Amends land use laws for single-family dwellings on C, D, E, or U-classified lands.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. Section 205-4.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

"(c) Within the agricultural district all lands, with soil classified by the land study bureau's detailed land classification as overall (master) productivity rating class C, D, E, or U shall be restricted to the uses permitted for agricultural districts as set forth in section 205-5(b)[.] and construction of single-family dwellings on lots existing on the effective date of this Act, or created within projects approved by county zoning ordinance where the developer had obtained final subdivision approval for at least a portion of the project, commenced construction of project infrastructure, and sold individual lots, prior to the effective date of this Act. Such projects, including all components thereof, shall be deemed an approved use in the agricultural district provided that not more than ten per cent of the project area consists of soils classified as A or B."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.