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COUNTY OF HAWAII •(�_,' %l•__.r...4:;,,,...::i STATE OF HAWAII
RESOLUTION NO. 81 17
A RESOLUTION URGING THE HAWAII STATE LEGISLATURE TO PASS HOUSE
BILL 2 AND HOUSE BILL 229 RELATING TO TINY HOMES.
WHEREAS, House Bill 2 will provide an additional legal pathway for addressing a lack
of affordable housing for farm workers, which has made it difficult for working farms to attract
and retain employees and to operate farms in an economical manner; and
WHEREAS, the production of locally grown crops is important to the economy, food
security, and health of the State and its population, and authorizing the construction and use of
"tiny homes" as affordable housing for farm workers will encourage healthy and productive
farming; and
WHEREAS, House Bill 2 states: "the purpose of this Act is to authorize the construction
of tiny homes within agricultural districts, on farms that are currently engaged in agricultural
production, in a county with a population of more than 180,000 but less than 250,000,
notwithstanding any county ordinance or regulation to the contrary."; and
WHEREAS, with a population of 196,428 (2015 U.S Census Bureau estimate), Hawai`i
County is currently the only County in the State of Hawai`i that will be required to comply with
House Bill 2, in accordance with its population specification; and
WHEREAS, House Bill 229 states: "the purpose of this Act is to prevent the State and
counties from adopting or enforcing regulations mandating certain minimum sizes for single-
family detached dwellings unless those regulations are necessary to ensure that dwellings meet
fire and life safety or environmental purposes or standards."; and
WHEREAS, House Bill 229 will provide an additional and desperately needed legal
pathway for the construction of affordable shelters for houseless individuals and low income
families; and
WHEREAS, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,
between 2007-2015 the State of Hawai`i had the largest percentage increase of houseless
individuals in the United States (29.2% increase); now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the
Council finds that the passage of House Bill 2 and House Bill 229 could help to address a
number of challenges before the State and County of Hawai`i by creating an additional legal
pathway for the construction of tiny homes, and that the Hawai`i State Legislature is urged to
pass House Bill 2 and House Bill 229 relating to tiny homes.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Honorable Governor David Y. Ige,the Honorable Mayor Harry Kim, and all
members of the Hawaii State Legislature.
Dated at Hilo , Hawai`i, this 8th_day of March ,20 17.
INTRODUCED BY:
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CD IN IL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HA WAN
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawaii _ AYES r NOES Ails EX
Hilo, Hawaii : CHuNG X
DAVID X
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by POPE X
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the KAN UIIA
County of Hawaii on March R 7Q17 X
LEFT LOY X
O'IIARA X
ATTEST: I'OINDEXTER X
RICHARDS X
RUGGLES X
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COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON &PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 81 17
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