REPORT TITLE:
Ag Use; Transient. Accomm.


DESCRIPTION:
Allows transient accommodations of agricultural lands under
certain restrictions.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.504        
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 205-4.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(a)  Within the agricultural district all lands with soil
 
 4 classified by the land study bureau's detailed land
 
 5 classification as overall (master) productivity rating class A or
 
 6 B shall be restricted to the following permitted uses:
 
 7      (1)  Cultivation of crops, including but not limited to
 
 8           flowers, vegetables, foliage, fruits, forage, and
 
 9           timber;
 
10      (2)  Game and fish propagation;
 
11      (3)  Raising of livestock, including but not limited to
 
12           poultry, bees, fish, or other animal or aquatic life
 
13           that are propagated for economic or personal use;
 
14      (4)  Farm dwellings, employee housing, farm buildings, or
 
15           activity or uses related to farming and animal
 
16           husbandry;
 
17           Farm dwelling as used in this paragraph means a single-
 
18           family dwelling located on and used in connection with
 
19           a farm, including clusters of single-family farm
 

 
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 1           dwellings permitted within agricultural parks developed
 
 2           by the State, or where agricultural activity provides
 
 3           income to the family occupying the dwelling;
 
 4      (5)  Public institutions and buildings which are necessary
 
 5           for agricultural practices;
 
 6      (6)  Public and private open area types of recreational uses
 
 7           including day camps, picnic grounds, parks, and riding
 
 8           stables, but not including dragstrips, airports, drive-
 
 9           in theaters, golf courses, golf driving ranges, country
 
10           clubs, and overnight camps;
 
11      (7)  Public, private, and quasi-public utility lines and
 
12           roadways, transformer stations, communications
 
13           equipment buildings, solid waste transfer stations,
 
14           major water storage tanks, and appurtenant small
 
15           buildings such as booster pumping stations, but not
 
16           including offices or yards for equipment, material,
 
17           vehicle storage, repair or maintenance, or treatment
 
18           plants, or corporation yards, or other like structures;
 
19      (8)  Retention, restoration, rehabilitation, or improvement
 
20           of buildings or sites of historic or scenic interest;
 
21      (9)  Roadside stands for the sale of agricultural products
 
22           grown on the premises;
 
23     (10)  Buildings and uses, including but not limited to mills,
 

 
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 1           storage, and processing facilities, maintenance
 
 2           facilities, and vehicle and equipment storage areas
 
 3           that are normally considered directly accessory to the
 
 4           abovementioned uses and are permitted under section
 
 5           205-2(d);
 
 6     (11)  Agricultural parks; [or]
 
 7     (12)  Wind energy facilities, including the appurtenances
 
 8           associated with the production and transmission of wind
 
 9           generated energy; provided that such facilities and
 
10           appurtenances are compatible with agriculture uses and
 
11           cause minimal adverse impact on agricultural land[.] or
 
12     (13)  Transient accommodations units; provided that:
 
13           (A)  The agricultural lot utilized shall be at least
 
14                three acres in size;
 
15           (B)  There are no more than five transient
 
16                accommodations units per acre;
 
17           (C)  The total number of transient accommodations units
 
18                allowed per agricultural lot shall not exceed one
 
19                hundred;
 
20           (D)  The units are compatible with the agricultural use
 
21                of the agricultural lot; and
 
22           (E)  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the
 
23                infrastructure building requirements imposed on
 

 
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 1                farm dwellings constructed under paragraph (4)
 
 2                shall also apply to the units constructed under
 
 3                this paragraph.
 
 4           For the purposes of this paragraph, "transient
 
 5           accommodations" has the same meaning as used in section
 
 6           237D-1."
 
 7      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 8 New statutory material is underscored.
 
 9      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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11                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________