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COUNTY OF HAWAI`I STATE OF HAWAI`I �:: BILL NO. 52 (DRAFT 2) ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25, ARTICLES 1, 4, AND 5, OF THE HAWAI`I COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO HENNERIES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I: SECTION 1. Chapter 25, article 1, section 25-1-5, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended) is amended by adding a definition in subsection (b) to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows: ""Household hennery" means an outdoor site on a parcel or lot that is an accessory use to a dwelling where female chickens are kept, raised, and maintained for the non- commercial production and consumption of eggs." SECTION 2. Chapter 25, article 4, division 1, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended) is amended by adding a section to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows: "Section 25-4-17. Household henneries. Household henneries are permitted in the RS, RD, RM. RCX, and RA districts subject to the following regulations: (1) Hens must be confined to a coop, cage, hutch, hen house, fully enclosed area or other secured space at all times: (A) No closer than twenty feet from any residential district other than RA• and (B) Complying with the yard requirements of the zoning district; (2) The number of hens may not exceed: (A) Two hens for the first three thousand square feet of the building site area; and (B) One more hen for each one thousand square feet of area greater than three thousand square feet; (3) Roosters may not be kept on a household hennery; (4) The sale of hens or eggs from a household hennery is prohibited• and (5) Household henneries shall be maintained in accordance with applicable best management practices established or adopted by the State department of health, the State department of agriculture and biosecurity, and the United