Bill Text: HI SB2341 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Zoning; Agricultural Tourism
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-07-11 - (H) Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 329, 7/10/2012, (Gov. Msg. No. 1446). [SB2341 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-SB2341-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2295
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 2341
S.D. 1
Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui
President of the Senate
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Agriculture and Water, Land, and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 2341 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LAND USE,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to:
(1) Repeal the prohibition on overnight accommodations at accessory facilities that are connected with a farming operation; and
(2) Authorize short-term rentals in agricultural districts.
Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from Olomana Gardens, Windward Ahupua‘a Alliance, and one individual. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Agriculture; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; and City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting. Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation.
Your Committees find that agritourism has been successful in other areas of the United States, such as Napa Valley in California. Allowing more opportunities for farmers and ranchers to raise capital is something that must be taken into consideration when looking at ways to make Hawaii more self-sufficient in food production. However, your Committees also recognize the concerns raised by the Department of Agriculture and the City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting that allowing short-term rentals may increase land values in agricultural districts and may contribute to the loss of agricultural lands to higher-value, non-agricultural leases.
As such, your Committees have amended this measure by:
(1) Adding a purpose section; and
(2) Allowing within agricultural districts activities or uses for short-term rentals of thirty-one days or less, in any one stay within a county; provided that the appropriate county has adopted an ordinance that specifically authorizes such use.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Agriculture and Water, Land, and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2341, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2341, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Tourism.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Agriculture and Water, Land, and Housing,
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____________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair |
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____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair |
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