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COUNTY OF HAWAII
<br />ORDINANCE NO.
<br />STATE OF HAWAII
<br />BILL NO. a66
<br />( DRAFT 5 )
<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- relate
<br />eondueted on ^] the practice of visiting an agribusiness, horticultural, aquacultural or agricultural
<br />operation including but not limited to a farm, orchard, winery, greenhouse, botanical garden,
<br />hunting preserve an agricultural products processingfacility, acility, a companion animal or livestock
<br />show, for the purpose of recreation education, or active involvement in the operation, other than
<br />as a contractor or employee of the operation. Educational tours conducted for students of public
<br />or private schools shall not be considered agricultural tourism."
<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 roduct," means the increased market value resulting from
<br />processing, transforming, packaging, or marketing.
<br />"Agricultural products," includes, but is not limited to crops, fruit, juice, vegetables,
<br />floriculture products, herbs, honey or other products of an apiary operation, forestry products,
<br />animal husbandry, livestock and livestock products (cattle, sheep, hogs, horses, poultry, milk
<br />and eggs, etc.), aquaculture products fish, fish products, algae/limu, water plants and shellfish),
<br />and horticultural specialties (nursery stock, ornamental shrubs, flowers and Christmas trees).
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