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NOTICE OF PUBLICATION AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that the Kaua`i County Council will hold a public
hearing on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at 8:30 a.m., or soon thereafter, at the
Council Chambers, 4396 Rice Street, Room 201, Historic County Building, Lihu`e,
on the following:
Bill No. 2900
A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5A, KAUAI
COUNTY CODE 1987, AS AMENDED, AND REPEALING ORDINANCE
NO. 1130 AND SECTION 6 OF ORDINANCE NO. 1132, RELATING TO
REAL PROPERTY TAX
This Bill proposes to amend Chapter 5A, Kaua`i County Code 1987, as
amended (KCC), relating to Real Property Tax, by: (1) repealing the "Residential
Investor" tax classification in its entirety and repealing the tiering of the Vacation
Rental tax classification (with corresponding repeal in its entirety of Ordinance
No. 1130, relating to Real Property Tax (Tiered Residential Investor & Vacation
Rental Tax Classifications), and amendment of Ordinance No. 1132 relating to Real
Property Tax (Agricultural Dedication) by repealing its SECTION 6 (which
references the Tiered Residential Investor & Vacation Rental Tax Classifications),
and amending its SECTION 11 by deleting reference to SECTION 6); (2) changing
the name of the "Homestead" tax classification to the "Owner-Occupied" tax
classification; (3) changing the name of the "Commercialized Home Use" tax
classification to the "Owner-Occupied Mixed-Use" tax classification; (4) changing
the name of the "Residential" tax classification to the "Non-Owner-Occupied
Residential" tax classification, (5) establishing that in addition to annually setting
the real property tax rates: (a) the Council may also decide whether to tier any tax
classification (all or none of the classifications may be tiered), (b) tiering is on the
basis of property valuation only, (c) the Council shall set the valuation thresholds
for any tiered tax rates, (d) each classification may have a maximum of three (3)
tiers, and (e) "To determine the "highest tax rate" if a class has tiered tax rates, the
lowest tier tax rate shall be used. Tax rates of the prior tax year shall be used to
determine the "highest tax rate""; and (6) making non-substantive "housekeeping"
edits.
Any person may testify at the public hearing, and at any Council and
Committee Meeting (at which time any Bill may be amended). Meeting notices and
full-text Bills are available at least six (6) days in advance at the Office of the
County Clerk, Council Services Division and kauai.gov/webcastmeetings. Written
testimony may be submitted via counciltestimony@kauai.gov, mail, or fax. For
further information, please call (808) 241-4188.
CERTIFICATE OF THE COUNTY CLERK
I hereby certify that the Kaua`i County Council passed on first reading and
ordered to print Bill No. 2900 during the June 14, 2023 Council Meeting, by the
following vote:
AYES: Cowden, Kagawa, Kuali`i, Rapozo TOTAL— 4,
NOES: None TOTAL— 0,
EXCUSED & NOT VOTING: Bulosan, Carvalho, DeCosta TOTAL— 3,
RECUSED & NOT VOTING: None TOTAL— 0.
Lihu`e, Hawai`i /s/Jade K. Fountain-Tanigawa
June 14, 2023 County Clerk, County of Kaua`i
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(One publication — The Garden Island —June 21, 2023)