§171-10  Classes of lands.  The board ofland and natural resources shall classify all public lands and in doing so beguided by the following classifications:

1.  Intensive agricultural use

(A)  First class--Lands highly productive ofintensive crops such as sugarcane, pineapples, truck crops, and orchard crops.

(B)  Second class--Lands having mediumproductivity for intensive crops.

(C)  Third class--Lands having fair to marginalproductivity for intensive crops.

2.  Special livestock use

(A)  First class--Lands highly suitable forspecial livestock uses such as swine, dairy, and poultry production.  In makingthe determination, consideration shall be given to drainage, climate,topography, proximity to market, and transportation and compatibility toadjoining land use, among other considerations.  "Dairy" as used fordisposition purposes means a "dry lot" dairy without allowance forgrazing.

(B)  Second class--Lands suitable for speciallivestock uses, but inferior to those of first class.

3.  Pasture use

(A)  First class--Lands having a potentiallyhigh economic animal unit carrying capacity and capable of correspondingly highliveweight gains per acre per year, such as, less than five acres per animalunit per year and more than one hundred pounds live beef gains per animal unitper acre per year.

(B)  Second class--Lands having a potentiallymedium economic animal unit carrying capacity and capable of moderateliveweight gains per acre per year, such as, five to twenty acres per animalunit per year and twenty to one hundred pounds live beef gains per animal unitper acre per year.

(C)  Third class--Lands having a relatively lowanimal unit carrying capacity and producing correspondingly low liveweightgains per acre per year, such as, more than twenty acres per animal unit peryear and less than twenty pounds average live beef gains per animal unit peracre per year.

4.  Commercial timber use

(A)  First class--Lands of high suitability forgrowth of merchantable timber having mean annual growth potential under normalforest management practices with yields exceeding amounts such as one thousandboard feet per acre, and with location and terrain presenting favorablelogging, transportation, and marketing conditions.

(B)  Second class--Lands of high suitabilityfor growth of merchantable timber having mean annual growth potential undernormal forest management practices with yields exceeding amounts such as onethousand board feet per acre, and with location and terrain presenting lessfavorable logging, transportation, and marketing conditions.

(C)  Third class--Lands of medium suitabilityfor growth of merchantable timber having mean annual growth potential inamounts such as five hundred to one thousand board feet per acre under normalforest management practices, and with location and terrain presenting favorablelogging, transportation, and marketing conditions.

(D)  Fourth class--Lands of medium suitabilityfor growth of merchantable timber having mean annual growth potential inamounts such as five hundred to one thousand board feet per acre under normalforest management practices, and with location and terrain presenting lessfavorable logging, transportation, and marketing conditions.

(E)  Fifth class--Lands of relatively lowsuitability for growth of merchantable timber having mean annual growthpotential less than an amount such as five hundred board feet per acre, andwith location and terrain presenting favorable logging, transportation, andmarketing conditions.

(F)  Sixth class--Lands of relatively lowsuitability for growth of merchantable timber having mean annual growthpotential less than an amount such as five hundred board feet per acre, andwith location and terrain presenting less favorable logging, transportation,and marketing conditions.

5.  Quarry use

Lands having sufficient quantity and quality ofrock, gravel, and sand for purpose of commercial use.

6.  Mining use

Lands bearing sufficient quantity and qualityof mineral products for purpose of commercial mining and use.

7.  Recreational use

Lands suitable for use and development asparks, playgrounds, historical sites, natural area, camp grounds, wildliferefuge, scenic sites, and other such uses.

8.  Watershed use

Lands suitable for the use and development as watershedsor for the development of water, and requiring necessary restrictions on otheruses.

9.  Residential use

Lands suitable and economically feasible forresidential development and use.

10.  Commercial and industrial use

Lands suitable and economically feasible forcommercial and industrial development and use.

11.  Hotel, apartment, and motel use

Lands suitable and economically feasible forhotel, apartment, and motel development and use.

12.  Resort use

Lands suitable and economically feasible forresort development and use.

13.  Unclassified uses

Lands not otherwise classifiable under theforegoing sections. [L 1962, c 32, pt of §2; Supp, §103A-10; HRS §171-10]

 

Case Notes

 

  Nothing in this chapter requires board to establish a generalplan to determine best use of property.  60 H. 228, 588 P.2d 430.

  Former similar law cited:  17 H. 539, 546.