Bill Text: HI SB331 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Housing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [SB331 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB331-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to housing.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
"§46- Zoning;
less intensive use; prohibition. (a)
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, with respect to land where
housing is an allowable use, an affected county shall not enact a development
ordinance, policy, standard, agreement, or condition that would change the
general plan use designation, specific plan land use designation, or zoning of
a parcel or parcels of property to a less intensive use, or reduce the
intensity of land use within an existing general plan land use designation,
specific plan land use designation, or zoning district below what was allowed
under the land use designation and zoning ordinances of the affected county as
in effect on January 1, 2023.
(b) Nothing in this section shall
prohibit an affected county from changing a land use designation or zoning
ordinance to a less intensive use if the county concurrently changes the
development standards, policies, or conditions applicable to other parcels
within the jurisdiction to ensure that there is no net loss in residential
capacity.
(c) For purposes of this section,
"less intensive use" includes but is not limited to:
(1) Reductions to height, density, or
floor area ratio;
(2) New or increased open space or lot
size requirements;
(3) New or increased setback
requirements, minimum frontage requirements, or maximum lot coverage
limitations; or
(4) Anything that would lessen the intensity of housing.
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2023.
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Report Title:
Counties; Housing; Zoning; Less Intensive Use; Downzone Prohibition
Description:
Prohibits a county from enacting a development policy, standard, or condition that would have the effect of changing the land use designation or zoning of a parcel or parcels of property to a less intensive use or reducing the intensity of land use within an existing zoning district below what was allowed under the general plan or specific land use designation and zoning ordinances of the county in effect on January 1, 2023.
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