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§ 25 -5 -30 HAWAII COUNTY CODE Division 3. RM, Multiple- Family Residential Districts. Section 25 -5 -30. Purpose and applicability. The RM (multiple - family residential) district provides for medium and high density residential use. It covers areas with full community facilities and services. It may occupy transition areas between commercial or industrial areas and other districts of less intense land use. (1996, Ord. No. 96 -160, sec. 2; ratified April 6, 1999.) Section 25 -5 -31. Designation and density of RM districts. (a) Each RM (multiple - family residential) district shall be designated on the zoning map by the symbol "RM" 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. (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 RM district. (c) The maximum density designation in the RM district shall be .75 or seven hundred fifty square feet of land area per dwelling unit or separate rentable unit. (d) In the RM 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 -32. Permitted uses. (a) The following uses shall be permitted in the RM 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) Commercial or personal service uses, on a small scale, as approved by the director, provided that the total gross floor area does not exceed one thousand two hundred square feet and a maximum of five employees. (6) Community buildings, as permitted under section 25 -4 -11. (7) Crop production. (8) Dwellings, double - family or duplex. (9) Dwellings, multiple - family. (10) Dwellings, single - family. (11) Family child care homes. (12) Group living facilities. (13) Home occupations, as permitted under section 25 -4 -13. (14) Meeting facilities. (15) Model homes, as permitted under section 25 -4 -8. (16) Neighborhood parks, playgrounds, tennis courts, swimming pools, and similar neighborhood recreational areas and uses. (17) Public uses and structures, as permitted under section 25 -4 -11. (18) Temporary real estate offices, as permitted under section 25 -4 -8. Planning Dept. Exhibit L....