Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Hawaii Community Development Authority › Chapter 19 - DISTRICT-WIDE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM RULES › Subchapter 3 - ASSESSMENT AREA PROCEDURE › Section 15-19-21 - Initial procedure

Current through June, 2024
(a) The authority
				  shall commence the assessment area process by directing the executive director
				  to investigate and report to the authority preliminary information and data
				  concerning the public facilities to be proposed or improved, the general
				  character and the extent of any improvement or improvements to be proposed,
				  whether the improvement or improvements should be assessed on a frontage basis,
				  or an area basis, or according to the real property tax assessment on the value
				  of the land and improvements, or floor area ratio basis, whether it will be
				  necessary to acquire any new land, the estimated cost of acquiring the land and
				  the proportion of the cost which should be borne by the authority and the
				  county, the materials recommended for the improvement or improvements, the
				  boundary of the assessment area to be proposed, the various types of
				  improvements and the costs to be assessed for each, the portion of the cost to
				  be borne by the authority, the portion of the cost to be borne by the county in
				  which the improvements are situated, and the portion of the cost to be
				  specifically assessed against the real property specially benefited with the
				  estimated total amount of assessment to be made against each property according
				  to the method of assessment proposed, and furnish all available preliminary
				  surveys, maps, plans, drawings and other data, details and specifications for
				  the improvement or improvements and any other matter of details intended to
				  apply thereto.
(b) The authority
				  may approve the undertaking of engineering design of these improvements at any
				  time preceding or following the initiation of the assessment area
				  procedure.
(c) If the improvement
				  or work proposed to be undertaken includes the construction or improvement of a
				  water system or the laying or installation of conduits, pipes, hydrants or any
				  appliance for supplying or distributing water, the executive director shall so
				  inform the county board of water supply. Should the county board of water
				  supply agree to provide the authority with preliminary plans and estimates for
				  the proposed water system, the executive director shall furnish the county
				  board of water supply with the available information which will enable the
				  county board of water supply to make its plans and estimates for the proposed
				  water system. The executive director shall incorporate the preliminary plans
				  and estimates of the county board of water supply in his report to the
				  authority.
(d) The executive
				  director shall furnish the county with information on the proposed improvements
				  which will enable the county to provide input on the matter. The executive
				  director shall incorporate the county's recommendation in his report to the
				  authority.
(e) The authority may
				  adopt the plans and estimates furnished by the county board of water supply
				  which are incorporated as part of the executive director's report.
(f) The authority shall, to the extent
				  possible, notify all affected landowners of the information contained in the
				  report. County and state officials shall also be kept informed of the proposed
				  improvements.