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rtY Oi N\� COUNTY OF HAWAII :. ir,Tt osN►'�' ORDINANCE NO. STATE OF HAWAII BILL NO. 87 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25, ARTICLE 5, OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), TO INCLUDE COMPOST AND MULCH OPERATIONS AS A PERMITTED USE IN ALL AGRICULTURAL ZONING DISTRICTS AND LIMTED AND GENERAL INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Chapter 25, article 1, section 25-1-5, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), is amended by amending subsection (b) to add the following definitions to be appropriately designated and to read as follows: "Compost" means the aerobically decomposed remnants of organic matter including organic household and yard waste and manures into a useful humus -like, soil end -product. "Mulch" means ground or chipped greenwaste and other organic material that is used as soil covering to control weeds or erosion, retain moisture in soil, and as soil insulation. "Organic material" means a type of material, typically originatingfrom plant or animal sources, which may be broken down by other living organisms. Organic materials commonly found in municipal solid waste include: greenwaste, food waste, paper waste, compostable plastics, human waste, manure, biosolids, and slaughterhouse waste. SECTION 2. Chapter 25, article 5, division 5, section 25-5-52, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: "(a) The following uses shall be permitted in the RA district: (1) Adult day care homes. (2) Agricultural products processing, minor, provided that the site or buildings used for such processing, shall be located at least seventy-five feet from any street bounding the building site. (3) Agricultural tourism as permitted under section 25-4-15. (4) Animal hospitals. (5) Aquaculture. (6) Botanical gardens, nurseries and greenhouses, seed farms, plant experimental stations, arboretums, floriculture, and similar uses dealing with the growing of plants.