phrase "(the
effective date of this ordinance)."
SECTION 4. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof
to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or
applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
application, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
SECTION 5. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the underscoring
need not be included.
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SECTION 6. This ordinance shall take effect on its approval.
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL MEMBE O OF HAWAII
Hawaii
Date of Introduction:
Date of ls` Reading:
Date of 2"d Reading:
Effective Date:
ItEfiRCNG~: Comm. 200.46
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