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



1.  Intensive agricultural use



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



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



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



2.  Special livestock use



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



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



3.  Pasture use



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



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



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



4.  Commercial timber use



(A)  First class--Lands of high suitability for
growth of merchantable timber having mean annual growth potential under normal
forest management practices with yields exceeding amounts such as one thousand
board feet per acre, and with location and terrain presenting favorable
logging, transportation, and marketing conditions.



(B)  Second class--Lands of high suitability
for growth of merchantable timber having mean annual growth potential under
normal forest management practices with yields exceeding amounts such as one
thousand board feet per acre, and with location and terrain presenting less
favorable logging, transportation, and marketing conditions.



(C)  Third class--Lands of medium suitability
for growth of merchantable timber having mean annual growth potential in
amounts such as five hundred to one thousand board feet per acre under normal
forest management practices, and with location and terrain presenting favorable
logging, transportation, and marketing conditions.



(D)  Fourth class--Lands of medium suitability
for growth of merchantable timber having mean annual growth potential in
amounts such as five hundred to one thousand board feet per acre under normal
forest management practices, and with location and terrain presenting less
favorable logging, transportation, and marketing conditions.



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



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



5.  Quarry use



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



6.  Mining use



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



7.  Recreational use



Lands suitable for use and development as
parks, playgrounds, historical sites, natural area, camp grounds, wildlife
refuge, scenic sites, and other such uses.



8.  Watershed use



Lands suitable for the use and development as watersheds
or for the development of water, and requiring necessary restrictions on other
uses.



9.  Residential use



Lands suitable and economically feasible for
residential development and use.



10.  Commercial and industrial use



Lands suitable and economically feasible for
commercial and industrial development and use.



11.  Hotel, apartment, and motel use



Lands suitable and economically feasible for
hotel, apartment, and motel development and use.



12.  Resort use



Lands suitable and economically feasible for
resort development and use.



13.  Unclassified uses



Lands not otherwise classifiable under the
foregoing 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 general
plan to determine best use of property.  60 H. 228, 588 P.2d 430.



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