10-14-2010, 08:43 AM
It’s available on the County website as Bill 304. Section 36-12 will provide the breakdown of pre-calculated assessments by land use types.
It will cover most new single family homes as well as major remodeling.
The old formula assessed against developers did not work because it was illegal. Developers would agree to it, but later refuse to pay citing the illegal nature of Fair Share.
Since Impact Fees in Hawaii County are levied on the impact of a project, not on who’s behind the project, they could not outright exempt single family residences from impact fees otherwise a legal challenge most likely would prevent imposing them on any development. Catch 22. You want developers to pay for the impact their project has on a community but all development including SFR has an impact and must be included under law.
So much was made about developers getting away with not paying Fair Share assessments. The County was made to look like they were ignoring the assessment, when in fact, it was declared illegal under Hawaii law. Since the push was to get the County to collect money from the evil developers, they were forced to impose the only legally allowed option of Impact Fees. Unfortunately, those Impact Fees require everyone to pay. The County had no choice. To do what the people demanded, they have to use the only legally allowed option that included single family residences.
It will cover most new single family homes as well as major remodeling.
The old formula assessed against developers did not work because it was illegal. Developers would agree to it, but later refuse to pay citing the illegal nature of Fair Share.
Since Impact Fees in Hawaii County are levied on the impact of a project, not on who’s behind the project, they could not outright exempt single family residences from impact fees otherwise a legal challenge most likely would prevent imposing them on any development. Catch 22. You want developers to pay for the impact their project has on a community but all development including SFR has an impact and must be included under law.
So much was made about developers getting away with not paying Fair Share assessments. The County was made to look like they were ignoring the assessment, when in fact, it was declared illegal under Hawaii law. Since the push was to get the County to collect money from the evil developers, they were forced to impose the only legally allowed option of Impact Fees. Unfortunately, those Impact Fees require everyone to pay. The County had no choice. To do what the people demanded, they have to use the only legally allowed option that included single family residences.