HI HB1737

Amends Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 205-2 and 205-4.5 to add "farm employee housing" as a permitted use in agricultural districts alongside farm dwellings and farm buildings

Defines "farm employee housing" as one or more residential dwelling units accessory to farm operations, with each unit limited to 800 square feet of habitable area under roof

Prohibits farm dwelling owners from submitting farm employee housing to condominium property regimes under chapter 514B, preventing separation of ownership from the farm dwelling

Establishes that farm employee housing may be attached to or detached from the primary farm dwelling, with total land area for dwellings and appurtenances subject to a square-feet-per-acre ratio (specific ratio left blank in bill text)

Updates plantation community subdivision provisions to explicitly reference the new "farm employee housing" definition for existing and new employee housing on former sugar or pineapple plantation lands