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RESOLUTION NO. 64 13
DRAFT 3)
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN CODE
REQUIREMENTS, PURSUANT TO SECTION 201H-38 AND SECTION 46-15 OF THE
HAWAII REVISED STATUTES FOR THE HOUSING UNITS TO BE CONSTRUCTED
BY KIDDS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AT KUMULANI GARDENS, SOUTH
HILO, HAWAII COVERED BY TAX MAP KEY 2-5-006:061.
WHEREAS, on September 21, 1981, Change of Zone Ordinance 716 became effective,
changing the district classification from single-family residential (RS-15) to single family
residential (RS-10) on the parcel covered by Tax Map Key 2-5-006:061; and
WHEREAS,the development of the original project stalled due to a lack of sufficient
water which resulted in the developer being unable to meet the deadlines specified within
Change of Zone Ordinance 716; and
WHEREAS, KIDDS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION is now the current owner and
developer of the 25-acre parcel and has secured sufficient water commitments for the project to
move forward for the construction of eighty-three (83) housing units on 10,000 square foot
single-family lots. Forty-three (43) of the housing units, equaling fifty-two percent of the total
project, will be affordable in accordance with Section 201H of the HAWAII REVISED
STATUTES (HRS); and
WHEREAS, KIDDS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION entered into an agreement
with the County, dated May 21, 2012, to make Kumulani Gardens an affordable housing project
and satisfy the affordable housing requirements of both Kumulani Gardens and Hilo Hillside
Development, a development within 15-miles of Kumulani Gardens; and
WHEREAS, KIDDS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION will satisfy the affordable
housing requirements of Kumulani Gardens and Hilo Hillside by providing (43) affordable
homes, with ten (10) homes affordable to families earning less than eighty percent of median
income, eleven (11)homes affordable to families earning below one-hundred percent of median
income, and twenty-two (22) homes to be affordable to families earning less than one-hundred
and forty percent of median income; and
WHEREAS, HRS Section 201H-38, in conjunction with HRS 46-15.1, allows the
County, with approval of the County Council, to exempt low-income housing projects from
certain code requirements to facilitate the development of the project; and
WHEREAS, KIDDS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION has requested that the
County exempt the property from certain code requirements to help reduce the cost of producing
the affordable housing; and
WHEREAS, should the developer not complete the affordable housing development, all
conditions of Ordinance 716 and conditions of Tentative Approval for Subdivision 00-000019
shall be complied with. This includes submittal of request for a time extension to both Ordinance
716 and Tentative Approval, as applicable; and
WHEREAS, the project will promote the goals contained in Section 201H-38 of the
HRS, and Chapter 2, Article 13, of the Hawai'i County Code.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII, that the
exemptions requested for the Property attached hereto as "Exhibit A" are hereby approved.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution will take effect immediately.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall forward copies of this
resolution to the Honorable William P. Kenoi, Mayor, County of Hawaii; the Director of
Planning; the Director of Public Works and the Administrator of the Office of Housing and
Community Development.
Dated at Kona Hawaii, this 28th day of March 2013.
INTRODUCED BY:
O ` MEN R, COUNTY OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawai`i AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawai`i EOFF X
FORD X
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by ILAGAN X
the vote indicated to the right hereofadopted by the COUNCIL of the KANUHA
County of Hawaii on March 28, 201 X
KERN X
ONISHI X
ATTEST: POINDEXTER X
WILLE X i
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YOSHIMOTO X
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U\r-7‘1 Reference: C-148.7/Council
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON &PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO.64 13
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Exhibit A
Exemption List
Hawaii County Code:
1. Hawai`i County Change of Zone Ordinance, Sectionl, Condition B,
Regarding increments:
Suspend all phasing requirements on the development of the
Project. This will allow the housing units to be built in 1 phase
Instead of 2.
2. Hawai`i County Fees
Exempt Subdivision Inspection Fee of 0.25% of subdivision
improvement costs; Building Permit Fees, and other County
Fees for the 43 affordable housing units only and not for any market priced units.
This will help reduce the costs of producing affordable housing.