Bill Text: HI HB1016 | 2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Transfer of Development Rights; Office of Planning ($)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-18 - Carried over to 2014 Regular Session. [HB1016 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-HB1016-Amended.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 225M, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new part to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"Part . transfer of development rights
§225M-A Definitions. As used in this part:
"Development rights" means the rights permitted to a lot, parcel, or area of land under a zoning ordinance respecting permissible use, area, density, bulk, or height of improvements executed thereon. Development rights may be calculated and allocated in accordance with such factors as area, floor area, floor area ratios, density, height limitations, or any other criteria that will effectively quantify a value for the development right in a reasonable and uniform manner that will carry out the objectives of this part.
"Receiving district" means one or more designated districts or areas of land to which development rights generated from one or more sending districts may be transferred and in which increased development is permitted to occur by reason of such transfer.
"Sending district" means one or more designated districts or areas of land in which development rights may be assigned for use in one or more receiving districts.
"Transfer of development rights" means the process by which development rights are transferred from a lot, parcel, or area of land in any sending district to a lot, parcel, or area of land in one or more receiving districts.
§225M-B Transfer of development right program. (a) The office of planning is authorized to establish a transfer of development rights program and to provide for the transfer of development rights subject to the conditions in this part.
(b) The purpose of providing for the transfer of development rights shall be: to protect the natural, scenic, or agricultural qualities of open lands; to enhance sites and areas of special character or special historical, cultural, aesthetic or economic interest or value; and to enable and encourage flexibility of design and careful management of land in recognition of land as a basic and valuable natural resource.
§225M-C Requirements. Transfer of development rights shall be subject to the following:
(1) Transfer of development rights and the sending and receiving districts shall be established in accordance with a well-considered plan prepared by the office of planning;
(2) The sending district from which transfer of development rights may be authorized shall consist of natural, scenic, recreational, agricultural, or open land or sites of special historical, cultural, aesthetic, or economic values sought to be protected;
(3) Every receiving district, to which transfer of development rights may be authorized, shall contain adequate resources, environmental quality, and public facilities including adequate transportation, water supply, waste disposal, and fire protection such that there will be no damaging consequences and the increased development is compatible with the development otherwise permitted within the district;
(4) Sending and receiving districts shall be designated and mapped with specificity, and the procedure for transfer of development rights shall be specified;
(5) The receiving and sending districts need not be coterminous with zoning districts;
(6) Development rights shall be transferred reflecting the normal market in land, including sales between owners of property in sending and receiving districts;
(7) A development right that is transferred shall be deemed to be an interest in real property and inure to the benefit of the transferee and the transferee's heirs, successors, and assigns;
(8) The burden upon land within a sending district from which development rights have been transferred shall be documented by an instrument duly executed by the grantor in the form of a conservation easement, the burden upon such land shall be enforceable by any person or entity granted enforcement rights by the terms of the instrument, and all provisions of law applicable to easements shall apply with respect to conservation easements hereunder;
(9) Any development right which has been transferred by a conservation easement shall be evidenced by a certificate of development right which shall be issued by the office of planning to the transferee in a form suitable for recording in the bureau of conveyances;
(10) Where two or more receiving or sending districts are affected, a transfer of development rights may not unreasonably transfer the tax burden between the taxpayers of such districts;
(11) Within one year after a development right is transferred, the assessed valuation placed on the affected properties for real property tax purposes shall be adjusted to reflect the transfer;
(12) Prior to designating sending or receiving districts, the office of planning shall prepare a generic environmental impact statement pursuant to chapter 343, which shall be amended from time to time if there are material changes in circumstances; and
(13) Prior to designating sending or receiving districts, the office of planning shall evaluate the impact of transfer of development rights upon the potential development of low or moderate income housing lost in sending districts and gained in receiving districts and shall find either that there is approximate equivalence between potential low or moderate housing units lost in the sending district and gained in the receiving districts or that reasonable action will be taken to compensate for any negative impact upon the availability or potential development of low or moderate income housing caused by the transfer of development rights.
§225M-D Development rights bank. The office of planning may establish a development rights bank or such other account in which development rights may be retained and sold in the best interest of the State. The office of planning shall be authorized to accept gifts, donations, bequests, or other development rights for deposit within the bank.
§225M-E Processing fee. The office of planning shall establish a processing fee for the transfer of development rights program. The fee shall be collected by the office of planning and deposited in the conservation stewardship fund.
§225M-F Conservation stewardship fund; established. There is established in the treasury of the State the conservation stewardship fund to be administered by the office of planning and into which shall be deposited:
(1) All moneys appropriated by the legislature;
(2) Appropriations from the environmental response revolving fund established by section 128D-2;
(3) Moneys received as fees charged by the office of planning; and
(4) Moneys otherwise received by the office of planning.
The office of planning may expend moneys in the fund for the purposes of this part, including the administration of the transfer of development rights program.
§225M-G Rules. The office of planning shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to administer the transfer of development rights program and to effectuate the purposes of this part.
§225M-H Transfer of development rights by counties. Nothing in this part shall be construed to invalidate any provision for transfer of development rights adopted by any county."
SECTION 2. Chapter 225M, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by designating sections 225M-1 to 225M-7 as part I, entitled "General Provisions".
SECTION 3. Section 128D-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) Moneys from the fund shall be expended by the department for response actions and preparedness, including removal and remedial actions, consistent with this chapter; provided that the revenues generated by the environmental response, energy, and food security tax deposited into the environmental response revolving fund:
(1) Shall be used:
(A) For oil spill planning, prevention,
preparedness, education, research, training, removal, and remediation; [and]
(B) For direct support for county used oil recycling programs; and
(C) For deposit into the conservation stewardship fund, established by section 225M-F, as may be appropriated by the legislature; and
(2) May also be used to support environmental protection and natural resource protection programs, including energy conservation and alternative energy development, and to address concerns related to air quality, global warming, clean water, polluted runoff, solid and hazardous waste, drinking water, and underground storage tanks, including support for the underground storage tank program of the department of health and funding for the acquisition by the State of a soil remediation site and facility."
SECTION 4. There is appropriated out of the environmental response revolving fund the sum of $160,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2013-2014 to be deposited into the conservation stewardship fund established by section 225M-F.
SECTION 5. There is appropriated out of the conservation stewardship fund the sum of $160,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2013-2014 for the creation and administration of the transfer of development rights program.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the office of planning for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2020; provided that sections 4 and 5 shall take effect on July 1, 2013.
Report Title:
Transfer of Development Rights; Office of Planning
Description:
Allows the Office of Planning to establish a transfer of development rights program including a transfer of development rights credit bank. Establishes the conservation stewardship fund. Appropriates funds from the environmental response revolving fund. Effective July 1, 2020. (HB1016 HD1)
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