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<br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII •: � =� -• STATE OF HAWAII
<br /> BILL NO. 266
<br /> ORDINANCE NO. (DRAFT 2)
<br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25 (ZONING CODE) OF THE HAWAII
<br /> COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED) RELATING TO
<br /> AGRICULTURAL TOURISM.
<br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
<br /> SECTION 1. Chapter 25, article 1, subsection 25-1-5(b), Hawai`i County Code 1983
<br /> (2005 Edition, as amended), relating to definitions, is amended by amending the definition of
<br /> "Agricultural tourism"to read as follows:
<br /> ""Agricultural tourism", "ag-tourism" and/or"agri-tourism" means [visitor related
<br /> commercial activities or periodic special events designed to promote agricultural activities
<br /> conducted on a] the practice of visiting an agribusiness, horticultural, aquacultural or agricultural
<br /> operation, including but not limited to, a farm, orchard, winery, greenhouse, hunting preserve, an
<br /> agricultural products processing facility, a companion animal or livestock show, for the purpose
<br /> of recreation, education, or active involvement in the operation, other than as a contractor or
<br /> employee of the operation."
<br /> SECTION 2. Chapter 25, article 1, subsection 25-1-5(b), Hawai`i County Code 1983
<br /> (2005 Edition, as amended), relating to definitions, is amended by adding the following new
<br /> definitions to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows:
<br /> "Value-added agricultural product,"means the enhancement or improvement of the overall
<br /> value of an agricultural commodity or of an animal or plant product to a higher value. The
<br /> enhancement or improvement includes, but is not limited to marketing, agricultural processing,
<br /> transforming, or packaging, education presentation, activities and tours."
<br /> "Agricultural products," includes, but is not limited to crops, fruit;juice, vegetables,
<br /> floriculture, herbs, honey, forestry; husbandry, livestock and livestock products (cattle, sheep,
<br /> hogs, horses, poultry, milk, and eggs, etc.), aquaculture products (fish, fish products, algae/limu,
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