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§ 25 -5 -40 HAWAII COUNTY CODE Division 4. RCX, Residential - Commercial Mixed Use Districts. Section 25 -5 -40. Purpose and applicability. The RCX (residential - commercial mixed use) district provides for the mixing of some small -scale service type commercial uses in a district that is primarily residential in character. The intent of this district is to allow a residential area to have certain convenience type of commercial uses so as to provide more of a neighborhood character to the residential area. (1996, Ord. No. 96 -160, sec. 2; ratified April 6, 1999.) Section 25 -5 -41. Designation and density of RCX districts. (a) Each RCX (residential- commercial mixed use) district shall be designated on the zoning map by the symbol "RCX" followed by a number which indicates the required land area, in thousands of square feet for each dwelling unit, or for each separate rentable unit in the case of boarding, rooming, or lodging houses, fraternity or sorority houses, or for each commercial unit. (b) In case any of the permitted uses have dormitories, two beds shall be equivalent to one separate rentable unit for purposes related to the required land area in the RCX district. (c) The maximum density designation in the RCX district shall be .75 which means seven hundred fifty square feet of land area per dwelling unit or separate rentable unit. (d) In the RCX district the following density designations shall be used: .75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4 and upward in 0.5 increments. (1996, Ord. No. 96 -160, sec. 2; ratified April 6, 1999.) Section 25 -5 -42. Permitted uses. (a) The following uses shall be permitted in the RCX district: (1) Adult day care homes. (2) Bed and breakfast establishments, as permitted under section 25 -4 -7. (3) Boarding facilities, rooming, or lodging houses. (4) Cemeteries and mausoleums, as permitted under chapter 6, article 1 of this Code. (5) Churches, temples and synagogues. (6) Commercial or personal service uses, on a small scale, as approved by the director. (7) Community buildings, as permitted under section 25 -4 -11. (8) Convenience stores. (9) Crop production. (10) Day care centers. (11) Dwellings, double - family or duplex. (12) Dwellings, multiple - family. (13) Dwellings, single - family. (14) Family child care homes. (15) Group living facilities. (16) Home occupations, as permitted under section 25 -4 -13. (17) Medical clinics. (18) Meeting facilities. (19) Model homes, as permitted under section 25 -4 -8. (20) Neighborhood parks, playgrounds, tennis courts, swimming pools, and similar neighborhood recreational areas and uses. (21) Public uses and structures, as permitted under section 25 -4 -11. Planning Dept. Exhibit