Bill Text: HI SB2322 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Detached Dwellings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-24 - Referred to HOU/GVO, JDC/WTL. [SB2322 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-SB2322-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO DETACHED DWELLINGS.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 46, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§46- Detached
dwellings; authorization required. (a) Each county shall adopt ordinances authorizing
the construction and occupation of detached dwelling units upon application in areas
zoned as residential.
(b) Notwithstanding
any other law to the contrary, a county shall not deny issuance of a building permit
for a detached dwelling unit if:
(1) The property contains
one single-family dwelling occupied by the property owner, or family of the property
owner, unless the property owner will occupy the detached dwelling unit after its
completion;
(2) The floor area ratio of the property does not exceed 0.7, including the detached dwelling unit;
(3) The number of bathrooms
in the detached dwelling unit does not exceed:
(A) Two
on a zoning lot size up to six thousand nine hundred ninety-nine square feet;
(B) Three
on a zoning lot size between seven thousand and nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine
square feet; or
(C) Four
on a zoning lot size of ten thousand square feet or greater;
(4) The detached dwelling
unit is furnished with a kitchen sink, cooking appliance, and refrigeration facilities,
each having a clear working space of no less than thirty inches in front;
(5) The impervious surface
area of the zoning lot does not exceed seventy-five per cent of the total zoning
lot area, including the detached dwelling unit;
(6) The number of wet
bars in the detached dwelling unit does not exceed one; and
(7) The detached dwelling
unit has a floor area of:
(A) At
least two hundred twenty square feet;
(B) No
more than eight hundred fifty square feet if the unit contains one bedroom; or
(C) No
more than one thousand square feet if the unit contains more than one bedroom;
provided that the detached dwelling unit otherwise meets residential permitting requirements."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Detached Dwelling Units; Residences; Approval
Description:
Requires each county to adopt ordinances authorizing detached dwelling units that meet certain minimum standards. Prohibits a county from denying a building permit under certain conditions.
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