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11/4/2015 www.capitd.hawaii.govlhrscurrent/vd04 Ch0201-0257/HRS0205/HRS 0205-0002.htm topography, soils, and other related characteristics . Rural districts shall also include golf courses, golf driving ranges, and golf-related facilities . In addition to the uses listed in this subsection, rural districts shall include geothermal resources exploration and geothermal resources development, as defined under section 182-1, as permissible uses . (d) Agricultural districts shall include: (1) Activities or uses as characterized by the cultivation of crops, crops for bioenergy, orchards, forage, and forestry; (2) Farming activities or uses related to animal husbandry and game and fish propagation; (3) Aquaculture,which means the production of aquatic plant and animal life within ponds and other bodies of water; (4) Wind generated energy production for public,private, and commercial use; (5) Biofuel production, as described in section 205-4.5(a)(16), for public, private, and commercial use; (6) Solar energy facilities; provided that: (A) This paragraph shall apply only to land with soil classified by the land study bureau' s detailed land classification as overall (master) productivity rating class B, C, D, or E; and (B) Solar energy facilities placed within land with soil classified as overall productivity rating class B or C shall not occupy more than ten per cent of the acreage of the parcel, or twenty acres of land, whichever is lesser, unless a special use permit is granted pursuant to section 205-6; (7) Bona fide agricultural services and uses that support the agricultural activities of the fee or leasehold owner of the property and accessory to any of the above activities,regardless of whether conducted on the same premises as the agricultural activities to which they are accessory, including farm dwellings as defined in section 205-4.5(a)(4), employee housing, farm buildings, mills, storage facilities, processing facilities,photovoltaic, biogas, and other small-scale renewable energy systems producing energy solely for use in the agricultural activities of the fee or leasehold owner of the property, agricultural-energy facilities as defined in section 205-4.5(a)(l7), hydroelectric facilities in accordance with section 205-4.5(a)(23), vehicle and equipment storage areas, and plantation community subdivisions as defined in section 205-4.5(a)(12); (8) Wind machines and wind farms; (9) Small-scale meteorological, air quality, noise, and other scientific and environmental data collection and monitoring facilities occupying less than one-half acre of land; provided that these facilities shall not be used as or equipped for use as living quarters or dwellings; http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/vo104 Ch0201-0257/HRS0205/HRS 0205-0002.htm 2/4