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COUNTY OF HAWAII `. i:. STATE OF HAWAII • �>E Gi•Mp.. BILL NO. 189 ORDINANCE NO. 14 37 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 11,HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED),RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING POLICY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Chapter 11, article 1, section 11-8 of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended) is amended to read as follows: Section 11-8. Density bonus. (a) Any project subject to an affordable housing requirement under this chapter that fulfills its housing requirement by constructing affordable dwelling units for sale or rent or by donating finished lots with infrastructure shall be entitled to a density bonus increasing the total number of residential units that may be constructed on the site by ten percent, and decreasing the minimum lot size by ten percent, compared to the number of units otherwise allowable and the minimum lot size as established by the zoning code. (b) If a project fulfills its affordable housing requirement off-site, the density bonus can be used on the non- affordable site, or the affordable housing site,or divided between the two sites. (c) The density bonus may not be used in the State Land Use Agricultural District or Rural Districts to create lots less than the minimum lot sizes required in those districts. SECTION 2. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance,the brackets,bracketed and stricken material, and underscoring need not be included. SECTION 3. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity does not affect other provisions or application of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end,the provisions of this ordinance are severable. SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval. INTRODUCED BY: COUNCIL MEM , COUNTY OF HAWAII Hilo , Hawai`i Date of Introduction: February 19, 2014 Date of 1St Reading: February 19, 2014 Date of 2"d Reading: March 7, 2014 Effective Date: March 27, 2014 627 REFERENCE Comm.,