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BILL NO. 52
(DRAFT 2)
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25, ARTICLES 1, 4, AND 5, OF THE
HAWAI`I COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO
HENNERIES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I:
SECTION 1. Chapter 25, article 1, section 25-1-5, of the Hawaii County Code 1983
(2016 Edition, as amended) is amended by adding a definition in subsection (b) to be
appropriately inserted and to read as follows:
""Household hennery" means an outdoor site on a parcel or lot that is an accessory
use to a dwelling where female chickens are kept, raised, and maintained for the non-
commercial production and consumption of eggs."
SECTION 2. Chapter 25, article 4, division 1, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016
Edition, as amended) is amended by adding a section to be appropriately inserted and to read as
follows:
"Section 25-4-17. Household henneries.
Household henneries are permitted in the RS, RD, RM. RCX, and RA districts
subject to the following regulations:
(1) Hens must be confined to a coop, cage, hutch, hen house, fully enclosed area
or other secured space at all times:
(A) No closer than twenty feet from any residential district other than RA•
and
(B) Complying with the yard requirements of the zoning district;
(2) The number of hens may not exceed:
(A) Two hens for the first three thousand square feet of the building site
area; and
(B) One more hen for each one thousand square feet of area greater than
three thousand square feet;
(3) Roosters may not be kept on a household hennery;
(4) The sale of hens or eggs from a household hennery is prohibited• and
(5) Household henneries shall be maintained in accordance with applicable best
management practices established or adopted by the State department of
health, the State department of agriculture and biosecurity, and the United
States Department of Agriculture to minimize nuisances such as noise odor
waste, and vectors in residential areas."
SECTION 3. Chapter 25, article 5, division 1, section 25-5-3, division 2, section
25-5-22, division 3, section 25-5-32, division 4, section 25-4-42, and division 5, section 25-5-52,
of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), are amended by adding a
paragraph to be appropriately inserted in the respective subsections (a) thereof and to read as
follows:
"Household henneries as permitted under section 25-4-17 "
SECTION 4. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the underscoring
need not be included.
SECTION 5. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof
to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or
applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable.
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.
Hawaii
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
HEFMCE COf1 M. 286. 6
INTRODUCED BY:
COUN L MEMBER, OUN OF HAWAI`I
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