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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII BILL NO. 90 ORDINANCE NO. 12 28 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25, ARTICLE 1 AND ARTICLE 5 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS FOR CREMATORIUMS, FUNERAL HOMES, FUNERAL SERVICES, AND MORTUARIES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Purpose. Chapter 25, Article 5, Zoning District Regulations, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), is inconsistent in its application to mortuaries, crematoriums, funeral homes, and funeral services. This ordinance amends Chapter 25, Article 1 for definitions and each zoning district within Article 5 with regard for permitted use, use permits, and special permits as appropriate regarding mortuaries, crematoriums, funeral homes, and funeral services. The purpose of this amendment is to treat both mortuaries and crematoriums equally in permitting, and add "funeral homes" and "funeral services" as similar services with the same regulations for use. In addition, Section 25 -5 -82 is corrected as a housekeeping item. SECTION 2. Chapter 25, article 1, section 25 -1 -5 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended) is amended by adding the following definitions to subsection (b), to read as follows: "Crematorium" means a business that contains a crematory or a place to incinerate a decedent. It may also contain a morgue or funeral home, and may provide funeral services. "Funeral home" or "funeral parlor" means a business establishment where the bodies of the dead are prepared for burial or cremation and religious or memorial services can be held. "Funeral services" means an assortment of services provided by mortuaries, crematoriums, and funeral homes that may provide for: the sale of pre -death final expenses insurance, sale of caskets or closed containers for cremains, coordination for burials of caskets and cremains, embalming. viewings. storage and transportation of the decedent or cremains, funeral planning, religious or memorial services, and completion of death certificates and other legal documents. "Mortuary" means a business used to prepare a decedent before burial or cremation. It may also contain a morgue, funeral home, or crematory, and may provide funeral services.