HB 654: RELATING TO SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA MINOR PERMITS.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to special management area MINOR permits.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 205A-22, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "special management area minor permit" to read as follows:

     ""Special management area minor permit" means an action by the authority authorizing [development the]:

     (1)  Development, the valuation of which is not in excess of [$500,000] $1,000,000, and [which] that has no substantial adverse environmental or ecological effect, taking into account potential cumulative effects[.]; and

     (2)  Construction or reconstruction of single-family residential use that is less than seven thousand five hundred square feet of floor area in aggregate; is situated on a shoreline parcel or a parcel that is impacted by waves, storm surges, high tide, or shoreline erosion; and is not part of a larger development."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Report Title:

Development; Special Management Area Minor Permit; Shoreline; Single-family Homes

Description:

Amends the definition of "special management area minor permit", in section 205A-22, HRS, to mean an action by the applicable authority authorizing: (1) Development, the valuation of which does not exceed $1,000,000, and that has no substantial adverse environmental or ecological effect, taking into account potential cumulative effects; or (2) Construction or reconstruction of single-family residential use that is less than 7,500 square feet of floor area in aggregate; is situated on a shoreline parcel or a parcel that is impacted by waves, storm surges, high tide, or shoreline erosion; and is not part of a larger development.

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