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§ 25-5-26 HAwAI`I COUNTY CODE (3) On a building site with a required area of twenty thousand square feet or more: (A) Front and rear yards, twenty-five feet; and (B) Side yards, fifteen feet. (1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 1997, ord 97-88, sec 2.) Section 25-5-27. Other regulations. (a) There may be more than one double-family dwelling or more than two single-family dwellings or any combination thereof on each building site in the RD district; provided that the minimum land area requirement for each dwelling unit is met. (b) There shall be at least fifteen feet between the exterior walls of each main structure on the same building site in the RD district. (c) Plan approval shall be required for all new buildings and additions to existing buildings in the RD district, except for construction of one single-family dwelling and any accessory buildings per lot. (d) Exceptions to the regulations for the RD district regarding heights, building site areas, building site average widths and yards, may be approved by the commission within a planned unit development. (1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2005, ord 05-155, sec 3; am 2015, ord 15-33, sec 4.) Division 3. RM, Multiple-Family Residential Districts. Section 25-5-30. Purpose and applicability. The RM (multiple-family residential) district provides for medium and high density residential use. It covers areas with full community facilities and services. It may occupy transition areas between commercial or industrial areas and other districts of less intense land use. (1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.) Section 25-5-31. Designation and density of RM districts. (a) Each RM (multiple-family residential) district shall be designated on the zoning map by the symbol "RM" followed by a number which indicates the required land area, in thousands of square feet, for each dwelling unit or for each separate rentable unit in the case of boarding, rooming, or lodging houses, fraternity or sorority houses. (b) In case any of the permitted uses have dormitories, two beds shall be equivalent to one separate rentable unit for purposes related to the required land area in the RM district. (c) The maximum density designation in the RM district shall be .75 or seven hundred fifty square feet of land area per dwelling unit or separate rentable unit. (d) In the RM district the following density designations shall be used: .75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4 and upward in 0.5 increments. (1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.) Planning Dept. Exhibit 3 25-78