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BRPDInitiatedMassageChiro.doe-9!2912020 COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING DEPARTMENT BACKGROUND AND RECOMMENDATION INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 25 (ZONING CODE), ARTICLE 1, ARTICLE 2, ARTICLE 4,ARTICLE 5 AND ARTICLE 7 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION,AS AMENDED) RELATING TO DEFINITIONS, USE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS, PARKING REQUIREMENTS, AND ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS FOR MEDICAL CLINICS AND MASSAGE, ACUPUNCTURE, CHIROPRACTIC AND OTHER SIMILAR HEALTH SERVICE FACILITIES. The Planning Director is initiating an amendment to Chapter 25 (Zoning Code), Article 1, Article 2, Article 4, Article 5 and Article 7 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), relating to definitions, use permit requirements, parking requirements, and zoning district regulations for medical clinics and massage, acupuncture, chiropractic and other similar health service facilities. BACKGROUND Currently, the Zoning Code does not make a clear distinction between various medical services uses such as hospitals, medical clinics, and small-scale health service facilities such as massage, chiropractic, and acupuncture facilities. The purpose of this amendment is to better define these uses and clarify in which zoning districts these various medical service uses are permitted by right or with a Use Permit. The amendments make the following specific changes: • Clarifies the `medical clinic' definition to state that massage, chiropractic, acupuncture, and other similar health service facilities are not considered medical clinics. • Removes massage facilities and chiropractic clinics from the `personal services establishment' definition so that the definition only includes non-medical personal services such as hair salons. • Adds parking requirements for Commercial Uses including retail and office uses in the Single Family Residential (RS), Double-family Residential (RD) and Multiple Family Residential (RM) zoning districts. -1-