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COUNTY OF HAWAII, ,;,:STATE OF HAWAII
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Bill No. 467
(DRAFT 3)
ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983
BY ADDING A NEW DOWNTOWN HILO COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 25 of the Hawaii County Code 1983,
is amended by adding a new article to be appropriately designated
and to read as follows:
"Article 26. CDH, Downtown Hilo Commercial District.
Section 25-278. Purpose and Applicability. The CDH
(Downtown Hilo Commercial) district is established to reinforce
and promote downtown Hilo's role as a compact high density area
for retail sho ping, professional and administrative activities,
cultural and arts activities, other supportive business and
commercial services, and multi-family housing.
The zoning requirements of this district are applicable
to all lots, except those designated as "0" (open) districts,
within the area bounded by the western development area limits
of Kapiolani Street/Kaiulani Street, the Wailuku River, Hilo
Bav and Ponahawai Street.
Section 25-279. Designation of CDH district. The CDH
(downtown Hilo commercial). district shall be designated by the
symbol "CDH".
Section 25-280. Permitted Uses. The following uses shall
be permitted in the CDH district:
(1) All retail uses that are conducted entirely within
a building, provided that they are not detrimental to the
character of the district.
(2) Offices (business, administrative, professional,
executive, financial, editorial, medical, dental, real estate,
and any other similar office use which will not be detrimental
to the character of the district
(3) Personal service uses
lors, launderettes, cleanin
including barber shops, beau
pressing service and Dick
stations, shoe repair, clothes mending, and tailor shops.
(4) Banks, lend
and financial institutions.
(5) Drugstores, prescription pharmacies, title companies,
photographer or commercial artist studios, modeling agencies.
(6) Manufacturing of a non-noxious type where the only
retail sales outlet for products produced is on the premises
where produced, and provided that the activities are not
detrimental to the character of the district.
(7) Museums; libraries; community, public and public
service buildings.
(8) Art galleries.
(9) Automobile parking lots and buildings or storage
garages.
(10) Display rooms for products sold elsewhere.
(11) Newspaper, publishing houses, printing shops,
cartographer and duplicating processes such as blueprinting
or photostatinq.
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(12) Restaurants, lunch counters, coffee shops, drive-ins,
bars, cocktail lounges and night clubs.
(13) Repair shops for personal or household items and
"fix-it" shops.
(14) Private clubs, social orders, fraternal groups and
other similar organizations for offices, meetings and social
activities.
(15) Tour, travel and ticket agencies.
(16) Business, technical or trade schools, art, modeling
music, dancing, photographic or other similar studios or
academies.
(17) Public service or public utility uses but excluding
any service, equipment or storage yard or power plants therefore.
(18) Automobile service stations or garages, excluding
body and fenderworks, electric tire rebuilding or battery
rebuilding and provided that all work is conducted wholl y within
a com pletely enclosed building, car washes or laundries other
than those utilizing automatic or steam cleaning eq uipment•
and p rovided that the facilitie s are not detrimental to the
character of the district.
(19) Bakeries.
(20) Broadcasting stations or studios (radio and
television).
(21) Commercial amusement establishments such as bowling
alleys, skating rinks, pool halls, etc.
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(22) Retail sales or services where customers are served
at a drive-up window or while they are in their car provided
that they are not detrimental to the character of the district
(23) Gymnasiums, physical culture studios and reducing
salons.
(24) Medical and dental centers, groups or clinics.
(25) Hospitals of all types.
(26) Hotels and apartment-hotels with a maximum density
of 500 square feet of land area per separate rentable unit
(27) Any use permitted in RM districts with a maximum
density of 1,000 square feet of land area per rentable or
dwelling unit.
(28) Residential use in connection with the operation
of any permitted use.
(29) Indoor sports arenas, auditoriums, and theaters.
(30) Uses normally considered accessory, incidental and
subordinate to the above uses.
Section 25-281. Height Limits. The height limits in the
CDH district shall be 120 feet.
Section 25-282. Minimum Building Site Area. The minimum
building site area in the CDH district shall be 7 500 square
feet.
Section 25-283. Minimum Building Site Average Width. The
minimum building site average width in the CDH district shall
be 60 feet.
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Section 25-284. Minimum Yards. Front, Rear and Sides.
None, except as required by plan approval.
Section 25-285. Other Regulations. Plan approval in
accordance with Article 20 of this Chapter is required of all
structures and uses in the CDH district.
SECTION 2. Section 25-80(a), Hawaii County Code 1983,
is amended to read as follows:
"Section 25-80. Designation of districts.
(a) The land use districts of the County shall consist
of the following districts:
(1) RS, single family residential districts (article 4).
(2) RD, double family residential districts (article 5).
(3) RM, multiple family residential districts (article 6).
(4) RA, residential and agricultural districts (article 7).
(5) A, agricultural districts (article 8).
(6) IA, intensive agricultural districts (article 9).
(7) V, resort-hotel districts (article 10).
(8) CO, commercial districts (article 11).
(9) CN, neighborhood commercial districts (article 12).
(10) CG, general commercial districts (article 13).
(11) CV, village commercial districts (article 14).
(12) MG, general industrial districts (article 15).
(13) ML, limited industrial districts (article 16).
(14) 0, open districts (article 17).
(15) U, unplanned districts (article 18).
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(16) Combining districts (section 25-81). (1975
C.D., c.8,art. 2, sec.l;Am.1975,Ord.No.88 (by implication).
(17) CDH, downtown Hilo commercial district
(article )."
SECTION 3. Section 25-242(a). Hawaii County Code 1983,
is amended to read as follows:
"(a) No structure may be erected, no use may be established
and no significant development or improvement of structures
or of land may be accomplished in RS, V, CO, CV, CN, CG, ML,
MG, U, (or] 0, or CDH districts or within seventy-five feet
of the right-of-way of any road, street or highway designated
on the zoning map as a tourist route, unless plan approval has
first been secured for such structure, use, development or
improvement."
SECTION 4. Severability. If any provisions of this
ordinance, or the application thereof of 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 of application,
and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable.
SECTION 5. Material to be repealed is bracketed. New
material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the
brackets, bracketed material, and underscoring need not be
included.
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SECTION 6. This ordinance shall take effect upon its
approval.
INTRODUCED BY:
IL MEMBER, CO[3~ITY OF HAWAII
Hilo, Hawaii
Date of Introduction: January 18, 1988
Date of 1st Reading: January 18, 1988
Date of 2nd Reading: June 15, 1988
Effective Date: June 30, 1988
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