205-48 Receipt of maps of eligible important agricultural lands; land use commission.
§205-48 Receipt of maps of eligible important agricultural lands; land use commission. (a) The land use commission shall receive the county recommendations and maps delineating those lands eligible to be designated important agricultural lands no sooner than the effective date of the legislative enactment of protection and incentive measures for important agricultural lands and agricultural […]
205-49 Designation of important agricultural lands; adoption of important agricultural lands maps.
§205-49 Designation of important agricultural lands; adoption of important agricultural lands maps. (a) After receipt of the maps of eligible important agricultural lands from the counties and the recommendations of the department of agriculture and the office of planning and sustainable development, the commission shall then proceed to identify and designate important agricultural lands, subject […]
205-50 Standards and criteria for the reclassification or rezoning of important agricultural lands.
§205-50 Standards and criteria for the reclassification or rezoning of important agricultural lands. (a) Any land use district boundary amendment or change in zoning involving important agricultural lands identified pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to this section. (b) Upon acceptance by the county for processing, any application for a special permit involving important […]
205-51 Important agricultural lands; county ordinances.
§205-51 Important agricultural lands; county ordinances. (a) Each county shall adopt ordinances that reduce infrastructure standards for important agricultural lands no later than the effective date of the legislative enactment of protection and incentive measures for important agricultural lands and agricultural viability, as provided in section 9 of Act 183, Session Laws of Hawaii 2005. […]
205-52 Periodic review and amendment of important agricultural lands maps.
§205-52 Periodic review and amendment of important agricultural lands maps. The maps delineating important agricultural lands shall be reviewed in conjunction with the county general plan and community, development, or community development plan revision process, or at least once every ten years following the adoption of the maps by the land use commission; provided that […]
205-44 Standards and criteria for the identification of important agricultural lands.
§205-44 Standards and criteria for the identification of important agricultural lands. (a) The standards and criteria in this section shall be used to identify important agricultural lands. Lands identified as important agricultural lands need not meet every standard and criteria listed in subsection (c). Rather, lands meeting any of the criteria in subsection (c) shall […]
205-44.5 Important agricultural lands; public lands.
§205-44.5 Important agricultural lands; public lands. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, before December 31, 2009, the department of agriculture and the department of land and natural resources shall collaborate to identify public lands as defined under section 171-2 that should be designated important agricultural lands as defined in section 205-42 and shall cause […]
205-45 Petition by farmer or landowner.
§205-45 Petition by farmer or landowner. (a) A farmer or landowner with lands qualifying under section 205-44 may file with the commission a petition for declaratory order to designate the lands as important agricultural lands. The petition may be filed at any time in the designation process. (b) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, within […]
205-12 Enforcement.
§205-12 Enforcement. The appropriate officer or agency charged with the administration of county zoning laws shall enforce within each county the use classification districts adopted by the land use commission and the restriction on use and the condition relating to agricultural districts under section 205-4.5 and shall report to the commission all violations. L 1963, […]
205-45.5 Important agricultural land; farm dwellings and employee housing.
§205-45.5 Important agricultural land; farm dwellings and employee housing. A landowner whose agricultural lands are designated as important agricultural lands may develop, construct, and maintain farm dwellings and employee housing for farmers, employees, and their immediate family members on these lands; provided that: (1) The farm dwellings and employee housing units shall be used exclusively […]