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RA R T ,�50 Bisk,op Sr. #5c�$ <br /> GHonolulu, HI 96613 <br /> 808-864-1776 <br /> info grassrootinstitute.org <br /> Removing barriers to Hawaii's prosperity <br /> Sept. 4, 2025, 9 a.m. <br /> Hawai'i County Council Chambers in Hilo <br /> To: Hawaii County Windward Planning Commission <br /> Louis Daniele III, Chair <br /> Chantel Perrin,Vice Chair <br /> From: Grassroot Institute of Hawaii <br /> Jonathan Helton, Policy Analyst <br /> RE: Bill 52 (2025) — RELATING TO HENNERIES <br /> Aloha Chair Daniele, Vice Chair Perrin and other members of the Commission, <br /> The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii supports Bill 52 (2025j, which would allow people to own backyard hens, <br /> geese, ducks, turkeys and other poultry for the purpose of noncommercial egg production in single-family <br /> residential, double-family residential, multifamily residential and residential-commercial mixed-use zones <br /> under certain conditions. <br /> Specifically, the birds would be limited to two per the first 3,000 square feet of lot area, with an additional bird <br /> per 1,000 additional square feet of lot area. <br /> The benefit of this proposal is that it would enhance Hawai'i Island's self-sufficiency efforts, since raising birds <br /> for egg production would also reduce the need for egg imports. <br /> Grassroot also supports the planning director's third recommendation in his planning analysis of Bill 52.1 This <br /> proposed change would add household henneries as a permitted use in the residential agricultural zoning <br /> district, since this would also support food self-sufficiency. <br /> However, Grassroot does suggest striking paragraph (4) of Section 2 of the bill, which would prohibit egg sales, <br /> and omitting the word "noncommercial" from the definition of"hennery." <br /> 1"Planning Department Background and Recommendation,' Hawaii County, p.4,accessed July 14,2025. <br /> 1050 Bishop St.#508 Honolulu,HI 96813 808-864-1776 info@grassrootinstitute.org <br /> 1 <br />