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The Council, in recognition of agricultural tourism as a viable element of the visitor industry and as an expanding alternate income resource for local farmers and ranchers, finds it necessary and appropriate to define agricultural tourism and to establish guidelines to manage its impacts in a manner consistent with the social, environmental, physical, and economic goals and policies of the General Plan for the County of Hawaii. SECTION 2. Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code, is amended as follows: The following definitions arc added and renumbering of the definitions following each addition as necessary. Section 25-1-5(b). Definitions. (4) "A~ricultural activities" means income producing activities or uses as characterized by the cultivation of crops, including but not limited to flowers, vegetables, foliage, fruitst forage, and timber; and farming or ranching activities or uses related to animal husbandry aquaculture, or dame and fish propa atg ion• (7) "A~ricultural Tourism" means visitor-related commercial activities or periodic special events desi ng ed to promote agricultural activities being-conducted on a working farm, ranch or agricultural products processing facility The following sections are added: Section 25-2-71. Applicability; plan approval required. (g) Plan. approval shall'oe required for the establishment of any agricultural tourism activity as permitted under section 25-4-15(b). Sectioa~ 25-2-75. flan apt~roval application re uireynents for agricultural tourisan. In addition to the application requirements for plan approval contained in section 25-2-72 an application for plan approval for agricultural tourism operations shall include sufficient information to ensure the following_provisions are met: (1) Adequate off street parking, loading/unloading, and turn-around space to accommodate all specified tour transportation modes shall be provided and shown on the site plan; 2