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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25, ARTICLE 5, OF THE HAWAI‘I COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO DWELLINGS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I:
SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to permit residential dwellings within the industrial-commercial mixed use (MCX) district.
SECTION 2. Chapter 25, article 5, division 13, section 25-5-132, of the Hawai‘i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), is amended by adding paragraphs to be appropriately inserted
in subsection (a) and to read as follows:
“( ) Dwellings, double-family or duplex, provided that the maximum density is one thousand two hundred and fifty square feet of land area per rentable unit or dwelling unit.”
“( ) Dwellings, multiple-family, provided that the maximum density is one thousand two hundred and fifty square feet of land area per rentable unit or dwelling unit.”
“( ) Dwellings, single-family.”
SECTION 3. Chapter 25, article 5, division 13, section 25-5-138, of the Hawaiʻi County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows:
“Section 25-5-138. Other regulations.
(a) Plan approval shall be required for all new structures and additions to existing structures in the MCX district.
(b) Any dwelling within the MCX district shall have a minimum setback of two hundred feet from the property boundary adjoining any MG (general industrial) district, which may be increased
when required by the director.
[(b)] (c) Exceptions to the regulations for the MCX district regarding heights, building site areas, building site average widths and yards, may be approved by the commission within
a planned unit development.”
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.
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I
_______________, Hawai‘i
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