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COUNTY OF HAWAI`I STATE OF HAWAI`I
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BILL NO. 52
(DRAn 4)
ORDINANCE NO. 2.5 85
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 hennea" means an outdoor site on a parcel or lot that is an accesso1y
use to a dwelling where female chickens, ducks, guinea hens, and quails 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) Except as otherwise approved by the director, hens must be confined to a
coop, cage, hutch hen house or fully enclosed area at all times:
A No closer than twenty feet from aqy residential district other than RA,•
and
(B) Complying with the yard quirements of the zoning district,
(2) The number of hens may not exceed:
A Four hens for the first five 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 commercial sale of hens or eggs from a household henne1y 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 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 b. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.
INTRODUCED BY:
"MEMBI-7y.COUNTYOF HAWAPI
Kona , Hawai`i
Date of Introduction: October 22, 2025
Date of 1 st Reading: October 22, 2025
Date of 2nd Reading: November 19, 2025
Effective Date: December 9, 2025
REFERENCE Conan. 286.15
PA
Introd►►ced By:
Date Introduced
First Reading:
Published:
REtI1111RKS:
OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK
County of Hawaii
Kona, Hawaii
Heather L. Kimball
October 22, 2025
October 22, 2025
October 31, 2025
Second Reading: November 19, 2025
To Mayor:
December
4,
2025
Returned:
December
9,
2025
Effective:
December
9,
2025
Published:
December
19,
2025
RE,11ARKS:
POSTPONED: November 5, 2025
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Galimba
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I-lustace
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Inaba
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Kagiwada
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Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder
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Kierkiewicz
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Kimball
X
Onishi
X
V i Ilegas
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ROLL CALL VOTE
AYES
NOES
ABS
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Galimba
X
Hustace
X
Inaba
X
Kagiwada
X
Kancali`i-Klcinfelder
X
Kierkiewicz
X
Kimball
X
Onishi
X
Villegas
X
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0
0
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I DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing BILL ivas adopted by the County Councit published as
indicated above.
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COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON
COUNTY CLERK
Bill No.: 52 (Draft 4)
Reference: C-2$6.15/PCPLUED--7
Ord No.. 25