HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0200.008 2006-2008 PeteHoffmann ~tv,o.y Phone No. Hilo: (808)961-8027
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E-Mail: phoffrnann@co.hawaii.hi.us
HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai `i
Hawaii County Building Halomua Center
25Aupuni Street 64-1067 Mamalahoa Highway, Suite C-5
Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Waimea, Hawaii 96j4~
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TO: Council Members -
Hawai`i County Counci l ~j~-Q-~
FROM: Pete Hoffmann
Council Chairperson -
SUBJECT: Bill 156, Drafr 3 (2004-2006)
Affordable Housing Requirements for Industrial Park Developments
Attached for your consideration is Drafr 3 of Bill 156. Drafr 3 incorporates the floor amendment
transmitted by Planning Director Christopher Yuen via Communication 200.7 dated March 2Q
2007, which was approved by the Council at its meeting on March 21, 2007.
Draft 3 amends Chapter 11, article 1, section 11-4(d), Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2005 edition),
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 aze also allowed as of right in a CG district.
[i~-"°'-'..°' :~a•,°«-:°' °~t°-~~°°° ^ r°*:^^] Rezonings to ML, MG, or MCX
with a potential to eng erate more than one hundred employees on a full-time
equivalent basis must eazn one affordable housing credit for every four full-time
equivalent jobs created. At the time of rezoningpotential job ¢eneration
shall be assumed to be ten full-time equivalent iobs net acre to determine
whether subsequent development within the rezoned azea must satisfy an
affordable housine requirement. At the time of plan approval, pursuant to
section 11-9(bl, the affordable housing requirement shall be based upon ten full-
time equivalent lobs net acre, or one per 1,000 squaze feet of gross floor area,
whichever is reg ater, provided that the administrator, after consultation with the
planning director, shall adiust the number of jobs based on proof that the actual
number of jobs created will deviate from this standard, and provided that in that
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case, the affordable housin~quirement shall be reassessed if the use is
chanced. The applicant may also satisfy the affordable housine requirement at
the time of final subdivision approval for all or a portion of the lots created
within the rezoned area, provided that in that case, the applicant shall be
required to eam one affordable housine credit for every ten full-time equivalent
lobs created, based on ten full-time equivalent jobs per acre."
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