Water System Development Fee Exemptions and Waivers

A. Any applicant for a building permit for an accessory dwelling will pay one-half of the water system development fee for the size meter required to be installed. If the accessory dwelling is later subdivided from the premises, the applicant for subdivision will pay the balance of the water system development fee in effect at the time of subdivision upon proof of the initial one-half payment and, upon the director's request, will be required to relocate the meter. B. Any applicant for a building permit for any structure may be exempted from paying the water system development fee, upon proof presented, that the structure or the premises on which the structure is located does not require water service or additional water service from the department's system, or that the applicant or the applicant's predecessor in interest had already paid the required water system development fee. C. Any temporary meter will be exempt from the water system development fee. D. Any application for water service within thirty-six months after removal following the procedures established in this title will be exempt from the water system development fee. E. In addition to the above, any applicant for a water meter may be exempt from paying the full amount of the water system development fee if set forth in the annual budget. F. The director has discretion to waive the water system development fee for properties in which a water meter was destroyed or otherwise rendered non-operational as a result of a disaster or emergency as defined in section 127A-2. Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, and resulting in a proclamation of a state of emergency or local state of emergency under section 127A-14, Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes. ( Ord. No. 5587 , § 3, 2023; Ord. No. 4125, § 2, 2014; Ord. No. 3851, § 1, 2011)