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SECTION 8. Chapter 25, article 4, division 1, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016
<br />Edition, as amended) is amended by adding the following section to read as follows:
<br />"Section 25-4-17. Meeting facilities.
<br />(a) A meeting facility may be used for organizations operating on a membership basis
<br />for the promotion of members' mutual interests or may be primarily intended for
<br />communily purposes.
<br />(b) Meeting facilities, which may include special events, are permitted:
<br />(1) In the RCX V CN, CG, CV, MCX, ML, MG, and CDH districts, provided
<br />that the director has issued plan approval;
<br />(2) In the RA FA and A districts, provided a use permit or a special permit is
<br />obtained; and
<br />(3) In the IA district, provided a special permit is obtained.
<br />((e) In the RS, RD, and RM districts:
<br />(1) Gatherings within a dwelling for social, charitable, religious, political,
<br />fundraising, cultural, or civic purposes that are incidental accessory uses to the
<br />residential use of the property are permitted and considered a home -based
<br />assembly, provided they occur no more than three times per week and each
<br />gathering includes no more than twenty-five individuals, exclusive of the
<br />family members of a person residing in the dwelling,
<br />(2) Gatherings that exceed these limits shall be deemed a meeting facilitYand
<br />shall require plan approval, including compliance with all requirements of
<br />plan approval, such as parking, and
<br />(3) A meetingfty may be used for a special event, provided that a use permit
<br />is obtained for the special event.
<br />(d) A meeting facility shall be subject to technical review by the department of public
<br />works, Hawaii fire department, department of water supply, and State department
<br />of health for compliance with current code and rule requirements."
<br />SECTION 9. Chapter 25, article 4, division 5, section 25-4-51 of the Hawaii County
<br />Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended) is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as
<br />follows:
<br />"(a) The number of parking spaces for each use shall be as follows:
<br />(1) Agricultural tourism: one for each three hundred square feet of gross floor
<br />area used principally for the agricultural tourism activity, but not fewer than
<br />three spaces, plus bus parking if buses are allowed.
<br />(2) Bed and breakfast establishments: one for each guest bedroom, in addition to
<br />one for the dwelling unit.
<br />(3) Bowling alleys: four for each alley.
<br />(4) Commercial uses, including retail and office uses in RS, RD, RM, RCX, CN,
<br />CG, CV, MCX, V, RA, FA, A and IA districts: one for each three hundred
<br />square feet of gross floor area.
<br />(5) Day care centers: one for each ten care recipients of design capacity or one for
<br />every two hundred square feet of gross floor area, whichever is greater.
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