HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2017-12COUNTY COUNCIL
COUNTY OF KAUA`1
�C�OCUtIOtC 6. 2017-12
RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 2016 -53,
APPROVING THE LIMA OLA WORKFORCE HOUSING PROJECT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 201H -38, HAWAPI REVISED STATUTES
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF KAUAI, STATE OF
HAWAII, THAT:
SECTION 1. Resolution No. 2016 -53, is hereby amended in its entirety
to read as follows:
"WHEREAS, the Kauai County Housing Agency ( "Housing Agency ")
proposes the development of the Lima Ola Workforce Housing Project
( "Project ") and related improvements on approximately seventy -five (75) acres
of County -owned land in `Ele`ele, Kauai, Hawaii, identified as Tax Map Key
[(4) 2 -1- 001:027] (4) 2 -1- 001:054; and
WHEREAS, the proposed project will provide up to five hundred
fifty (550) affordable housing units for Kauai residents, providing
single - family and multi - family units that are affordable to households earning
from eighty percent (80 %) and below to one hundred forty percent (140 %) of
the Kauai median household income; and
WHEREAS, the Project is being developed in four phases to provide
needed affordable housing to meet the current and projected future demand
for affordable housing supply; and
WHEREAS, on August 5, 2016, the Housing Agency submitted the 201H
Exemption Application ( "Application ") for the Project to the Kauai County
Council ( "Council') requesting approval of the Project exemptions pursuant to
Section 201H -38, Hawaii Revised Statutes ( "HRS "); and
WHEREAS, Section 201H -38, HRS, provides for the development of
affordable housing, where housing projects may be exempt from all statutes,
ordinances, charter provisions, and rules of any government agency relating to
planning, zoning, construction standards for subdivisions, development and
improvement of land, and the construction of dwelling units thereon; provided
that the project meets minimum requirements for health and safety; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 201H -38, HRS, the Council shall
approve, approve with modification, or disapprove the Project exemptions by
resolution within forty -five (45) calendar days after the Housing Agency has
submitted the Application to the Council, which submittal occurred on
August 5, 2016; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 4.02 of the Charter of the County of
Kauai, the Council is authorized to act by resolution; now, therefore,
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF KAUAI,
STATE OF HAWAII, THAT:
1. Based upon the transmittals and the representations of the
Housing Agency, the Council approves the Project exemptions as submitted to
the Council on August 5, 2016, pursuant to Section 201H -38, HRS, provided
that the Housing Agency shall comply to all statutes, ordinances, charter
provisions, and rules of government agencies relating to planning, zoning,
construction standards, for subdivisions, development and improvement of
land, and the construction of units thereon, except for the requested Project
exemptions specified in Exhibit "1," which is attached hereto and made a part
hereof, and
2. The General Plan amendment, Preliminary Zoning Map, and
Preliminary Subdivision Map for the Project shall be deemed approved by the
Council if the final zoning and the final subdivision plans do not substantially
deviate, as determined by the Housing Director, from the Preliminary Zoning
Map and the Preliminary Subdivision Map submitted to the Council. Any
substantial deviation from the Preliminary Zoning Map or the Preliminary
Subdivision Map shall be submitted to the Council for prior approval. The
Preliminary Zoning Map and the Preliminary Subdivision Map submitted in
the Application shall constitute the zoning and subdivision plan for the Project.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that certified copies of this Resolution
be transmitted to the County Engineer, the Planning Director, and the
Housing Director."
SECTION 2. Material to be deleted is bracketed. New material is
underscored. Exhibit "1" is incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 3. This Resolution shall take effect upon its approval.
SECTION 4. Certified copies of this Resolution shall be transmitted to
the County Engineer, the Planning Director, and the Housing Director.
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