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B PDZon01.agk-3/14/97 COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING COMMISSION BACKGROUND REPORT PLANNING DIRECTOR INITIATED PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 25 (ZONING CODE), HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1996 - The following are the proposed amendments to Chapter 25 (Zoning Code), Hawaii County Code 1996, relating to Section 25-5-7 Minimum Yards in the Single Family Residential (RS) District and Section 25-5-26 Minimum Yards in the Double Family Residential (RD) District. The intent of the amendments are to delete reference to story for a building under the minimum side yard requirements within the above-mentioned zoned districts. As defined in Chapter 25, Zoning Code, "'Yard' means an open space on the same building site with a building, which open space lies between the building and the bounding lot lines, and is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except for landscaping and except for fences, walls, architectural features, pools, porte cocheres, cornices, canopies, roof overhangs, eaves, porches, balconies, terraces, fire escapes, stairs, ramps and other similar features ..." In addition, the intent and purpose of requiring minimum yards are to assure that adequate air and light circulation is sufficient between structures. 1. Section 25-5-7 of the Zoning Code is amended to read: Section 25-5-7. Minimum yards. (a) The minimum yards in the RS district shall be as follows: (1) On a building site with a required area of seven thousand five hundred square feet to and including nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine square feet: (A) Front and rear yards, fifteen feet; and (B) Side yards, eight feet[for a one story building, and ten feet for a two-story building]. (2) On a building site with a required area of ten thousand square feet to and including nineteen thousand nine hundred ninety-nine square feet: