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§ 25-5-64 HAWAI`I COUNTY CODE Section 25-5-64.Minimum building site area. The minimum building site area in the FA district shall be one acre. Other FA districts having larger areas may be designated in increments of one acre up to a recommended maximum of five acres. (1996, Ord.No. 96-160, sec. 2; ratified April 6, 1999.) Section 25-5-65.Minimum building site average width. Each building site in the FA district must have a minimum average width of one hundred twenty feet for the initial one acre of required area plus twenty feet for each additional acre of required area;provided that no building site shall be required to have an average width greater than three hundred feet. (1996, Ord. No. 96-160, sec. 2;ratified April 6, 1999.) Section 25-5-66.Minimum yards. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section,the minimum yards in the FA district shall be thirty feet for front and rear yards and twenty feet for side yards. (b) In the FA district, accessory buildings and enclosures(other than fences under eight feet high)for the shelter and confinement of any livestock shall be at least thirty feet from the side and rear property lines. (c) Appropriate additional setbacks from adjacent residential zoned lands may be required by the director for those facilities and uses which may include more frequently used machinery and equipment in order to minimize potential lighting, odor, vector and air and water quality impacts. (1996, Ord.No. 96-160, sec. 2;ratified April 6, 1999.) Section 25-5-67. Other regulations. (a) If any legal building site in an FA district has an area of less than one acre,then the yard and height requirements for the building site shall be the same as the yard and height requirements in the RA district. (b) One single-family dwelling or one farm dwelling shall be permitted on any building site in the FA district. A farm dwelling is a single-family dwelling located on or used in connection with a farm or if the agricultural activity provides income to the family occupying the dwelling. (c) Additional farm dwellings may be permitted in the FA district only upon the following conditions: (1) A farm dwelling agreement for each additional farm dwelling, on a form prepared by the director, shall be executed between the owner of the building site,any lessee having a lease on the building site with a term exceeding one year from the date of the farm dwelling agreement, and the County.The agreement shall require the dwelling to be used for farm-related purposes. (2) The applicant shall submit an agricultural development and use program, farm plan or other evidence of the applicant's continual agricultural productivity or farming operation within the County to the director. Such plan shall also show how the farm dwelling will be utilized for farm-related purposes. (d) An ohana dwelling may be located on any building site in the FA district,as permitted under article 6, division 3 of this chapter. (e) Exceptions to the regulations for the FA district regarding heights,building site areas,building site average widths and yards,may be approved by the commission within a planned unit development. (f) Plan approval shall be required prior to the construction or installation of any new structure or development, or of any addition to an existing structure or development which is used for minor agricultural products processing. (1996, Ord.No. 96-160, sec. 2; ratified April 6, 1999; Am. 2015, Ord. No. 15-33, sec. 4.)