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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
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BILL NO. s~~
(Draft 2)
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25 (ZONING CODE) OF THE HAWAII
COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO A UNIVERSITY
DISTRICT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Purpose and intent. In addition to educational functions, such as learning
and reseazch programs and facilities, university and college campuses generally include a variety
and mix of other uses which serve the university or college community and which enhance the
overall educational experience provided by a university or college. As such, university and
college campuses should be treated distinctly from other zoning districts. Universities and
colleges are valuable educational and reseazch resources of the County of Hawaii, and present
provisions for zoning limit their ability to provide a complete and conducive campus
environment and sense of community on campus. The establishment of a "University" special
district will provide greater flexibility in establishing a mix of uses which aze intended to
enhance the campus environment of a university or college.
SECTION 2. Section 25-1-5, "Definitions," Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition,
as amended), is aznended by adding a new definition to be appropriately inserted and to read as
follows:
""University" means anationally-accredited institution of higher
learning, whether classified as a "university" or a "college" and whether
public or private, including community colleges, providing facilities for
teaching, reseazch and group learning and authorized to grant academic
degrees."
SECTION 3. Chapter 25, Article 7, "Special District Regulations," Hawaii County
Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), is amended by adding a new division to be appropriately
designated and to read as follows:
"Division UNV, Universitv District.
Section Purpose and applicability.
The UNV (University) District shall apply to azeas of land that aze utilized
for campus-related activities and is intended to apply to azeas for the location and
expansion of universities and the uses and facilities that are associated with and
aze supportive of them. Special consideration of such uses and facilities is
appropriate liven the unique chazacteristics of university areas, the variety of uses
needed to serve the university community, and the varying intensity of land uses
in such a community.
Section Desienation of UNV districts.
Each UNV (Universitv) district shall be designated by the symbol "UNV."
Section Permitted uses.
(a) University facilities includin classrooms, laboratory and research
facilities, administration facilities, athletic centers and facilities,
auditoriums, student centers, librazies, museums, exhibition halls,
cafeterias, student health clinics, maintenance facilities and pazking lots.
(b) Limited retail and service establishments primarily intended to serve the
specific needs of the student population of a university and aze normally
associated with hieher education institutions, including, but not limited to,
retail stores whose primary customers aze students or faculty of a
university, convenience stores, theaters, restaurants, recreational and
amusement facilities, taverns, drue stores, book stores, health clubs, news
stands, photocopvine, office supplies, word processing or typing services,
computer sales and service, laundries, university credit union, financial
institutions, post office and video rentals.
(c) Dormitories, fraternity and sorority houses, and apartments and housinc
for currently enrolled university students and their dependents and for
current university employees and their dependents.
(d) Guest accommodations to accommodate visiting scholars and their
dependents, parents visitine their children, alumni reunions, as well as
participants in conferences and seminazs held at or sponsored by the
university.
Section Height limit.
The heieht limit in the UNV district shall be sixty feet.
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Section Minimum building site area.
The minimum building site azea of the UNV district shall be ten acres. The
minimum building site azea for leased lots may be seven thousand five hundred squaze
feet.
Section Minimum buildine. site average width.
Each building site in the UNV district shall have a minimum building site average
width of sixty feet.
Section Minimum yazds.
The minimum yazds in the UNV district shall be as follows:
dal Front and rear vazds, twenty feet; and
fib) Sideyazds, ten feet.
Section Other regulations.
(a~ Plan approval is required for all new structures and additions to existing
structures in the UNV district.
bbl A maximum of twenty percent of a UNV district's land area may be in
commercial use, including_parking,
(cl The Planning. Director has the authority to vary the pazking requirements
for on-campus housing, offices and for pedestrian-oriented commercial
uses."
SECTION 4. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is
underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed and stricken material and
underscoring need not be included.
SECTION 5. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person
or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect 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 declared to be severable.
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SECTION 6. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.
INTRODUCED BY: ~
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CO CIL ME ER, COUNT F WAI`
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Date of Introduction:
Date of 15~ Reading:
Date of 2"d Reading:
Effective Date:
Rri'E°~\CE: Comm. 155.1
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