STAND. COM. REP. NO. 32

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 546

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 546 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LAND USE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this short form measure is to amend the law relating to land use.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by replacing its contents with language that:

     (1)  Changes the minimum residential lot size from one-half acre to one acre in a rural district;

     (2)  Establishes a minimum residential lot size of five acres in an agricultural district; and

     (3)  Allows for the clustering of dwelling units in both districts; provided that the maximum density limitation for each respective type of district is not diminished.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 546, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 546, S.D. 1, and be recommitted to the Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs, for further consideration.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs,

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RUSSELL S. KOKUBUN, Chair