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SUPPLEMENT 19 (1-2026)
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Hawai‘i County Code1983 (2016Edition)
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VOLUME 1
Vol. 1 Cover Page Vol. 1 Cover Page
Chapter 6Businesses
i – ii i - ii
6-7 – 6-8 6-7 – 6-8
Chapter 7 Disaster and Emergency Management
i i
7-3 – 7-7 7-3 – 7-7
Chapter 15 Parks and Recreation
15-19 – 15-20 15-19 –15-20
15-23 –15-26.2 15-23 –15-26.2
15-26.5 – 15-26.6 15-26.5 – 15-26.6
Chapter 18 Public Transportation
18-33 – 18-34 18-33 –18-34
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VOLUME 2
Vol. 2 Cover Page Vol. 2 Cover Page
Chapter 24 Vehicles and Traffic
ix – x ix – x
24-89 – 24-90 24-89 –24-90
Chapter 24 Traffic Schedules
24A-85 – 24A-86 24A- 85 –24A-86
Chapter 25Zoning
iii – iv iii – iv
25-5 – 25-6 25-5 –25-6
25-9 – 25-12 25-9 –25-12
25-14.1 – 25-14.2 25-14.1 – 25-14.4
25-35 – 25-36 25-35 –25-36
25-39 – 25-46 25-39 –25-46
25-51 – 25-54 25-51 –25-54
25-57.4 – 25-58 25-57.4 – 25-58
25-61.2 – 25-64 25-61.2 – 25-64
25-73 – 25-82 25-73 –25-82
25-85 – 25-96 25-85 –25-96
25-99 –25-122 25-99 –25-122
25-153 –25-154 25-153 –25-154
Chapter 25 Zoning Annex
25A-129–25A-130 25A-129– 25A-130
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Vol. 3 Cover Page Vol. 3 Cover Page
Index
I-7 – I-8 I-7 –I-8
I-11 – I-18 I-11 – I-18
I-21 – I-22 I-21 – I-22
I-33 – I-34 I-33 – I-34
Legislative History
T-6.1 –T-6.4 T-6.1 – T-6.4
T-45 T-45 – T-47
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THE HAWAI‘I COUNTY CODE
1983 (2016 Edition, as amended)
Update to include: Supplement 19 (1-2026)
Contains ordinances effective through: 12-31-2025
A CODIFICATION OF THE GENERAL ORDINANCES
OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I
STATE OF HAWAI‘I
Office of the County Clerk
County of Hawai‘i
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720
(808) 961-8255
Volume One
CHAPTER 6
BUSINESSES
Article 1. Cemeteries.
Section 6-1.Prohibition.
Section 6-2.Application.
Section 6-3.Referral to planning commission.
Section 6-4.Other requirements.
Section 6-5.Penalty.
Section 6-6.County plots; fee; dimensions.
Section 6-7.Cemetery fund.
Article 2. Commercial Bicycle Tours.
Section 6-8.Definitions.
Section 6-9.Applicability.
Section 6-10. Annual registration.
Section 6-11. Authority to restrict.
Section 6-12. Prohibited highways for commercial bicycle tours.
Section 6-13. Penalties.
Section 6-14. Disposition of funds.
Section 6-15. Administrative rules.
Section 6-16. Repealed.
Section 6-17. Repealed.
Section 6-18. Repealed.
Section 6-19. Repealed.
Section 6-20. Repealed.
Section 6-21. Repealed.
Section 6-22. Repealed.
Section 6-23. Repealed.
Section 6-24. Repealed.
Article 3. Mobile Homes.
Section 6-25. Definitions.
Section 6-26. License.
Section 6-27. License application; initial; transfer.
Section 6-28. Conformity with other laws.
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Article 4. Miscellaneous Business Licenses.
Section 6-29. County business licenses.
Section 6-30. Elimination of business licenses.
Article 5. Licensing of Auctioneers.
Section 6-31. Purpose.
Section 6-32. Definitions.
Section 6-33. Exceptions.
Section 6-34. Applicability.
Section 6-35. Fee.
Section 6-36.Authority to conduct auctions.
Section 6-37.Adverse interest of auctioneer prohibited.
Section 6-38. Receipts to purchasers required.
Section 6-39. Violation - penalty.
Article 6. Naloxone Requirement in Bars.
Section 6-40. Definitions.
Section 6-41. Requirement to maintain naloxone.
Section 6-42. Liability protection.
Section 6-43. Enforcement and penalties.
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Section 6-38. Receipts to purchasers required.
The auctioneer shall give each purchaser at an auction a receipt with each
purchase setting forth:
(a) The name and permanent address of the auctioneer.
(b) The date.
(c) The price paid for the article.
(d) The amount of tax paid.
(e) A description of the article.
(1995, ord 95-140, sec 1.) 6-38
Section 6-39. Violation - penalty.
Any person violating any provision of this article shall, upon conviction, be
punished by a fine not exceeding $500, and such person’s license to conduct a public
auction shall be subject to suspension or forfeitures.
(1995, ord 95-140, sec 1.)6-39
Article 6. Naloxone Requirement in Bars.
Section 6-40. Definitions.
As used in this article:
“Bar” means an establishment licensed by the liquor commission to serve alcoholic
beverages for on-premises consumption, including, but not limited to, restaurants,
dispensers, tour or cruise vessels, cabarets, nightclubs, lounges, brewpubs, small craft
producer pubs, and taverns.
“Naloxone” means a medication approved by the United States Food and Drug
Administration designed to rapidly reverse opioid overdose.
(2025, ord 25-68, sec 2.)6-40
Section 6-41. Requirement to maintain naloxone.
(a) A bar shall maintain and keep no less than two doses of naloxone nasal spray:
(1) In a manner consistent with recommendations of the manufacturer; and
(2) In a visible and labeled location on the premises that is accessible to
employees during operating hours.
(b) A bar shall ensure that, during operating hours, one or more employees are familiar
with the location of the naloxone doses and with the method of its administration.
(2025, ord 25-68, sec 2.)6-41
Section 6-42. Liability protection.
Any employee or owner of a bar who, in good faith, administers naloxone to an
individual experiencing an apparent opioid overdose is immune from civil liability or
criminal prosecution for any resulting injury, death, or damage, as provided under
section 663-1.5 of the Hawai‘i Revised Statutes.
(2025, ord 25-68, sec 2.) 6-42
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Section 6-43. Enforcement and penalties.
(a) The director of liquor control may provide informational materials to bars
regarding this article and naloxone, including its purpose and method of
administration.
(b) A bar found in violation of this article may be subject to a fine no more than $500
per day in which the violation persists.
(c) Nothing in this article shall be construed to preclude the liquor commission or
director of liquor control from enforcing any other statute, ordinance, or rule.
(2025, ord 25-68, sec 2.) 6-43
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CHAPTER 7
DISASTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Article 1. Disaster and Emergency Management.
Section 7-1-1. Definitions.
Section 7-1-2. Agency organization.
Section 7-1-3. Civil defense administrator; appointment; qualifications.
Section 7-1-4. Duties; functions.
Section 7-1-5. Emergency management plans.
Section 7-1-6.Utilization of existing government services.
Section 7-1-7.Emergency powers.
Article 2. Disaster Control. *
Section 7-2-1. Loitering during tsunami warning. *
Section 7-2-2. Loitering and refusal to evacuate during impending disaster or
disaster.
Section 7-2-3. Unauthorized parking in designated area prohibited. *
Section 7-2-4. Penalty.
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D ISASTER AND E MERGENCY M ANAGEMENT § 7-1-2
Section 7-1-2. Agency organization.
The civil defense agency shall perform emergency management functions pursuant
to chapter 127A and chapter 128A of the Hawaii Revised Statutes and shall consist of
the following:
(1) The head of the civil defense agency, who shall be the mayor of the County.
(2) A full-time civil defense administrator, who shall be responsible for
administrative functions and emergency management operations during non-
emergency periods and, within the delegated scope of authority, have all the
duties and responsibilities of the mayor during declared emergencies.
(3) Sufficient staff to carry out the duties and functions of the agency.
(4) The employees and resources of all County departments, agencies, and offices
in emergency management activities as needed.
(5) Non-governmental organizations offering emergency management services
pursuant to an agreement with the County, or accepted by the County when
no agreement exists.
(2022, ord 22-103, sec 3; am 2025, ord 25-90, sec 1.)7-1-2
Section 7-1-3. Civil defense administrator; appointment; qualifications.
(a) The civil defense administrator shall have a minimum of three years of responsible
administrative experience in emergency management, disaster planning, homeland
security, or public safety services management.
(b) The civil defense administrator shall be appointed by the mayor and may be
removed by the mayor in accordance with chapter 76 of the Hawaii Revised
Statutes.
(c) In the event of a vacancy, the mayor may convene a selection advisory panel
consisting of the fire chief and chief of police to evaluate qualified applicants. The
mayor shall appoint an administrator within sixty days of the position becoming
vacant.
(2025, ord 25-90, sec 2.)7-1-3
Section 7-1-4. Duties; functions.
The civil defense agency shall:
(1) Organize, administer, and operationalize a comprehensive emergency
management program that includes prevention, protection, mitigation,
response, and recovery operations within the County;
(2) Facilitate development and maintenance of all plans necessary to ensure
preparedness, emergency management, hazard mitigation, and continuity of
operations;
(3) Maintain liaison with all State and Federal emergency management agencies
and ensure necessary systems are established to receive State and Federal
funds during times of disaster or emergency;
(4) Manage the emergency operations center as the central coordinating entity
during major disasters or emergencies;
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(5) Monitor any and all threats, emergencies, or disasters that pose a risk to the
lives and safety of residents and visitors, and advise the mayor on proposed
solutions for how to best protect people and property from danger;
(6) Coordinate with all alerting organizations on issuance of emergency public
information and warnings;
(7) Establish a warning point that will be a primary means of coordination with
alerting organizations and of issuing emergency public information and that
will operate twenty-four hours-a-day and seven days-a-week;
(8) Manage the County’s land mobile radio system to ensure system capability,
responsiveness, and capacity;
(9) Enter into memorandums of agreement with other jurisdictions and non-
governmental organizations to provide aid and assistance to residents and
visitors during emergency response and short-term recovery;
(10) Educate the public through community engagement as to the actions
necessary and required to prepare and protect persons and property in the
event of a natural or man-made disaster or emergency event; and
(11) Conduct training and exercises to ensure the efficient mobilization and
coordination of emergency management forces and familiarize residents and
organizations with emergency management plans, procedures, and operations.
(2022, ord 22-103, sec 3; am 2025, ord 25-90, sec 3.)7-1-4
Section 7-1-5. Emergency management plans.
(a) The following comprehensive emergency management plans shall be developed and
maintained by the civil defense agency to ensure coordination in all phases of
emergency management and filed with the County council:
(1) The comprehensive emergency management plan shall be developed by March
1, 2023 and reviewed annually.
(2) The threat and hazard identification and risk assessment shall be completed
in April every three years, with a stakeholder preparedness review conducted
annually.
(3) The integrated preparedness plan shall be prepared in June every three years,
and be informed by the threat and hazard identification and risk assessment.
(4) The multi-hazard mitigation plan shall be developed every five years, by a
mitigation work group with representation from the civil defense agency,
planning department, and department of research and development, with
additional representatives added on a temporary basis to address specific
actions or issues.
(b) The administrator shall report to the County council in August of every year,
summarizing the previous fiscal year’s actions to implement and update the various
comprehensive emergency management plans. The report shall include a brief
description of the agency’s collaborative work with community organizations.
(2022, ord 22-103, sec 3; am 2025, ord 25-90, sec 3.)7-1-5
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Section 7-1-6. Utilization of existing government services.
(a) Each County department, agency, and office shall cooperate with and extend its
services, materials, and facilities to the civil defense agency as requested by the
mayor.
(b) Each County department, agency, and office shall designate, in writing no later
than December 31 of each year, one representative and two alternates to serve as
liaisons to the civil defense agency. Liaisons shall have extensive knowledge of and
delegated authority to assign departmental capabilities and available resources
during a disaster or emergency event.
(c) To facilitate emergency preparedness planning for the County of Hawaii, all
County departments, agencies, and offices shall prepare and periodically revise a
continuity of operations plan pursuant to directions and technical assistance
provided by the civil defense agency. The maintenance of the continuity of
operations plan shall be the responsibility of appointed liaisons.
(2022, ord 22-103, sec 3; am 2025, ord 25-90, sec 3.)7-1-6
Section 7-1-7. Emergency powers.
(a) The power to declare a state of disaster or emergency by proclamation, promulgate
emergency rules having the force and effect of law, and make allotments of funds
appropriated or available for emergency management is conferred on the mayor.
(b) All County employees are considered emergency workers during a declared
emergency.
(c) All County employees, accepted volunteers, and non-governmental organization
workers providing services in coordination with the County, except in cases of
willful misconduct, gross negligence, or recklessness shall not be liable for death
and injury to persons or property damage as an act or omission in the course of
employment of duties.
(d) The mayor may exercise the following additional powers in an emergency period:
(1) Suspend any County law that impedes or tends to impede or be detrimental to
the expeditious and efficient execution of, or to conflict with, emergency
functions;
(2) Shut off water mains, gas mains, electrical power connections, or suspend
other services;
(3) To the extent permitted by or under Federal law, authorize any actions
necessary to ensure continuity of electronic media transmission; and
(4) Direct and control the mandatory evacuation of the civilian population.
(2022, ord 22-103, sec 3; am 2025, ord 25-90, sec 3.)7-1-7
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Article 2. Disaster Control. *
* Editor’s Note: Sections 7-5 through 7-7 were repealed by Ordinance 22-103.
Section 7-2-1.Loitering during tsunamiwarning.*
A person commits the offense of loitering during an emergency if during a tsunami
warning period, or during and immediately after a tsunami that person knowingly:
(1) Loiters, loafs, or idles upon any public highway, public place, sidewalk, or
beach, on foot or on any vehicle, in any coastal area, or area subject to tsunami
action.
(2) Disobeys any direction or command of any police officer directing traffic.
(3) Refuses or fails to leave any area, public or private, upon order of a police
officer, which action impedes or tends to impede the effective and orderly
handling of an evacuation or a disaster; provided that this section shall not
prevent any authorized person from lawfully preserving, protecting, or
salvaging any property, real or personal, or to prevent any other authorized
person from performing any other lawful duty.
7-2-1
(2022, ord 22-103, sec 5.)
* Editor’s Note: Section 7-9, was renumbered section 7-2-1 by Ordinance 22-103.
Section 7-2-2. Loitering and refusal to evacuate during impending disaster
or disaster.*
A person commits the offense of loitering during an emergency if during an
impending disaster or a disaster that person knowingly:
(1) Loiters, loafs, or idles upon any public highway, sidewalk, or public place, on
foot or on any vehicle, in or close to an impending disaster or a disaster area.
(2) Disobeys any direction or command of any police officer directing traffic.
(3) Refuses or fails to leave any area, public or private, upon order of an
authorized person, which action impedes or tends to impede the effective and
orderly handling of the impending disaster or the disaster; provided that this
section shall not prevent any authorized person from lawfully preserving,
protecting, or salvaging any property, real or personal, or to prevent any other
authorized person from performing any other lawful duty.
(4) Refuses or fails to evacuate any area, public or private, upon order of an
authorized person, which action impedes or tends to impede the effectiveness
and orderly handling of the evacuation of persons from an impending disaster
area.
(2022, ord 22-103, sec 5.)7-2-2
* Editor’s Note: Section 7-10, was renumbered section 7-2-2 by Ordinance 22-103.
Section 7-2-3. Unauthorized parking in designated area prohibited. *
(a) Except when authorized by an authorized person or specific traffic control device,
no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within an impending disaster or
disaster area as described in a Mayor’s and/or Governor’s emergency declaration.
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(b) The police officer citing any driver or owner for a violation of this section may have
the motor vehicle towed to and stored at a private tow yard at the registered
owner’s expense pursuant to section 291C-165.5(a) of the Hawai‘i Revised Statutes.
(c) Any person convicted of unauthorized parking in a designated area shall be
punished by a fine of not more than $100 for the first conviction; not more than
$200 for the second conviction of a second offense committed within one year after
the date of the first offense; not more than $500 for the third or subsequent
conviction of a third or subsequent offense committed within one year after the date
of the first offense.
(2022, ord 22-103, sec 5.)7-2-3
*Editor’s Note:Section 7-12, was renumbered section 7-2-3by Ordinance 22-103.
Section 7-2-4. Penalty. *
A person who has been convicted of any offense under this article, shall be
sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment for a term of not more than
thirty days.
(2022, ord 22-103, sec 5.)7-2-4
* Editor’s Note: Section 7-11, was renumbered section 7-2-4 by Ordinance 22-103.
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P ARKS AND R ECREATION §15-61
Article 7. Veterans Advisory Committee.
Section 15-61. Organization.
The veterans advisory committee shall be composed of twelve members, who shall
be appointed by the mayor, confirmed by the council, and may be removed by the mayor
with the approval of the council. In addition, the Hawai‘i Island Veterans Services
Counselor of the Office of Veterans Services (Department of Defense of the State of
Hawai‘i) and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation, or their
designated representatives, shall serve as ex-officio members of the committee, without
the power to vote.
(1986, ord 86-123, sec 2; am 1990, ord 90-5, sec 2; am 1994, ord 94-21, sec 1; am 2002,
ord 02-117, sec 2; am 2006, ord 06-159, sec 1; am 2017, ord 17-57, sec 2.)15-61
Section 15-62. Membership and tenure.
(a) The members shall serve staggered terms of five years.
(b) Seven or more of the twelve members of the committee shall have served in the
United States uniformed services; provided that the committee may still meet and
conduct business if due to a vacancy or vacancies less than seven members have
served in the United States uniformed services.
(c) Initially, two members shall be appointed for a term of one year, two members shall
be appointed for a term of two years, three members shall be appointed for a term
of three years, three members shall be appointed for a term of four years, and three
members shall be appointed for a term of five years.
(d) Any vacancy on the committee shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired
term, but members whose terms have expired may continue to serve until their
successors have been appointed and confirmed.
(e) Members shall be eligible to succeed themselves for additional terms, provided that
no member shall serve on the committee for more than three consecutive terms.
(1986, ord 86-123, sec 2; am 1990, ord 90-5, sec 3; am 1994, ord 94-21, sec 1; am 1996,
ord 96-124, sec 1; am 1997, ord 97-125, sec 1; am 2002, ord 02-117, sec 2; am 2006, ord
06-159, sec 2; am 2007, ord 07-53, sec 2; am 2017, ord 17-57, sec 3; am 2021, ord 21-65,
sec 2; am 2023, ord 23-19, sec 1; am 2025, ord 25-88, sec 1.)15-62
Section 15-63. Meetings of the committee.
There shall be a chairperson and vice chairperson of the committee who shall be
elected biennially by the members from their membership. The chairperson shall have
served in the United States uniformed services. The meetings of the committee shall be
called at the discretion of the chairperson or at the request of the majority of the
members of the committee with the time and place to be determined by the chairperson.
(1986, ord 86-123, sec 2; am 1994, ord 94-21, sec 1; 2021, ord 21-74, sec 1.)15-63
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Section 15-64. Powers and duties of the committee.
It shall be the duty of the committee to act in an advisory capacity to the mayor and
the council concerning all matters pertaining to the operation, management, and
maintenance of the veterans cemeteries in the County, and discuss and make
recommendations on issues affecting veterans residing in Hawai‘i County. At the
request of the mayor or the council, the committee shall discuss and make
recommendations on other specific veterans-related issues. The committee may
recommend such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary for the enhancement
and proper management of the veterans cemeteries, or for the orderly transaction of
matters referred to it.
(1986, ord 86-123, sec 2; am 1994, ord 94-21, sec 1; am 2019, ord 19-3, sec 2.)15-64
Article 8. Naming of Facilities.
Section 15-65. Purpose.
The council wishes to establish systematic guidelines to be used in the naming of
County parks and recreational facilities.
(1987, ord 87-134, sec 1.)15-65
Section 15-66. Definitions.
As used in this article:
(1) “Aesthetic areas” shall include scenic and historic sites, ponds and waterfalls.
(2) “Open areas” shall include parks, playgrounds, fields and totlots.
(3) “Recreational facilities” means all County facilities classified herein as
aesthetic areas, open areas, special interest areas, and structures.
(4) “Special interest areas” shall include tennis courts, golf courses, zoos, botanical
gardens, equestrian center and rodeo arenas, archery ranges, rifle and skeet
ranges, drag strips and other raceways, and any other facility operated or
owned by the County of Hawai‘i which has as its purpose the recreation,
entertainment or leisure activity of members of the public as either
participants or spectators.
(5) “Structures” shall include gymnasiums, community centers, senior centers,
cultural centers, pavilions, covered arenas and courts, stadiums, theaters, and
any other construction which is under the administration of the department of
parks and recreation of the County.
(1987, ord 87-134, sec 1.)15-66
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Section 15-68.1. Parks and recreational facility schedule.
PARKS
North Hilo
3-6-009:031 (Por.)
3-6-009:033
3-6-002:013, 024, 026, 038
3-6-002:031
3-5-004:059 (Por.)
3-9-001:011
3-5-003:088
Waikaumalo Park3-2-002:062
South Hilo
2-4-063:081
2-5-018:026
2-4-041:069
Baker’s Beach 2-1-006:077; 2-1-007:011, 025
Carlsmith Beach Park2-1-017:019, 021, 022, 051, 058, 059
Clem Akina Park2-6-007:027; 2-6-008:026 (Por.)
East Hawai‘i Cultural Center 2-3-006:004
Frank M. Santos Park 2-7-004:121
Gilbert Carvalho Park2-3-026:005, 009; 2-3-025:005 (median)
Hakalau Beach Park 2-9-002:080
Hakalau Gym 2-9-002:091
Hakalau Veterans Park 2-9-002:004
Happiness Gardens 2-1-003:013
Hilo Armory 2-3-004:008
Hilo Bayfront Beach 2-2-001:027; 2-2-002:035; 2-2-002:034;
2-2-003:046; 2-2-004:056
Hilo Bayfront Park 2-2-004:028, 035; 2-2-005:002
Hilo Bayfront Soccer Fields 2-2-004:002; 2-2-006:001; 2-2-007:018;
2-2-011:001; 2-2-012:016
Hilo Drag Strip2-1-013:153
Hilo Municipal Golf Course2-4-016:001; 2-4-002:001, 129, 130
Hilo Skate Park2-2-033:013
Hilo Skeet Range 2-1-013:002 (Por.)
Honoli‘i Beach Park 2-6-026:001
2-8-014:001
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PARKS (continued)
South Hilo (continued)
Ho‘olulu Complex 2-2-032:031, 035, 084, 094;
(1) Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium 2-2-033:001, 016
(2) Aunty Dottie Thompson Hale
(3) Aunty au
Hale
(4) Charles “Sparky” Kawamoto Swim
Stadium
(5) Edith Kanakaole Multi-Purpose
Stadium
(6) Dr. Francis F. C. Wong Stadium
James “Jimmy” Correa Ballfield
(7) Walter C.K. Victor Baseball
Complex
Hualani Park2-1-023:120
(1) Princess
Kawananakoa Center
(2) Ronald Futoshi “Harpo” Saiki
Officials’ Stand
James Kealoha Beach Park2-1-016:003
Kaipalaoa Landing 2-3-004:001
Kaiwiki Park 2-6-010:016
2-3-005:001
(1) War Memorial Pond
2-4-056:019
Kanakea Pond 2-1-006:010
2-5-040:012
Keikiland Playground 2-2-018:043
Kolekole Gulch Park 2-8-015:015
Kuawa Ballfields 2-2-032:003, 004, 008, 019, 087, 088
2-1-006:013; 2-1-006:015
Kula‘imano Park 2-8-007:070, 079
2-1-017:018
Lehia Beach Park2-1-013:005, 006
Leleiwi Beach Park 2-1-017:018, 053, 054
Liholiho Garden 2-3-006:003
Lili‘uokalani Gardens 2-1-003:001, 017, 018
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PARKS (continued)
South Hilo (continued)
Lincoln Park 2-3-010:001
(1) Dr. Ruth E. Oda Playground
Lincoln Park Tennis Courts 2-3-012:046
2-4-052:020
Machado Acres Park2-4-060:001; 2-4-029:028
2-2-056:026
Mohouli Park2-4-001:161
Mokuola Island2-1-003:019
Mo‘oheau Park 2-3-001:002
NAS Swimming Pool2-1-012: 149 (Por.)
Onekahakaha Beach Park 2-1-014:013, 035-037, 067
(1) Uncle David K. Calles, Sr.
Horseshoe Courts
Pana‘ewa Equestrian Center2-4-004:144
(1) Alvin “Al” Cabral Rodeo Arena
Grandstand
Pana‘ewa Park 2-2-059:011
Pana‘ewa Rainforest Zoo and Gardens 2-4-004:001
Paukaa Park 2-7-040:010
Pepe‘ekeo Community Center 2-8-006:012
Piihonua School Grounds2-5-028:017
Reeds Bay Beach Park 2-1-005:001, 028
Richardson Ocean Park2-1-019:010
University Heights Park 2-4-024:164
Veterans Memorial Park 2-2-013:003 (Por.)
2-2-032:033
Uka Park 2-4-035:001, 002, 004
(1) Uka
Gym
2-2-042: 017 (Por.)
(1) Andrews Gym
Wainaku Gym2-6-013:030
Wainaku Playground2-6-013:025
Wai‘olena Beach Park 2-1-018:026
Wai‘uli Beach Park 2-1-019:009
Yet Sung Chang Park2-5-060:007
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PARKS (continued)
Gilbert Kahele Recreation Area 4-4-016:003 (Por.)
Haina Park 4-5-002:049
Honokaa Rodeo Arena 4-5-003:018
(1)Rose Andrade Correia Stadium
Honokaa Sports Complex4-5-010:088, 090
(1)Lala Epenesa, Jr. Ballfield
Honokaa Swimming Pool 4-5-003:020 (Por.)
Honokaa Tennis Courts 4-5-010:079
Kukuihaele Park4-8-006:010
(1) Takashi “Taka” Domingo Pavilion
Paauilo Park 4-3-018:054
Waipi‘o Community Park 4-8-004:006
Waipi‘o Lookout 4-8-004:017
Honuapo Beach Park 9-5-014:002-007, 027, 052-059
Kahuku Park9-2-094:036; 9-2-101:032
Kawa Bay 9-5-017:007
Laurence J. Capellas Ballfield 9-6-005:008 (Por.), 039
9-5-021:023
9-6-023:044
9-6-005:008 (Por.)
9-6-005:008 (Por.)
Punalu‘u Black Sand Beach Park9-6-001:006, 011, 012
Representative Robert N. Herkes 9-6-005:008 (Por.)
Gymnasium and Shelter
9-5-001:031
Whittington Beach Park 9-5-014:001, 060 (Por.)
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PARKS (continued)
North Kohala
Kamehameha Park 5-4-005:016; 5-4-009:004
(1) Ikuo Hisaoka Gymnasium
(2) Kohala Intergenerational Center
(3) Kohala Swimming Pool
(4) North Kohala Veteran’s Field
(5)Shiro Takata Field
Kapa‘a Beach Park5-6-001:060
5-2-001:016
Mahukona Beach Park 5-7-003: 013 (Por.)
Mahukona Wharf 5-7-003:004, 018
North Kohala Senior Center 5-4-005:001
North Kohala Senior Programs Center 5-4-005:002, 003
South Kohala
Hooko Park 6-8-002:059
Kamakoa Nui Park 6-8-041:008
Kawaihae Canoe Area 6-1-003:014
Ke Ala Kahawai o Waimea 6-5-003:004, 6-6-003:006 (Por.)
Lily Yoshimatsu Senior Center 6-7-002:025
Ouli Park 6-2-007:001
Puu Nui Park 6-8-013:001
Spencer Kalani Schutte District Park6-7-002:063
6-2-002:008, 011
(1) Samuel Mahuka Spencer Pavilion
Waimea Church Row Park6-5-004:006
Waimea Park6-5-007:001, 002, 024
Waimea Soccer Fields 6-7-002:011 (Por.)
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PARKS (continued)
North Kona
Ali‘i Kai Park7-6-019:034
7-5-008:010
Harold H. Higashihara Park 7-8-005:022
Kahalu‘u Beach Park 7-8-014:001
Kailua Park 7-5-005:007, 072-074, 079, 082-083
(1) Kekuaokalani Gymnasium
(2) Kona Community Aquatic Center
(3)
(4) Old Kona Airport Beach Park
Kailua Playground7-5-009:032
Kealakehe Regional Park 7-4-020:007
7-7-008:020, 021, 023, 031, 100
Kohanaiki Beach Park7-3-063:012 (Por.), 013; 7-3-064:021-022
Kona Hillcrest Park 7-5-030:026
Kona Imin Center 7-6-003:020
Ku‘emanu Heiau 7-8-014:004, 005
La‘aloa Park 7-7-010:036
Lokahi Makai Park 7-3-061:050
Magic Sands Beach Park7-7-008:017, 035, 093-094, 106-107
7-7-008:026, 064
Wai‘aha Beach Park 7-5-018:020, 088 (Por.)
Walua Trail 7-7-007:
William Charles Lunalilo Playground7-5-041:052
South Kona
Arthur L. Greenwell Park 8-2-013:005
(1) Sgt. Rodney J.T. Yano Memorial
Hall
Clarence Lum Won Park8-1-024:031; 8-1-036:002
8-4-013:014
8-4-008:002
Ho‘okena Beach Park 8-6-013:020, 021, 029-031, 046-048
Konawaena Swimming Pool8-1-005:013 (Por.)
Miloli‘i Beach Park 8-9-004:001
Napoopoo Beach Park 8-2-006:025
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CEMETERIES (continued)
Puna
Kaimu Cemetery1-2-006:036
Kehena Cemetery 1-2-009:023
Malama Cemetery1-3-007:002, 003
(2000, ord00-15, sec2; ord00-66, sec2; ord00-113, secs1 and 2; am2002, ord02-58,
sec 2; am 2003, ord 03-99, sec 2; ord 03-135, sec 2; am 2004, ord 04-79, sec 2; am 2005,
ord 05-40, sec 2; ord 05-96, sec 2; am 2006, ord 06-127, sec 2; ord 06-149, sec 3; am
2007, ord 07-22, sec 4; am 2008, ord 08-7 sec 5; ord 08-22, sec 2; ord 08-35, sec 2; ord
08-121, sec 2; ord 08-142, sec 2; am 2009, ord 09-32, sec 3; am 2010, ord 10-11, sec 3; am
2011, ord 11-90, sec 3; am 2012, ord 12-164, sec 2; am 2014, ord 14-57, sec 2; am 2015,
ord 15-60, sec 4; am 2016, ord 16-111, sec 2; ord 16-112, sec 2; ord. 16-113, sec 4; am
2017, ord 17-61, sec 2; am 2018, ord 18-2, sec 2; ord 18-20, sec 3; ord 18-21, sec 2; ord
18-22, sec 2; ord 18-44, sec 2; ord 18-61, sec 2; ord 18-83, sec 2; am 2019, ord 19-43,
sec 2; am 2020, ord 20-59, sec 2; am 2021, ord 21-3, sec 2; am 2022, ord 22-9, sec 3; ord
22-115, sec 3; am 2023, ord 23-14, sec 2; am 2024, ord 24-3, sec 3; ord 24-23, sec 3; ord
24-81, sec 3; am 2025, ord 25-60, sec 3; ord 25-80, sec 1.)15-68.1
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P UBLIC T RANSPORTATION §18-90
(2) The transit administrator may establish fares on a temporary basis for a
period not to exceed one hundred and eighty calendar days for bus routes
and services.
(h) Suspension of fares; non-applicability to some services; terminates
December 31, 2028.
(1) All fares established by this section shall be suspended through December 31,
2028. Riders boarding and alighting any mass transit service owned,
maintained, or operated by the County, shall ride free of charge.
(2) This subsection shall not apply to County-contracted shared-ride services and
County-operated curb-to-curb van services operated by the department of
parks and recreation.
(3) The suspension of fares shall automatically terminate on December 31, 2028,
unless extended by the council.
(4) Each year, no later than July 30 after the close of the fiscal year, the mass
transit administrator shall provide a report to the council regarding the
performance of the mass transit system, including passenger trips carried by
route, comparison to the prior year and any other service performance data
requested by the council to evaluate the suspension of fares prescribed by this
subsection.
(1986, ord 86-15, sec 2; am 1990, ord 90-37, sec 7; ord 90-91, sec 1; am 2004, ord 04-141,
sec 1; am 2005, ord 05-151, sec 1; am 2007, ord 07-141, sec 2; am 2009, ord 09-160, sec 2;
am 2011, ord 11-62, sec 2; am 2012, ord 12-36, sec 1; am 2013, ord 13-32, sec 1; ord 13-
76, sec 2; ord 13-109, sec 1; am 2016, ord 16-95, sec 2; am 2022, ord 22-12, sec 2; ord 22-
94, sec 2; am 2025, ord 25-71, sec 2.)18-90
Section 18-91. Baggage.
A driver of any mass transit bus owned, maintained and operated by the County
shall charge $1 for each piece of baggage, including large backpacks, except that any
small bag such as a train case, handbag, briefcase, or a package that can be carried on
the lap of the passenger and within the passenger’s respective seat shall be conveyed
without charge.
(1986, ord 86-15, sec 2; am 2011, ord 11-62, sec 2.)18-91
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Section 18-92. Fare schedules.
FARE SCHEDULE A
Shared-Ride Fares
One-Way MileageNo. of Coupons (Per Person)
0 — 4.0 miles 1 coupon
4.1 —9.0 miles 2 coupons
Rates are maximum charge per zone. Shared-ride carriers may charge less at
their discretion.
(1990, ord 90-37, sec 8; ord 90-91, sec 4; am 2001, ord 01-82, sec 1; ord 01-84, sec 1; am
2011, ord 11-62, sec 2.)18-92
Division 2. Paratransit Service.
Section 18-93. Establishment of paratransit service.
(a) The mass transit agency shall provide a paratransit service to complement the
fixed route services operated by the County. This paratransit service shall be
referred to as Hele-o.
(b) Hele-o shall comply with all federal and state regulations that relate to
paratransit as a complement to fixed route services for public transportation.
(2016, ord 16-108, sec 1.)18-93
Section 18-94. Definitions.
As used in this division, unless the context otherwise requires:
“Paratransit service” means the County public transportation service which
complements the current fixed routes providing origin-to-destination service to eligible
individuals under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
“Rider” means a person deemed eligible to ride on the paratransit service in
accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; Code of Federal
Regulations 49, part 37, subpart F, section 37.123 or a person certified as eligible for
paratransit services by the mass transit agency.
(2016, ord 16-108, sec 1.)18-94
Section 18-95. Eligibility.
(a) The mass transit agency shall approve or deny applications for Hele-
services within twenty-one calendar days after receipt. Approval may include a
finding that an applicant is eligible for some but not all of Hele-On services.
Specific reasons shall be cited for any decision other than complete approval.
(b) If a decision has not been made within twenty-one calendar days, the applicant
shall be deemed eligible for paratransit service on a temporary basis until a
decision has been made.
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THE HAWAI‘I COUNTY CODE
1983 (2016 Edition, as amended)
Update to include: Supplement 19 (1-2026)
Contains ordinances effective through: 12-31-2025
A CODIFICATION OF THE GENERAL ORDINANCES
OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I
STATE OF HAWAI‘I
Office of the County Clerk
County of Hawai‘i
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720
(808) 961-8255
Volume Two
Division 4. Parking Meters.
Subdivision 1. Meter Zones.
Section 24-213. Parking meter zones.
Section 24-214. Installation of parking meters.
Section 24-215. Parking meter spaces.
Section 24-216. Deposit of coins; time limits.
Section 24-216.1. Repealed.
Section 24-217. Hours of operation; exceptions.
Section 24-218. Use of slugs prohibited.
Section 24-219.Tampering with meters prohibited.
Section 24-220.Collection, deposit, and application of proceeds.
Subdivision 2. Use of Parking Stalls for Construction or Special Events.
Section 24-221. Definitions.
Section 24-222. Permit required.
Section 24-223. Fees.
Section 24-224. Permit application; contents; department to exercise discretion.
Section 24-225. Responsibility for keeping permit at job site; inspection by
authorized personnel.
Section 24-226. Permit violations; enforcement.
Section 24-227. Penalty.
Division 5. County Building Parking.
Section 24-228. Director of public works to regulate parking at County building.
Section 24-229. Area of County lands regulated; hours.
Section 24-230. Director of finance to set rates; theater parking; rental computation.
Section 24-231. Parking application; assignment of spaces; special parking.
Section 24-232. Map of parking areas; authority to change areas.
Section 24-233. Shifting privileges and restrictions on certain occasions.
Section 24-234. Enforcement of division.
Section 24-235. Signs and pavement markings.
Section 24-236. Parking in prohibited areas; towing vehicles; permit required.
Section 24-237. Vehicle identification; evidence of violation.
Section 24-238. Overtime parking in metered areas; citations.
Section 24-239. Conditions for return of parking permit.
Section 24-240. Penalty; revocation of parking privileges.
Division 6. Parking for persons with disabilities.
Section 24-241. Intent and purpose.
Section 24-242. Definitions.
Section 24-243. Issuing agency.
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Section 24-244. Parking privileges.
Section 24-245. Fees.
Section 24-245.1. Requirements; permit display, presentation of identification card
and nontransferability.
Section 24-245.2. Designation of parking spaces.
Section 24-245.3. Violations and penalties.
Division 7. Parking for electric vehicles.
Section 24-245.4. Definitions.
Section 24-245.5. Parking privileges.
Section 24-245.6.Penalties.
Article 9. Pedestrians.
Section 24-246. Crosswalks established.
Section 24-247. Entering obstructed intersection or crosswalk.
Section 24-248. Roadways closed to pedestrian traffic.
Section 24-249. Certain acts by pedestrians prohibited.
Section 24-250. Driving through safety zone prohibited.
Section 24-251. Obstruction of highways.
Section 24-252. Highway railings; prohibited acts.
Articles 10 and 11. Vehicle and Traffic Schedules. *
* Editor's Note: A rticles 10 and 11, that contain Vehicle and Traffic Schedules, are located behind the “Traffic
Schedules” tab.
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V EHICLES AND T RAFFIC§ 24-246
Article 9. Pedestrians.
Section 24-246. Crosswalks established.
The streets described in schedule 24, section 24-276 are established and designated
as crosswalks when appropriate lines or other markings on the surface of the roadway
giving notice are painted.
(1983 CC, c 24, art 9, sec 24-246.)24-246
Section 24-247. Entering obstructed intersection or crosswalk.
No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is
sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to accommodate the
vehicle the driver is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles or
pedestrians, despite any traffic-control signal indication to proceed.
(1983 CC, c 24, art 9, sec 24-247.)24-247
Section 24-248. Roadways closed to pedestrian traffic.
(a) No pedestrian shall enter upon or cross any roadway or portion of any roadway
designated by ordinance as closed to pedestrian traffic, except within an authorized
marked crosswalk, or upon a pedestrian overpass, or through a pedestrian tunnel.
(b) The areas designated in schedule 26, section 24-278 are closed to pedestrian traffic.
(1983 CC, c 24, art 9, sec 24-248.)24-248
Section 24-249. Certain acts by pedestrians prohibited.
(a) No person may enter a roadway, obstruct traffic, or approach moving vehicles for
the purpose of:
(1) Receiving or soliciting employment, business, or any other good or service from
the occupant of any vehicle, unless the vehicle is legally stopped; or
(2) Delivering or offering any employment, business, or other good or service to
the occupant of any vehicle, unless the vehicle is legally stopped.
For the purposes of this subsection:
“Good or service” does not include aid, assistance, or help provided or
rendered in an emergency or traffic accident.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) do not prohibit an individual from:
(1) Using sidewalks, areas adjacent to a roadway, or any other portion of the road
not ordinarily used for vehicular traffic, provided that the individual does not
obstruct traffic or approach moving vehicles; or
(2) Holding a sign or engaging in any other protected speech activity in a location
that does not obstruct traffic.
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(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, a person convicted of a violation of
subsection (a) is subject to:
(1) For any violation not within one year of a previous violation:
(A) A fine not less than $250 and not more than $1,000;
(B) Community service no less than eighteen hours nor more than seventy-
one hours; or
(C) Both.
(2) For any violation within one year of a previous violation:
(A) A fine not less than $500 and not more than $1,000;
(B) Community service no less than thirty-six hours nor more than seventy-
one hours; or
(C) Both.
(d) No person shall stand on or in proximity to a street or highway for the purpose of
soliciting the watching or guarding of any vehicle while parked or about to be
parked on a street or highway.
(1983 CC, c 24, art 9, sec 24-249; am 2025, ord 25-78, sec 1.)24-249
Section 24-250. Driving through safety zone prohibited.
The portions of streets, described in schedule 25, section 24-277 are designated as
safety zones when appropriate lines or other markings on the surface of the roadway
giving notice thereof are plain.
(1983 CC, c 24, art 9, sec 24-250.)24-250
Section 24-251. Obstruction of highways.
No person shall sit, kneel, squat, or lie upon any roadway, sidewalk, or sidewalk
curbing except when overcome by illness or in an emergency.
(1983 CC, c 24, art 9, sec 24-251.)24-251
Section 24-252. Highway railings; prohibited acts.
No person shall sit, stand, or walk or aid or assist any other person to sit, stand, or
walk upon the railing of any highway bridge, overpass or guardrail.
(1983 CC, c 24, art 9, sec 24-252.)24-252
Articles 10 and 11. Vehicle and Traffic Schedules. *
* Editor's Note: Articles 10 and 11, that contain Vehicle and to Traffic Schedules, are located behind the tabbed
divider sheet directly following this page.
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V EHICLES AND T RAFFIC§ 24-292
(c) South Hilo
(e) Kohala
(f) Kona
(g) Puna
The following areas are designated as maximum eight hour parking at the rate of
twenty-five cents per two-hours:
(b) North Hilo
(c) South Hilo
(e) Kohala
(f) Kona
(g) Puna
(1996, ord 96-163, sec 2; am 2000, ord 00-89, sec 6; am 2002, ord 02-57, sec 8; am
2003, ord 03-4, sec 1; am 2025, ord 25-79, sec 2.)24-292
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Division 8. Restrictions on Certain Vehicles.
Section 24-293. Schedule 41. Use of certain streets by certain vehicles
restricted.
The following classes of vehicles are precluded from the use of the designated
streets when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected:
only:
(1)Any vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of more than
ten thousand pounds shall not travel in the makai-bound direction.
(2) This restriction shall be lifted during emergencies as may be
declared by the office of civil defense.
Waipi‘o Valley Access Road.
(1) Restricted to four-wheel drive vehicles only.
(2) Any vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of more than
ten thousand pounds shall not travel on this road. This restriction
shall not be applicable to utility, emergency or delivery vehicles
providing services to business establishments and residents in
Waipi‘o Valley.
(3) Vehicle shall be engaged in four-wheel drive mode.
(4) Makai-bound vehicle shall yield to mauka-bound vehicle.
(5) These restrictions may be lifted during emergency situations as
deemed necessary by the Civil Defense Agency.
(b) North Hilo
(c) South Hilo
(e) Kohala
24A-86
Section 25-2-73. Plan approval application and processing requirements for special
districts with design guidelines and/or standards.
Section 25-2-74. Plan approval application requirements for telecommunication
antennas.
Section 25-2-75. Plan approval application requirements for agricultural tourism.
Section 25-2-76. Action on plan approval application.
Section 25-2-77. Review criteria and conditions of approval.
Section 25-2-78. Construction in conformity with plan approval.
Section 25-2-79. Appeal of a plan approval decision.
Article 3. Establishment of Zoning Districts.
Section 25-3-1. Designation of districts.
Section 25-3-2. Designation of special districts.
Section 25-3-3. Method and effect of establishment of districts.
Section 25-3-4. Establishment of building lines, future width lines and plan lines for
future streets.
Section 25-3-5. Application of district regulations.
Section 25-3-6. Rules for interpretation of district boundaries.
Section 25-3-7. District classification of streets.
Section 25-3-8. Legal effect of establishment of building lines, future width lines,
and plan line.
Article 4. General Development Regulations.
Division 1. Use Regulations.
Section 25-4-1. Existing buildings.
Section 25-4-2. Conditions for construction of buildings designed for human
occupancy.
Section 25-4-3. Establishment of permitted uses.
Section 25-4-4. Uses prohibited.
Section 25-4-5. Uses authorized by other permits.
Section 25-4-6. Use of streets.
Section 25-4-7. Bed and breakfast establishments.
Section 25-4-8. Temporary real estate offices and model homes.
Section 25-4-9. Guest houses.
Section 25-4-10. Mobile dwellings.
Section 25-4-11. Power lines, utility substations, public buildings.
Section 25-4-12. Telecommunication antennas or towers.
Section 25-4-13. Home occupations.
Section 25-4-14. Flag lots.
Section 25-4-15. Agricultural tourism.
Section 25-4-16. Short-term vacation rentals.
Section 25-4-16.1. Short-term vacation rental nonconforming use certificate.
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Section 25-4-16.2. Prima facie evidence; short-term vacation rentals.
Section 25-4-16.3. Short-term vacation rental enforcement account.
Section 25-4-17. Meeting facilities.
Section 25-4-18. Household henneries.
Division 2. Heights.
Section 25-4-20. Height; general rules.
Section 25-4-21. Basements and underground structures.
Section 25-4-22. Exemptions from height limitations.
Section 25-4-23. Accessory structure height limitations.
Division 3. Street Frontage, Lot Areas and Widths.
Section 25-4-30. Minimum street frontage.
Section 25-4-31. Minimum building site area; minimum average width.
Section 25-4-32. Reduction of building site below minimum area.
Section 25-4-33. Effect of delinquent tax sale; recordation of land.
Section 25-4-34. Waiver of minimum building site area for utilities.
Division 4. Yards and Open Space.
Section 25-4-40. General requirements for yards and open space.
Section 25-4-41. Triangular or irregular building sites.
Section 25-4-42. Corner building sites.
Section 25-4-43. Fences and accessory structures.
Section 25-4-44. Permitted projections into yards and open spaces.
Section 25-4-45. Projection of porte-cocheres.
Section 25-4-46. Projection of pools.
Section 25-4-47. Minimum distance between main buildings on same building site.
Section 25-4-48. Apiaries.
Division 5. Off-Street Parking and Loading.
Section 25-4-50. Off-street parking and loading: purpose.
Section 25-4-51. Required number of parking spaces.
Section 25-4-52. Method of determining number of parking spaces.
Section 25-4-53. Minimum dimensions of parking spaces.
Section 25-4-54. Standards and improvements to off-street parking spaces.
Section 25-4-54.1. Parking for electric vehicles; electric vehicle charging systems.
Section 25-4-54.2. Alternatives and exemptions; parking for electric vehicles; electric
vehicle charging systems.
Section 25-4-55. Parking for persons with disabilities.
Section 25-4-56. Off-street loading requirements.
Section 25-4-57. Method of determining number of loading spaces.
Section 25-4-58. Dimension of loading spaces.
Section 25-4-59. Location and improvement of loading spaces.
Section 25-4-59.1. Director determination of parking and loading requirements.
Section 25-4-59.2. Exceptions to the off-street parking and loading requirements.
Section 25-4-59.3. Landscaping and screening for parking lots and loading spaces.
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Z ONING § 25-1-5
“Commission” means either the windward planning commission or the leeward
planning commission, or both acting as a joint commission, as provided for in the
Charter.
“Conforming” means in compliance with the regulations of the pertinent zoning
district.
“Convenience store” means a small retail establishment intended to serve the daily
or frequent needs of the surrounding neighborhood population by offering for sale pre-
packaged food products, household items, newspapers and magazines, and freshly
prepared foods.
“Council” means the County council.
“County environmental report” means an informational document in a form
prescribed by the director in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to chapter 91,
Hawai‘i Revised Statutes. The County environmental report shall contain a description
of the physical, social, historical, economic, and natural resource consequences of a
proposed action, including but not limited to a discussion of alternatives to the proposed
action, any environmental effects which cannot be avoided should the proposal be
implemented, the relationship between local short-term uses of the environment and
the maintenance and enhancement of long-term productivity, any irreversible and
irretrievable commitments of natural resources which would be involved in the
proposed action, and an analysis of the proposed action. The term “County
environmental report” does not include a State environmental impact statement
prepared in compliance with chapter 343, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes. Copies of the
County environmental report shall be available to the public for inspection and written
comment. Public comments on the document shall be made a part of the record of the
application under consideration by the director, and made available to the council.
“Crematorium” means a business that contains a crematory or a place to incinerate
a decedent. It may also contain a morgue or funeral home, and may provide funeral
services.
“Crop production” means agricultural and horticultural uses, including, but not
limited to, production of grains, field crops, vegetables, fruits, tree nuts, flower fields
and seed production, ornamental crops, tree and sod farms.
“Day care center” means a facility which is licensed or approved by the State,
pursuant to chapter 346, part IV or part VIII, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, as amended,
where persons who are not members of the family occupying the premises are cared for
without overnight accommodations. This term includes day nurseries, preschools, and
kindergartens which are not licensed by the State department of education and adult
day care centers.
“Data processing facility” means an establishment primarily involved in the
compiling, storage and maintenance of documents, records and other types of
information in digital form utilizing a mainframe computer. This term does not include
general business offices, computer-related sales establishments, and business or
personal services.
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“De minimis structure position discrepancy” means a difference between the
distance from a property boundary required by the zoning code for a yard or open space
and the actual distance, of not more than the following:
(a) For property zoned Multiple-Family Residential (RM), Residential-Commercial
Mixed Use (RCX), Resort-Hotel (V), Neighborhood Commercial (CN), General
Commercial (CG), Village Commercial (CV), Industrial-Commercial Mixed
(MCX), Limited Industrial (ML), General Industrial (MG), Downtown Hilo
Commercial (CDH), or within a Planned Unit Development (PUD), Cluster
Plan Development (CPD), or Project District (PD): 0.25 feet;
(b) For property zoned Single-Family Residential (RS) or Double-Family
Residential (RD): 0. 5 feet;
(c) For property zoned Residential and Agricultural (RA), Family Agricultural
(FA), Agricultural (A), Intensive Agricultural (IA), or Agricultural Project
District (APD): 0.75 feet.
“Density” means the number of dwelling units or rentable units for a particular
unit of gross land area.
“Direct current fast charger” means an electric vehicle charger that:
(1) Utilizes direct current electricity providing at least fifty kilowatts or greater;
(2) Is network-capable;
(3) Meets recognized standards and protocols, including but not limited to SAE
Combined Charging System, Tesla protocol, and CHAdeMO protocol;
(4) Is safety certified by a nationally recognized testing laboratory;
(5) Is designed and installed in compliance with chapter 5D of the Hawai‘i County
Code; and
(6) Contains ports to support at least two industry standard charging protocols for
more equitable distribution and access to charging.
“Director” means the director of the planning department.
“Duplex” and “double-family dwelling” means a building containing only two
dwelling units.
“Dwelling” means a building or part thereof designed for or used for residential
occupancy or both and containing one or more dwelling units, and includes double-
family dwelling or duplex, mobile dwelling, multiple-family dwelling and single-family
dwelling.
“Dwelling unit” means one or more rooms designed for or containing or used as the
complete facilities for the cooking, sleeping and living area of a single-family only and
occupied by no more than one family and containing a single kitchen.
“Electric vehicle” means:
(1) A neighborhood electric vehicle as defined in this section;
(2) A vehicle, with four or more wheels, that draws propulsion energy from a
battery with at least four kilowatt hours of energy storage capacity that can be
recharged from an external source of electricity; or
(3) A fuel cell electric vehicle.”
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“Guest ranch” means an establishment with its surrounding land which offers
recreational facilities for activities such as riding, swimming and hiking, and living
accommodations.
“Home improvement center” means a single establishment primarily involved in
providing a large variety of goods and services directly associated with building and
home improvements.
“Home occupation” means any activity intended to provide income that is carried on
within a dwelling, within an accessory structure to a dwelling, or on a portion of a
building site used principally for dwelling purposes.
“Hospital” means an institution in which patients or injured persons are given
medical or surgical care, and unless otherwise modified, the term is limited to the care
of persons only.
“Hotel” means a building or group of buildings containing six or more rooms or
suites which provides transient lodging accommodations, meals, entertainment, and
various personal services for compensation, whether such establishment is called a
hotel, motel, motor hotel, motor lodge, inn, or otherwise.
“Household hennery” means an outdoor site on a parcel or lot that is an accessory
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.
“Junkyard” means an outdoor or partially enclosed area, more than two hundred
square feet in size, used for storage or keeping of junk, scrap, or nonhazardous waste
materials, or for dismantling or wrecking vehicles or machinery or for storage of parts
resulting therefrom.
“Kennel” means a commercial establishment in which dogs or domesticated animals
are housed, groomed, bred, boarded, trained, or sold, all for a fee or compensation. The
term includes animal quarantine stations.
“Kitchen” means a room or a portion of a room designed to be used for the
preparation of food and containing at least one item from both of the following
categories:
(A) Fixtures, appliances or devices for heating or cooking food; and
(B) Fixtures, appliances or devices for washing utensils used for dining and food
preparation and/or for washing and preparing food.
“Land use” means use of land, building use and use of any building.
“Livestock” means all animals generally associated with farming, which are raised
or kept for food and other agricultural purposes. Such animals include: swine; cattle;
horses; goats; sheep; chickens, ducks, geese, turkey, and other poultry; rabbits; and
bees.
“Livestock production” means a distinct agricultural operation or establishment
which keeps, feeds, or raises livestock for commercial purposes and as a principal land
use. These include piggeries, dairies, dairy and beef cattle ranching, feedlots, chicken,
turkey and other poultry farms, rabbit farms, apiaries and aviaries.
“Lodge” means a building or group of buildings, under single management,
containing transient lodging accommodations without individual kitchen facilities, and
no more than forty guest rooms or suites, and generally located in agricultural, rural or
other less populated areas.
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“Lot” means a building site or a parcel of land shown as a unit on an approved
subdivision map, or a survey map.
“Lot line” means any boundary of a building site or property line, and includes:
(A) “Interior lot line” which is any lot line other than the street frontage.
(B) “Rear lot line” which is the lot line that is generally opposite the street
frontage.
“Lot width” means that figure obtained by dividing the total area of a building site
by the maximum depth of the building site measured in the general direction of the side
lines.
“Main building” means a building in which is conducted a principal or main use on
the building site on which it is situated.
“Manufacturing, processing and packaging, general” means activities which are the
main purpose of establishments primarily involved in the manufacture, processing,
assembly, fabrication, refinement, alteration and/or other end products suitable for sale
or trade. General manufacturing, processing and packaging establishments are those
involving significant mechanical and chemical processes, large amounts of metal
transfer, or extended shift operations. Typical activities include, but are not limited to:
paper and textile milling; wood millwork and the production of prefabricated structural
wood products; the manufacture of soaps and detergents; rubber processing and the
manufacture of rubber products; the production of plastics and other synthetic
materials; primary metals processes; the manufacture of vehicles; machinery and
fabricated metal products; electroplating; cement making and the production of
concrete; gypsum and related products; the production of chemical products; perfumes
and pharmaceuticals; and the production of paving and roofing materials. General
manufacturing does not include those activities associated with petroleum processing;
the manufacture of explosives and toxic chemicals; waste disposal and processing;
and/or the processing of salvage, scrap and junk materials.
“Manufacturing, processing and packaging, light” means activities which are the
main purpose of establishments primarily involved in the manufacture, processing,
assembly, fabrication, refinement, alteration and/or other end products suitable for sale
or trade. Light manufacturing, processing and packaging establishments involve
activities which are non-offensive to adjacent uses; involve no open storage or other
types of outdoor accessory uses other than parking and loading; do not involve processes
which generate significant levels of heat, noise, odors and/or particulates; and do not
involve chemicals or other substances which pose a threat to health and safety. Typical
activities include, but are not limited to, the production of handcrafted goods,
electronics-intensive equipment, components related to instrumentation and measuring
devices, bio-medical and telecommunications technologies, computer parts and software,
optical and photographic equipment, and other manufacturing, processing and
packaging uses meeting the criteria prescribed herein.
“Medical clinic” means an office building or group of offices for persons engaged in
the practice of a medical or dental profession or occupation. A medical clinic does not
have beds for overnight care of patients but can involve the treatment of outpatients. A
“medical profession or occupation” is any activity involving the diagnosis, cure,
treatment, mitigation or prevention of disease or which affects any bodily function. This
includes massage, acupuncture, chiropractic, and other similar health service facilities.
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“Meeting facility” means a new or existing facility or building site that is used for
recreational, social, or multipurpose use, and may include a kitchen but has no public
commercial transient accommodations. Typical uses include private clubs, union halls,
cultural, community and association centers, religious facilities such as places of
worship, and student centers. This does not include schools.
“Mobile dwelling” means a structure or vehicle containing one or more dwelling
units designed so as to be transportable either by being carried or towed or under its
own power, whether or not the wheels, skids or other devices for transportability are
actually in place.
“Mortuary” means a business used to prepare a decedent before burial or
cremation. It may also contain a morgue, funeral home, or crematory, and may provide
funeral services.
“Multiple-family dwelling” means a building containing more than two dwelling
units.
“Neighborhood electric vehicle” means a self-propelled electrically powered motor
vehicle to which all of the following apply:
(1) The vehicle is emission free;
(2) The vehicle is designed to be and is operated at speeds of twenty-five miles per
hour or less;
(3) The vehicle has four wheels in contact with the ground;
(4) The vehicle has a gross vehicle weight rating of less than three thousand
pounds; and
(5) The vehicle conforms to the minimum safety equipment requirements as
adopted in the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 500, Low Speed
Vehicles (49 C.F.R. 571.500).”
“Networked” refers to electric vehicle charging systems that are able to connect to
the internet.
“Nonconforming building or parcel” means a building or parcel lawfully in existence
on September 21, 1966 or on the date of any amendment to this chapter, but which does
not comply with the regulations for the zoning district in which it is located.
“Nonconforming use” means a use lawfully in existence on September 21, 1966 or
on the date of any amendment to this chapter, but which does not conform to the
regulations for the zoning district in which it is located.
“Pedestrian way” means a public right-of-way through a block between lots for
pedestrian traffic, which may also be used as a utility easement and which has a
maximum width of twenty feet.
“Personal services establishment” means an establishment which offers specialized
goods and services purchased frequently by the consumer. Included are barbershops,
beauty shops, garment repair, laundry cleaning, pressing, dyeing, tailoring, shoe repair
and other similar establishments.
“Piggery” means any parcel or premises where five or more weaned hogs are
maintained.
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“Place of public accommodation” means a business, accommodation, refreshment,
entertainment, recreation, or transportation facility of any kind whose goods, services,
facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations are extended, offered, sold, or
otherwise made available to the general public as customers, clients, or visitors. By
way of example, but not of limitation, place of public accommodation includes facilities
of the following types:
(1) A facility providing services relating to travel or transportation;
(2) An inn, hotel, motel, or other establishment that provides lodging to transient
guests;
(3) A restaurant, cafeteria, lunchroom, lunch counter, soda fountain, or other
facility principally engaged in selling food for consumption on the premises of
a retail establishment;
(4) A shopping center or any establishment that sells goods or services at retail;
(5) An establishment licensed under chapter 281, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, doing
business under a class 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12 license, as defined in section
281-31, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes;
(6) A motion picture theater, other theater, auditorium, convention center, lecture
hall, concert hall, sports arena, stadium, or other place of exhibition or
entertainment;
(7) A barber shop, beauty shop, bathhouse, swimming pool, gymnasium, reducing
or massage salon, or other establishment conducted to serve the health,
appearance, or physical condition of persons;
(8) A park, a campsite, or trailer facility, or other recreation facility;
(9) A comfort station; or a dispensary, clinic, hospital, convalescent home, or other
institution for the infirm;
(10) A professional office of a health care provider, as defined in section 323D-2,
Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, or other similar service establishment;
(11) A mortuary or undertaking establishment; and
(12) An establishment that is physically located within the premises of an
establishment otherwise covered by this definition, or within the premises of
which is physically located a covered establishment, and which holds itself out
as serving patrons of the covered establishment.
“Plan approval” means the review and approval of plans for new structures and
additions to existing structures, and certain uses in specified zoning districts in order to
assure that the intent and purpose of this chapter are carried out.
“Plan lines for future streets” means lines established on the zoning map for the
purpose of future street construction and establishing the front property line of the
affected building site. The area within these lines shall be deemed to be the street right-
of-way, and cannot be considered in computing the minimum yard required on any
building site.
“Plug” means an accessory to an electric vehicle charging system capable of
charging a single electric vehicle and compatible with alternating current Level 2
charging stations or direct current fast charger protocols.
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“Special event” means a planned gathering or activity, typically requiring an
invitation, registration, or ticket purchase, that exceeds the customary use of the
property, including but not limited to commercial weddings and receptions, promotional
functions, commercial concerts, and other large-scale or revenue-generating assemblies.
“Street” means a right-of-way for vehicle purposes and pedestrian traffic, and the
placement of utilities, or a private right-of-way for vehicular purposes, which provides
access to building sites.
“Street frontage” means that portion of a building site that has a common line with
a street right-of-way line. The street frontage is designated as the front property line.
“Structure” means anything above existing grade constructed or erected with a
fixed location on the ground, or requiring a fixed location on the ground, or attached to
something having or requiring a fixed location on the ground. The term “structure”
includes the term “building.”
“Surveyor” means a person duly registered as a professional land surveyor in the
State.
“Telecommunication antenna” means an antenna, repeater, equipment, wireless or
broadband-related infrastructure, and other accessory structures used to transmit and
receive radio frequency (RF) signals for communication purposes, including those
intended for specific users who must have special equipment for transmission and/or
reception. This definition:
(1) Includes:
(A) Broadcasting facilities, such as low power television stations, regulated
by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under Title 47 of the
Code of Federal Regulations, part 74;
(B) Land-mobile or two-way radio, and one-way radio paging service
broadcasting; and
(C) Independent receiving facilities which do not qualify as accessory uses;
and
(2) Does not include:
(A) Portable, handheld, and vehicular transceivers or radios;
(B) Industrial, scientific, and medical equipment operating at frequencies
designated for that purpose by the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC);
(C) Marketed consumer products, such as microwave ovens, citizens band
radios, ham radios, or remote-controlled devices;
(D) Facilities solely for the personal reception of these transmissions, such as
radio and television appliances;
(E) Small wireless facilities, as defined by the Hawaii Revised Statutes,
section 206N-1; and
(F) Broadband services delivered through wireline technologies, such as
digital subscriber line, cable, and fiber-to-the-premises.
“Telecommunication tower” or “tower” means a freestanding mast, pole, monopole,
guyed tower, lattice tower, free standing tower, or other structure designed and
primarily used to support telecommunication antennas and any related equipment,
shelters, or cabinets necessary for the operation of the antennas.
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“Theater” means a facility which is used primarily for the performing arts or for the
viewing of motion picture films. Included are performing arts centers, concert halls and
other types of live theaters.
“Time share unit” means any multiple-family dwelling unit or hotel, which is
owned, occupied or possessed, under an ownership and/or use agreement among various
persons for less than a sixty-day period in any year for any occupant, and is regulated
under the provisions of chapter 514E, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, as amended.
“University” means a nationally-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, research and group learning and
authorized to grant academic degrees.
“Use” means the purpose to which land or any structure or improvement thereon or
both are or may be put. The word “use” is synonymous with terms “land use” and “use of
land” unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
“Warehousing” means the storage of raw materials, finished products, merchandise
and/or other goods, within a building for subsequent delivery, transfer and/or pickup.
“Wholesaling and distribution” means the sale and/or distribution of manufactured
and/or processed products, merchandise or other goods in large quantities for
subsequent resale to retail establishments, and/or industrial, institutional and
commercial users.
“Yard” means an open space on the same building site with a building, which open
space lies between the building and the bounding lot lines, and is unoccupied and
unobstructed from the ground upward except for landscaping and except for fences,
walls, architectural features, pools, porte cocheres, cornices, canopies, roof overhangs,
eaves, porches, balconies, terraces, fire escapes, stairs, ramps and other similar features
authorized under article 4, division 4 of this chapter, and includes:
(A) “Front yard” which is a yard lying between the street line on which the
building site fronts or the future width line or the plan line for future street
and a line parallel thereto which runs through the point of the building
nearest to said street line, future width line or plan line. The depth of said
yard is the distance between the parallel lines.
(B) “Rear yard” which is a yard lying between the rear lot line and a line parallel
thereto extended to intersect the side lot lines, which line runs through the
point of a main building nearest the rear lot line. The depth of said yard is the
distance between the parallel lines.
(C) “Side yard” which is a yard lying between the front yard, the rear yard, the
side lot line and a line parallel thereto which runs through the point of the
building nearest to said lot line. The width of said yard is the distance between
the parallel lines.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2000, ord 00-152, sec 1; am 2002, ord
02-70, sec 2; am 2007, ord 07-55, sec 1; ord 07-104, sec 2; am 2008, ord 08-155, sec 2; am
2009, ord 09-118, sec 17; am 2012, ord 12-28, sec 2; am 2018, ord 18-114, sec 3; am 2020,
ord 20-61, sec 9; ord 20-94, sec 2; am 2021, ord 21-26, sec 2; 2022, ord 22-95, sec 3; am
2024, ord 24-65, secs 4 and 5; ord 24-70, secs 5 and 6; am 2025, ord 25-55, secs 2 and 3;
25-1-5
ord 25-66, secs 2, 3, and 4; ord 25-85, sec 1.)
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Article 2. Administration and Enforcement.
Division 1. General Administration.
Section 25-2-1. Duties of county officers.
(a) The building official shall enforce any provisions of this chapter relative to building
construction and occupancy.
(b) The director shall enforce all other provisions of this chapter pertaining to land use.
(c) All law enforcement officers of the County shall enforce all the provisions of this
chapter.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-2-1
Section 25-2-2. Issuance of permits or licenses in conformance with chapter.
All departments, officials, and public employees authorized to issue permits or
licenses shall conform to the provisions of this chapter and no permit or license for any
use, building, or other purpose shall be issued where the license or permit would be in
conflict with the provisions of this chapter. Any permit or license, if issued in conflict
with the provisions of this chapter, shall be void.
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Section 25-2-56. Repealed.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; rep 1999, ord 99-112, sec 7.)25-2-56
Section 25-2-57. Repealed.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; rep 1999, ord 99-112, sec 8.)25-2-57
Section 25-2-58. Appeals.
(a) If the director denies a variance application, such decision is final except, that,
within thirty days after the date of the written decision, the applicant may appeal
such action to the board of appeals, pursuant to the rules of practice and procedure
of the board of appeals.
(b) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the director in the issuance of a variance
decision may appeal the director’s action to the board of appeals, in accordance with
this chapter, within thirty days after the date of the director’s written decision.
(1999, ord 99-112, sec 6.)25-2-58
Division 6. Use Permits.
Section 25-2-60. Purpose.
Use permits are permits for certain permitted uses in zoning districts which require
special attention to insure that the uses will neither unduly burden public agencies to
provide public services nor cause substantial adverse impacts upon the surrounding
community.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-2-60
Section 25-2-61. Applicability; use permit required.
(a) The following uses shall be permitted within designated County zoning districts
only if a use permit is obtained for the use from the commission:
(1) Bed and breakfast establishments in RS, RA, FA, and A districts, provided
that the property is within the state land use urban district.
(2) Crematoriums, funeral homes, funeral services and mortuaries in RS, RD,
RM, RCX, RA, FA, A and V districts.
(3) Day care centers in RS, RD, RM, RA, FA and A districts, provided that a
minimum building site area of ten thousand square feet shall be required
within the RS, RD, RM, and RA districts.
(4) Golf courses and related golf course uses including golf driving ranges, golf
maintenance buildings, and golf club houses in the RS, RD, RM, RCX, RA, FA,
A, V, CG, CV, and O districts, provided that the property is within the state
land use urban or rural district. Golf courses and golf driving ranges shall not
be permitted within the state land use agricultural district unless approved by
the County before July 1, 2005.
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(5) Group living facilities that exceed the criteria in subsection 25-1-5(b),
paragraph (b) of the definition of “group living facility” in the RS, RD, RM,
RCX, RA, FA, A, CN, CG, CV, and V districts.
(6) Hospitals, sanitariums, old age, convalescent, nursing and rest homes in the
RS, RD, RM, RCX, RA, FA, A, and V districts, provided that a minimum
building site area of ten thousand square feet shall be required within the RS,
RD, RM, RCX and RA districts.
(7) Major outdoor amusement and recreation facilities in RCX, RA, A, CN, CG,
CV, MCX, ML, MG and O districts.
(8) Medical clinics in RS, RD, RM, RA, FA, and A districts.
(9) Meeting facilities, which may include special events in RS, RD, RM, RA, FA,
and A districts.
(10) Schools in RS, RD, RM, RA, FA, A, V, MCX, ML, and MG districts, provided
that a minimum building site area of ten thousand square feet shall be
required within the RS, RD, RM, and RA districts.
(11) Yacht harbors and boating facilities in the RS, RD, RM, RCX, RA, V, CG, CV,
MCX, ML, MG and O districts.
(12) Wind energy facilities in the O district; provided that the property is within
the state land use agricultural district.
(13) Other unusual and reasonable uses which are not specifically permitted in any
zoning district with the approval of the director and the concurrence of the
council by resolution.
(b) Any use which received an approval as a conditionally permitted use prior to
September 25, 1984, or which received prior approval through the use permit
process, is considered a legal use of the affected parcel and may be expanded or
enlarged without obtaining another use permit, provided such expansion,
enlargement or addition is in full compliance with this chapter and the applicable
district regulations.
(c) A use permit shall not be required for any use described in subsection (a) above, if a
special permit is obtained for that use, pursuant to section 205-6, Hawai‘i Revised
Statutes.
(d) A use permit shall not be required for meeting facilities and/or special events
operated in partnership with State or County agencies or conducted at State or
County venues or facilities.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2007, ord 07-55, sec 2; am 2008, ord
08-2, sec 2; am 2010, ord 10-17, sec 2; am 2011, ord 11-25, sec 1; ord 11-26, sec 1; am
2012, ord 12-91, sec 2; ord 12-124, sec 2; am 2014, ord 14-86, sec 2; am 2019, ord 19-100,
sec 2; am 2021, ord 21-26, sec 3; am 2025, ord 25-55, sec 4; ord 25-66, sec 5.)25-2-61
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(d) A property owner or other person affected by the proposed revocation of a use
permit ordered by the commission, may, within thirty days after the mailing of the
commission’s order, appeal the commission’s action to the third circuit court
pursuant to chapter 91, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 1999, ord 99-112, sec 11; am 2021,
ord 21-24, sec 3.)25-2-67
Division 7. Plan Approval.
Section 25-2-70. Purpose.
Plan approval provides a method of allowing closer inspection of certain
development and inspection of all development in certain districts in order to ensure
conformance with the general plan, to assure that the intent and purpose of this chapter
are carried out, and to ensure pertinent conditions of previous approvals related to the
development have been implemented.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-2-70
Section 25-2-71. Applicability; plan approval required.
(a) Plan approval shall be required prior to the construction or installation of any new
structure or development or any addition to an existing structure or development in
all districts except in the RS, RA, FA, A and IA districts, and except for the
construction of one single-family dwelling and any accessory buildings per lot,
unless required elsewhere in this chapter.
(b) Plan approval shall be required in all districts prior to the change of the following
uses in existing buildings:
(1) Residential to commercial use;
(2) Warehouse and manufacturing to retail use.
(c) Plan approval shall be required in all applicable districts prior to the construction
or establishment of the following improvements and uses:
(1) Meeting facilities, as permitted under section 25-4-17.
(2) Public uses, structures and buildings, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(3) Telecommunication antennas and towers, as permitted under section 25-4-12.
(4) Temporary real estate offices and model homes, as permitted under section
25-4-8.
(5) Utility substations, as authorized under section 25-4-11.
(6) Special events, as defined in section 25-1-5.
(d) Plan approval shall be required in the RA and FA district prior to the construction
or installation of any new structure or development, or of any addition to an
existing structure or development which is to be used for minor agricultural
products processing.
(e) Plan approval shall be required in the A district prior to the development of any
trailer park or major agricultural products processing facility. The director shall
determine whether an agricultural products processing facility shall be considered
major or minor at the time of building permit review, or earlier at the applicant’s
request.
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(f)Plan approval may be required as a condition of approval of any use permit,
variance, or other action relating to a specific use, in which case the use or
development so conditioned may not be established until plan approval has been
secured.
(g) Plan approval shall be required for the establishment of any agricultural tourism
activity, as permitted under section 25-4-15(b).
(h) Plan approval shall be required prior to the construction or installation of any new
structure or development, any enlargement of an existing structure or
development, or alterations to the exterior appearance of any existing structure or
development in any special district established under this chapter for which design
guidelines and/or standards have been adopted and as prescribed by the applicable
special district requirements, excluding any special district having adopted design
guidelines and/or standards established under this chapter prior to adoption of this
sub-section.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2005, ord 05-155, sec 2; am 2007,
ord 07-56, sec 3; am 2008, ord 08-155, sec 3; am 2009, ord 09-16, sec 2; am 2012, ord 12-
124, sec 3; am 2015, ord 15-45, sec 2; am 2025, ord 25-66, sec 6.)25-2-71
Section 25-2-72. Application for plan approval; requirements.
An application for plan approval shall be on a form approved for such purpose by
the director and shall be accompanied by:
(1) A site plan, drawn to scale and fully dimensioned indicating clearly the
following information:
(A) The location and dimension of the building site;
(B) The location, size, height, and use of all existing and proposed
structures;
(C) All yards and open spaces;
(D) Location, height, and material of all fences and walls;
(E) The standard of improvement and location, number, and size of parking
spaces, arrangement and on-site circulation of all off-street parking and
loading facilities including points of access thereto from adjoining
streets;
(F) The location, general nature, and type, and protection or shielding
devices of all exterior lighting;
(G) All proposed landscaping and planting; and
(H) All proposed street dedication and improvement if any.
(2) Any other information required by rules adopted by the director in accordance
with chapter 91, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes.
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(3) A site drainage plan \[under section 27-20\] approved by the director of public
works, where plan approval is required under section 25-2-71(a), (c)(2) and
(c)(5), (d), (e), or (f). The site drainage plan shall comply with section 27-20(a)
and (b) and section 27-24, and shall include a storm water disposal system to
contain runoff caused by the proposed development, within the site
boundaries, up to the expected one-hour, ten year storm event, as shown in the
department of public works “Storm Drainage Standards,” dated October 1970,
or any approved revision, unless those standards specify a greater recurrence
interval. The amount of expected runoff shall be calculated according to the
department of public works “Storm Drainage Standards,” dated October 1970,
or any approved revision, or by any nationally-recognized method meeting
with the approval of the director of public works. Runoff calculations shall
include the effects of all improvements. Storm water shall be disposed into
drywells, infiltration basins, or other approved infiltration methods. The
development shall not alter the general drainage pattern above or below the
development.
25-2-72
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2007, ord 07-56, sec 3.)
Section 25-2-73. Plan approval application and processing requirements for
special districts with design guidelines and/or standards.
(a) In addition to the application requirements for plan approval contained in section
25-2-72, an application for plan approval for the construction, installation,
enlargement, or alteration to the exterior appearance of a building or structure that
is subject to design guidelines and/or standards adopted by the council for any
special district established under article 7 of this chapter shall include:
(1) Complete and accurate exterior elevations of all facades, drawn at a scale
adequate to show clearly the appearance of all proposed buildings and
structures;
(2) A description of exterior siding, roofing, and finish materials;
(3) Exterior door and window specifications;
(4) Description, location, and renderings for any exterior signage;
(5) A streetscape rendering of the project site and adjacent properties suitable for
evaluating the immediate spatial relationships. Photographic images may be
substituted provided those images are adequate to serve the same purpose;
(6) Other descriptive information as the director finds necessary to determine
consistency of the proposed project with the design guidelines and/or
standards adopted for the special district in which the project building site is
located.
(b) Within five days of acceptance of an application for plan approval the director shall
provide the respective design review committee with a copy of the application and
plans along with a request for their review and comments on the consistency of the
project with the adopted design guidelines and/or standards.
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(c) The written recommendations and plans stamped “Reviewed by” with the date and
signature of the chair of the respective design review committee affixed shall be
submitted to the director within twenty-five calendar days of receipt by the design
review committee of the director’s request for design review.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the director shall withhold rendering a
decision on a plan approval application until having received the written
recommendations and stamped and signed plans from the chair of the respective
design review committee for the application.
(e) By written request to the director, the chair of the respective design review
committee may request an extension of time to complete the design review and to
submit the recommendations of the design review committee, which the director
may grant only with the written approval of the applicant for plan approval.
(f) In the event that no design review committee is established, or if the design review
committee, for whatever reason, fails to respond within the time limit prescribed in
subsection (b), the director shall provide design review against the relevant design
guidelines and/or standards as adopted by the council and waive the requirements
under subsection (c).
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2000, ord 00-152, sec 2; am 2015,
ord 15-45, sec 3.)25-2-73
Section 25-2-74. Plan approval application requirements for
telecommunication antennas.
In addition to the application requirements for plan approval contained in section
25-2-72, an application for plan approval for a telecommunication antenna or tower
shall contain a submittal checklist consistent with this section and shall contain the
following information:
(1) A plot plan showing the location on the building site of the proposed antenna
or tower;
(2) Building plans for the tower, certified by a licensed structural engineer,
verifying that the tower, at full build out inclusive of all potential antennas
and equipment, will have a hard survivability for sustained winds of one
hundred miles per hour or meet the requirements set forth in the building
code, whichever is greater;
(3) A statement from the applicant that the proposed use will not interfere with
the County’s land mobile radio system and other public emergency
communications systems;
(4) A statement from the Federal Aviation Administration that the application
has not been found to be a hazard to air navigation;
(5) A statement from the Federal Communications Commission that the
application complies with the regulations of the Commission or a statement
that no such compliance is necessary;
(6) Documentation demonstrating that the National Historic Preservation Act of
1966 Section 106 review has been completed;
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(7) A report indicating whether the facility could be co-located elsewhere, which
shall include:
(A) Documentation of efforts to install, construct, or co-locate the proposed
facility on or within:
(i) Existing towers or feasible antenna support structures;
(ii) Sites that do not adversely impact significant public views, such as
beaches, shorelines, oceans, and natural areas;
(iii) Industrial or commercial zoning districts;
(iv) Locations that are not highly visible from adjacent roadways, public
spaces, parks, schools, greenbelts, or other visually sensitive areas;
and
(v) Areas unserved or underserved with respect to broadband access
and infrastructure;
(B) A map showing the sites that have been investigated with a detailed
analysis on how those sites are inadequate and how the site selected is
the least obtrusive;
(C) Maps showing the coverage areas of existing towers within a two mile
radius of the proposed tower;
(D) A letter from the nearby tower owners indicating the tower is not
feasible for co-locating antennas;
(E) A statement that the wireless telecommunications provider commits to
allow a minimum of two other wireless telecommunications providers to
co-locate antennas on its proposed tower facilities wherever structurally
and technically feasible; and
(F) A statement providing the reason for the location, design, and height of
the proposed tower or antennas;
(8) Documentation of proactive efforts made to notify, meet with, inform, and
engage adjacent landowners and the affected community regarding the
proposed use;
(9) Verification that the applicant has sent notification letters to all owners and
lessees of record of properties of which any portion is within five hundred feet
of any point along the perimeter boundary of the building site for the proposed
telecommunication installation; provided that the notification letters must:
(A) Describe the nature of the proposed installation, including its
dimensions and location on the building site; and
(B) Provide the anticipated timeline for construction;
(10) Documentation demonstrating compliance with the Hawai‘i State Fire Code
and Standard No. 76, relating to the fire protection of telecommunications
facilities, of the National Fire Protection Association, which documentation
must be submitted to the Hawai‘i fire department;
(11) A maintenance plan detailing how the safety, functionality, and service of the
proposed use will be maintained until the use is discontinued; and
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(12) A visual impact analysis, which shall include:
(A) Mitigation measures to minimize the visual impacts of the tower,
including a description of any vegetation to be used for such purposes;
(B) Before and after photo simulations from various locations and/or angles
from which the public would typically view the site; and
(C) A map depicting where the photos were taken.
The visual impact analysis shall demonstrate that less intrusive sites
are not available or do not provide the necessary communication coverage to
provide the service. The director may request the submission of additional
materials, including but not limited to photo overlays, scaled models,
renderings, or field mock-ups, to evaluate potential visual impacts. These
materials should address appropriate coloration, blending, and stealth design
(e.g., monopine, monopalm) to harmonize the facility with the surrounding
area.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2025, ord 25-55, sec 5.) 25-2-74
Section 25-2-75. Plan approval application requirements for agricultural
tourism.
In addition to the application requirements for plan approval contained in section
25-2-72, an application for plan approval for agricultural tourism operations shall
include sufficient information to ensure the following provisions are met:
(1) A statement whether the operation will allow visits by buses;
(2) Adequate off street parking, loading/unloading, and turn-around space to
accommodate all specified tour transportation modes, including buses, if they
are allowed, shall be provided and shown on the site plan;
(3) The subject property must have an existing legal access to a public highway,
which may be via a private road or easement, and new driveways shall meet
applicable county or state standards;
(4) New and existing facilities to be utilized principally for the agricultural
tourism activity shall be clearly indicated on the plot plan and shall not exceed
one thousand square feet in total area, not including parking and vehicular
accesses; and
(5) Proof, acceptable to the director, of income from agricultural activities and/or
agricultural products processing, or investment, as required under section
25-4-15(d)(1).
(2008, ord 08-155, sec 4.) 25-2-75
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Section 25-2-76. Action on plan approval application.
(a) The director may issue plan approval subject to conditions or changes in the
proposal which, in the director’s opinion, are necessary to carry out and further the
purposes of this chapter and the considerations contained in section 25-2-77.
(b) The director may only issue plan approval for a telecommunication antenna or
tower if the proposed use meets all of the conditions contained in sections 25-2-77
and 25-4-12, and if the applicant provides all verification required under section 25-
2-74.
(c) The director may only issue plan approval for a temporary model home or real
estate office if the proposed use meets all of the conditions in section 25-2-77 and
25-4-8.
(d) The director shall render a decision to either approve or deny a plan approval
application, other than for an agricultural tourism facility, any special district with
adopted design guidelines and/or standards, or any telecommunication antenna or
tower, within thirty days after acceptance of the application. If the director fails to
render a decision within the thirty-day period, the application shall be considered
approved without further certification by the director. In addition, the following
specific provisions shall apply:
(1) For an agricultural tourism facility, the department shall conduct a site
inspection prior to issuing plan approval within sixty days after acceptance of
the application. If the director fails to render a decision within the sixty-day
period, the application shall be considered approved without further
certification by the director.
(2) For any plan approval application within a special district with adopted design
guidelines and/or standards, the director shall render a decision to either
approve or deny the plan approval application within forty-five days after
acceptance of the application. If the director fails to render a decision within
the forty-five day period, the application shall be considered approved without
further certification by the director.
(3) For a telecommunication antenna or tower, the director shall render a decision
to either approve or deny the plan approval application within sixty days after
acceptance of the application, in accordance with Hawaii Revised Statutes,
Chapter 46-89. If the director fails to render a decision within the time frame
specified by Hawaii Revised Statutes, Chapter 46-89, the application shall be
considered approved without further certification by the director.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2008, ord 08-155, sec 5; am 2012, ord
12-124, sec 4; am 2015, ord 15-45, sec 4; am 2025, ord 25-55, sec 6.) 25-2-76
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Section 25-2-77. Review criteria and conditions of approval.
(a) In reviewing a plan approval application, the director shall consider the proposed
structure, development or use in relation to the surrounding property,
improvements, streets, traffic, community characteristics, natural features, and
may require conditions or changes to assure:
(1) Adequate light and air, and proper siting and arrangements are provided for
all structures and improvements;
(2) Existing and prospective traffic movements will not be hindered;
(3) Proper landscaping is provided that is commensurate with the structure,
development or use and its surroundings;
(4) Unsightly areas are properly screened or eliminated;
(5) Adequate off-street parking is provided to serve the structure, development or
use, regardless of the otherwise minimum requirements of this chapter;
(6) Access to the parking areas will not create potential accident hazards;
(7) Within reasonable limits, any natural and man-made features of community
value are preserved;
(8) Dust, noise, and odor impacts are mitigated; and
(9) Compliance with any design guidelines or standards adopted by the council.
(b) The director shall require any conditions or changes in the proposal which, in the
director’s opinion, are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter and the
considerations contained in subsection (a) above.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2007, ord 07-28, sec 2; am 2008, ord
08-155, sec 6; am 2015, ord 15-45, sec 5.) 25-2-77
Section 25-2-78. Construction in conformity with plan approval.
Every structure, development and change of use for which plan approval is issued
shall be constructed and developed in accordance with the terms, specifications and
conditions contained in the plan approval permit.
25-2-78
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2008, ord 08-155, sec 7.)
Section 25-2-79. Appeal of a plan approval decision.
Any person aggrieved by the plan approval decision of the director may appeal the
director’s action to the board of appeals, in accordance with this chapter, within thirty
days after date of the director’s written decision.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2008, ord 08-155, sec 8.) 25-2-79
Article 3. Establishment of Zoning Districts.
Section 25-3-1. Designation of districts.
(a) The zoning districts of the County shall consist of the following districts:
(1) RS, single-family residential districts (article 5, division 1).
(2) RD, double-family residential districts (article 5, division 2).
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(3) RM, multiple-family residential districts (article 5, division 3).
(4) RCX, residential-commercial mixed use districts (article 5, division 4).
(5) RA, residential and agricultural districts (article 5, division 5).
(6) FA, family agricultural district (article 5, division 6).
(7) A, agricultural districts (article 5, division 7).
(8) IA, intensive agricultural districts (article 5, division 8).
(9) V, resort-hotel districts (article 5, division 9).
(10) CN, neighborhood commercial districts (article 5, division 10).
(11) CG, general commercial districts (article 5, division 11).
(12) CV, village commercial districts (article 5, division 12).
(13) MCX, industrial-commercial mixed use districts (article 5, division 13).
(14) ML, limited industrial districts (article 5, division 14).
(15) MG, general industrial districts (article 5, division 15).
(16) O, open districts (article 5, division 16).
(17) Special districts (articles 6 and 7).
(b) Any building site within the commercial office (CO) district as of December 7, 1996,
shall automatically be redesignated as a general commercial (CG) district, with the
same minimum land area required for each building site, and any building site
within the unplanned (U) district as of December 7, 1996, shall automatically be
redesignated as an agricultural (A) district with a minimum lot size of five acres
(A-5a). Any building site within a combining district, which combines a safety (S)
district or a safety, flood hazard (SF) district with another zoning district, as of
December 7, 1996, shall be redesignated so that the safety or safety, flood hazard
district designation, whichever is applicable, is removed as a zoning district
designation for the building site. The redesignation provided for under this
subsection shall occur immediately upon adoption of this section, without any
action required on the part of any landowner. The director shall cause all zone
maps and the zoning map to be corrected to reflect the redesignation described in
this subsection.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-3-1
Section 25-3-2. Designation of special districts.
The special zoning districts of the County shall consist of the following:
(1) Kailua Village design commission (article 7, division 1).
(2) CDH, Downtown Hilo commercial district (article 7, division 2).
(3) UNV, University district (article 7, division 3).
(4) PD, Project districts (article 6, division 4).
(5) APD, Agricultural project districts (article 6, division 5).
(6) district (article 7, division 4).
25-3-2
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Section 25-3-3. Method and effect of establishment of districts.
(a) Any of the districts listed in sections 25-3-1 and 25-3-2 shall be established for any
portion of the County by being described by metes and bounds and in map form as
prepared by a licensed surveyor; except that, when deemed appropriate by the
director, other means of description may be used in lieu of metes and bounds to
establish any district under section 25-3-2. In case of conflict between a zoning map
and metes and bounds description delineating district boundaries, the latter shall
control. In case of conflict between a zoning map, and any summary of ordinances
as provided by subsection (d) below on one hand, and duly enacted ordinance on the
other, the provisions of the ordinance shall be authoritative. As between
ordinances, the provisions of an ordinance enacted later in time shall control.
(b) The zone maps in article 8 of this chapter, adopted by ordinance numbers 74 (1967),
109 (1967), 110 (1967), 111 (1967), 187 (1968), and 190 (1969), and any
amendments to these maps by ordinance shall constitute the zoning map of the
County. An up-to-date copy of the zoning map shall be kept for public display in the
office of the director.
(c) The zoning map and all notations, references, data and other information shown
thereon are incorporated by reference and made a part of this chapter. The
adoption of or the change in the boundary of any district shall be by ordinance and
shall constitute an amendment to this chapter; provided, that nonsignificant
changes to the boundary of any district may be administratively approved by the
director as provided under section 25-2-45.
(d) The contents of an ordinance or any portion thereof concerning the adoption of or a
change in the boundary of any district need not be set out in full in any codification
or recodification of, or supplementation to this chapter so long as a summary of the
ordinance is included in this chapter or in an appropriate annex to this chapter.
The summary which shall be maintained and updated by the director shall include
at a minimum the following information:
(1) Ordinance number and effective date;
(2) General location of land affected or tax map key;
(3) Original district designation; and
(4) Final district designation.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2025, ord 25-64, sec 1.)25-3-3
Section 25-3-4. Establishment of building lines, future width lines and plan
lines for future streets.
Building lines, future width lines and plan lines for future streets may be
established and shown on any section of the zoning map as provided in sections 25-3-3
and 25-8-1 of this chapter.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-3-4
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(6) Only breakfast meals may be offered to guests. The serving of breakfast meals
on the building site, for a fee to individuals other than registered guests shall
be prohibited. A bed and breakfast establishment shall not operate as a food
service establishment (i.e. a restaurant), unless such use is a permitted use
within the zoning district and the required permits have been acquired.
(7) One paved (with materials such as bricks, concrete, asphalt concrete surface or
chip-seal, pavers, stones) off-street parking stall shall be provided for each
guest bedroom, in addition to the required stall(s) for the dwelling unit, except
that in the RS, RA, FA and A districts paved parking stalls shall not be
required as long as the material used for the parking stalls will eliminate
erosion, mud and standing water within the parking stall area.
(8) Exterior signage which advertises the dwelling as a bed and breakfast
establishment shall comply with the requirements for residential signage as
set forth in chapter 3 (advertising and signs), Hawai‘i County Code.
(c) Any bed and breakfast establishment which has not received the required permits
shall be considered illegal under this chapter, unless otherwise noted herein.
(d) Any bed and breakfast establishment existing as of the effective date of this section
and conforming to the standards contained in section 25-4-7(b) which has not
received the permits required under section 25-4-7(a) may continue such use for
twelve months following the effective date of this section. After this date, continued
use without having submitted the necessary permit applications shall be considered
illegal under this chapter.
(e) The conditions contained in any use permit issued for a bed and breakfast
establishment prior to the adoption of this section shall continue to apply to the bed
and breakfast establishment, notwithstanding provisions to the contrary contained
in this section.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2000, ord 00-152, sec 3; am 2012, ord
12-124, sec 5.)25-4-7
Section 25-4-8. Temporary real estate offices and model homes.
(a) Temporary real estate offices for new developments shall be permitted in all
districts except for the A, IA and O districts, and model homes for new
developments shall be permitted in all districts except for the A, IA, MCX, ML, MG
and O districts, provided that final subdivision approval of the development has
been granted by the director and plan approval for any temporary real estate office
and/or model home is secured from the director prior to the establishment of
such use.
(b) A temporary real estate office and model home shall also be subject to the following
conditions:
(1) The development in which the temporary real estate office and/or model home
is proposed to be situated must consist of six or more lots and/or units.
(2) The temporary real estate office and/or model home shall not be used for a
period longer than twenty-four months from the date of plan approval by the
director; provided that extensions may be granted by the director.
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(3) If the temporary real estate office is established in a structure not otherwise
permitted in the particular zoning district, the structure shall be removed co-
terminus with the expiration of the temporary real estate office use.
(4) The temporary real estate office and/or model home shall be used exclusively
for marketing of lots and/or units located within the development in which it is
to be located. In multi-phased developments, a temporary real estate office or
model home may be allowed for each development phase for a period not to
exceed twenty-four months. Time extensions may be granted by the director.
(5) Parking for the temporary real estate office use shall be based on a minimum
of one parking stall for each employee and a minimum of one parking stall for
each four hundred square feet of gross floor area. The parking requirement
may be satisfied off-site, provided that approval is secured from the director.
(6) The temporary real estate office and/or model home shall comply with the
minimum setback and height requirements of the particular zoning district.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-4-8
Section 25-4-9. Guest houses.
One guest house may only be established on a building site that is at least seven
thousand five hundred square feet in area. A guest house shall not exceed five hundred
square feet in gross floor area, shall not be more than twenty feet in height, and shall
not have a kitchen.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-4-9
Section 25-4-10. Mobile dwellings.
All mobile dwellings shall conform to the County construction code, including
chapters 5 and 5A through 5F, and the Public Health Housing Code (chapter 2 of the
State public health regulations), except:
(1) When parked in a licensed mobile home park; or
(2) When occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes outside of a licensed mobile
home park for less than thirty days in any one location.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2020, ord 20-61, sec 10.)25-4-10
Section 25-4-11. Power lines, utility substations, public buildings.
(a) Communication, transmission, and power lines of public and private utilities and
governmental agencies are permitted uses within any district.
(b) Any substation used by a public or private utility for the purpose of furnishing
telephone, gas, electricity, water, sewer, radio, or television shall be a permitted use
in any district provided that the use is not hazardous or dangerous to the
surrounding area and the director has issued plan approval for such use.
(c) Public uses, structures and buildings are permitted uses in any district, provided
that the director has issued plan approval for such use.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2006, ord 06-86, sec 2; am 2025, ord
25-66, sec 7.)25-4-11
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Section 25-4-12. Telecommunication antennas or towers.
(a) A telecommunication antenna or tower shall be permitted in all zoning districts;
provided that the antenna, tower, and its use are not hazardous or dangerous to the
surrounding area and the director has issued plan approval for such use. Co-
location of antennas upon an existing privately owned tower and expansion of
related support equipment within the project site is permitted provided, the
director issued plan approval or other relevant approval for the existing tower, base
station, or other antenna support structure. The ground lease areas of co-locating
carriers must be adjacent to the existing ground lease area and not located within
the open yard setback areas, and the co-location must not result in a ‘substantial
change’, as defined in Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations, section 1.6100.
Co-location that results in a ‘substantial change’ to the tower height or ground lease
area, as defined by the Federal Communication Commission, requires issuance of a
new plan approval.
(b) Telecommunication facilities developed by government agencies primarily to
protect public health, safety, and welfare, including but not limited to facilities for
police, fire, ambulance, and other emergency dispatch services, shall be exempt
from the telecommunication antenna and tower requirements provided in this
chapter.
(c) The minimum lot size requirements for telecommunication towers are as follows:
(1) The minimum lot size for the placement of any telecommunication tower
within the A, FA, IA and O zoning districts shall be five acres.
(2) The minimum lot size for the placement of any telecommunication tower
within a RS, RD, RM and RA zoning districts shall be one acre.
(3) No minimum lot size shall be required for the placement of telecommunication
towers within the V, CN, CG, CV, MCX, ML, MG and CDH zoning districts.
The minimum lot size may be reduced, upon finding that the issuance of a
variance by the director will not result in adverse impacts, including but not limited
to noise, light, glare, visual, drainage, or other detrimental effects to adjacent
properties.
(d) Except when located within the V, CN, CG, CV, MCX, ML, MG, or CDH districts, a
telecommunication tower shall be set back from every property line by a distance
not less than one hundred and twenty percent of the tower height as measured
from the ground level and not less than six hundred feet from any residence or
school.
(e) Fencing and Safety Measures. Telecommunication towers must be enclosed by
fencing a minimum of six feet in height, and towers must be equipped with an anti-
climbing device.
(f) The tower, together with the initial antennas or other equipment proposed to be
installed thereon, shall:
(1) Comply with the building code; and
(2) Where feasible, be equipped with:
(A) A redundant power supply capable of providing sufficient power for no
less than twenty-four hours; and
(B) Secondary data transmission capabilities that can support mass
notification messaging during a disaster.
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(g) The telecommunication antennas and tower shall comply with all applicable rules,
regulations and requirements of affected agencies, including the Federal Aviation
Administration and Federal Communications Commission. All exterior lighting,
except safety beacons required by the FAA, shall be:
(1) Fully shielded so that the bulb is not visible from any point above the height of
the bulb; and
(2) Turned off when human activity is not occurring in the lighted area.
(h) Should any state or federally listed or endangered species be found on the subject
property, the applicant shall comply with all applicable requirements of
Department of Land and Natural Resources-Division of Forestry and Wildlife
and/or the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
(i) Within one hundred twenty days of the permanent abandonment of the tower, the
applicant shall remove the tower and its antenna and accessory structures
(including the equipment building and the fence), down to, but not including the
concrete foundation. The applicant shall immediately provide written notification to
the director of the termination of the telecommunication tower and related
improvements and the removal of all structures.
(j) The director may require any conditions or changes in the location and design of
telecommunication antennas and towers necessary to carry out the purposes of this
chapter and the natural beauty chapter of the general plan. These conditions or
changes may include but not be limited to requiring stealth design (e.g., monopine,
monopalm) in order to reduce visual impacts to surrounding properties. If the
proposed site is located within an area of natural beauty as designated by the
general plan or is located along a roadway, bikeway, trail, or park used by the
public, the director may require an on-site or off-site relocation of the
telecommunication tower to mitigate visual impacts.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2010, ord 10-17, sec 3; am 2011, ord
11-25, sec 2; am 2025, ord 25-55, sec 7.)25-4-12
Section 25-4-13. Home occupations.
(a) A home occupation shall be permitted as incidental and subordinate to the use of a
dwelling in any district in which a dwelling is located, provided that the home
occupation does not change the character and external appearance of the dwelling.
(b) All home occupations shall comply with the following standards:
(1) The home occupation shall be conducted either entirely within the dwelling or,
if outside the dwelling, the activity shall be screened from public view.
(2) No exterior signs, symbols, displays or advertisements relating to the home
occupation shall be displayed, nor shall any interior signs be visible from the
public view.
(3) Any materials, supplies or products relating to the home occupation which are
stored outside of the dwelling or other fully enclosed building shall be screened
from the public view.
(4) Articles sold on the premises shall be limited to those produced by the home
occupation, or to instructional materials pertinent to the home occupation, or
to services provided by the home occupation.
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(5) Only one employee shall be permitted in addition to household members under
the home occupation.
(6) A minimum of one parking space shall be provided on the building site in
addition to parking required for the dwelling use or other permitted uses if the
home occupation involves customer or client visits or meetings. The director
may require additional parking spaces where the director finds that such
additional parking spaces may be reasonably necessary to avoid off-site or
inappropriate parking locations. Any resident of a multiple-family dwelling
may fulfill the parking requirement by the use of guest parking with the
written approval of the building owner, manager or condominium association.
(c) A person desiring to engage in a home occupation that involves any of the following
activities, shall file with the director, a declaration in the form designated by the
director, verifying that the home occupation will comply with all of the conditions
contained in subsection (b) and will not involve any of the activities listed under
subsection (e):
(1) Frequent customer or client visits;
(2) Frequent deliveries or pickups;
(3) Storage of materials, supplies or products related to the home occupation
outside of the dwelling or other fully enclosed building;
(4) Activities conducted outside of the dwelling; or
(5) Group instruction.
(d) A special permit shall be obtained for any home occupation on a building site that is
situated within either the State land use rural or agricultural district.
(e) The following activities shall not be permitted as home occupations:
(1) Contractor storage yards, including without limitation, the storage, use, repair
or fabrication of equipment designed or intended for use in land excavation or
in the construction of buildings or other structures or other similar heavy
equipment.
(2) Repair, fabrication or painting of automobiles or other motorized vehicles,
except those owned by household members and which are not sold or made
available for sale within one year of such activity regarding any particular
vehicle.
(3) Care, treatment or boarding of animals in exchange for money, goods, services
or other consideration.
(4) Any activities and uses which are only permitted in industrial districts.
(f) Any home occupation existing as of December 7, 1996, which involves any of the
activities listed under subsection (c) may continue as a nonconforming use until
September 30, 1997, at which time any such continued use without the filing of a
declaration, as provided under subsection (c) shall be considered illegal under this
chapter. Prior to September 30, 1997, any person may file a declaration for any
home occupation existing as of December 7, 1996, which involves any of the
activities listed under subsection (c), and upon the filing of such declaration, the
use shall be considered a permitted use.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-4-13
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(2) Within thirty days after the receipt of a notice of denial, the owner may appeal
to the board of appeals as provided by section 6-9.2, County Charter and
sections 25-2-20 through 25-2-24.
(g) Display. Current short-term vacation rental nonconforming use certificates shall
be displayed in a conspicuous place on the premises that is readily visible to an
inspector. In the event that a single address is associated with numerous
nonconforming use certificates, a listing of all units at that address holding current
certificates may be displayed in a conspicuous, readily visible common area instead.
(2018, ord 08-114, sec 2.) 25-4-16.1
Section 25-4-16.2. Prima facie evidence; short-term vacation rentals.
Advertising of any sort that offers a property as a short-term vacation rental shall
constitute prima facie evidence that a short-term vacation rental is operating on that
property. The burden of proof shall be on the owner or operator to establish either that
the property is not being used as a short-term vacation rental or that it is being used for
such purpose legally.
(2018, ord 08-114, sec 2.) 25-4-16.2
Section 25-4-16.3 Short-term vacation rental enforcement account.
(a) Pursuant to section 10-12, Hawai‘i County Charter, a special fund to be known as
the “short-term vacation rental enforcement fund” is created. This fund shall be
administered by the director.
(b) The purpose of the fund is to support efforts to enforce the County’s short-term
vacation rental law.
(c) This account shall be funded by all fees and fines collected in connection with the
administration and enforcement of the County’s short-term vacation rental law.
(d) The funds in this account shall be utilized to pay for expenses that facilitate
enforcement of the County’s short-term vacation rental enforcement law.
(2018, ord 08-114, sec 2.) 25-4-16.3
Section 25-4-17. Meeting facilities.
(a) A meeting facility may be used for organizations operating on a membership basis
for the promotion of members’ mutual interests or may be primarily intended for
community purposes.
(b) Meeting facilities, which may include special events, are permitted:
(1) In the RCX, V, CN, CG, CV, MCX, ML, MG, and CDH districts, provided that
the director has issued plan approval;
(2) In the RA, FA, and A districts, provided a use permit or a special permit is
obtained; and
(3) In the IA district, provided a special permit is obtained.
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(c) In the RS, RD, and RM districts:
(1) Gatherings within a dwelling for social, charitable, religious, political,
fundraising, cultural, or civic purposes that are incidental accessory uses to
the residential use of the property are permitted and considered a home-based
assembly, provided they occur no more than three times per week and each
gathering includes no more than twenty-five individuals, exclusive of the
family members of a person residing in the dwelling;
(2) Gatherings that exceed these limits shall be deemed a meeting facility and
shall require plan approval, including compliance with all requirements of
plan approval, such as parking; and
(3) A meeting facility may be used for a special event, provided that a use permit
is obtained for the special event.
(d) A meeting facility shall be subject to technical review by the department of public
works, Hawaii fire department, department of water supply, and State department
of health for compliance with current code and rule requirements.
(2025, ord 25-66, sec 8.) 25-4-17
Section 25-4-18. 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 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) 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 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 odor, waste,
and vectors in residential areas.
(2025, ord 25-85, sec 2.) 25-4-18
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Division 2. Heights.
Section 25-4-20. Height; general rules.
(a) No building or structure hereafter erected shall exceed the established zoning
district height limit, except as hereinafter permitted or otherwise regulated.
(b) If any existing structure exceeds the established zoning district height limits, it
shall not be further increased in height.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-4-20
Section 25-4-21. Basements and underground structures.
In all districts, any number of floors below ground may be permitted.
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Section 25-4-22. Exemptions from height limitations.
The following structures are exempt from zoning district height limits under the
specified restrictions:
(a) Chimneys, spires, belfries, water tanks, monuments, steeples, antennae, flag poles,
vent pipes, fans, structures housing or screening elevator machinery and other
similar features, not to exceed ten feet above the governing height limit.
(b) Safety railings not to exceed forty-two inches above the governing height limit.
(c) Utility poles and lines and telecommunication antennas not to exceed five hundred
feet from existing grade.
(d) One antenna for an amateur radio station operation per building site, not to exceed
ninety feet above existing grade.
(e) Wind machines, where permitted, provided that each machine shall be set back
from all property lines one foot for each foot of height, measured from the highest
vertical extension of the system.
(f) Any energy savings device, including heat pumps and solar collectors, not to exceed
eight feet above the governing height limit.
(g) Nonresidential agricultural structures in the A and IA districts, not to exceed one
hundred feet, as approved by the director upon finding that the additional height
above forty-five feet is necessary.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-4-22
Section 25-4-23. Accessory structure height limitations.
An accessory structure shall not exceed twenty feet in height, unless otherwise
specified in this chapter.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-4-23
Division 3. Street Frontage, Lot Areas and Widths.
Section 25-4-30. Minimum street frontage.
The following minimum street frontage standards apply to every building site:
(a) Fifty percent of the required building site average width for any building site in a
zoning district providing for a minimum building site of one acre or less, except for
flag lots, any building site located at the end of a cul-de-sac, and any building site
where the access to the building site is by means of a roadway easement.
(b) One hundred feet for any building site in a zoning district providing for a minimum
building site of over one acre, except for flag lots, any building site located at the
end of a cul-de-sac, and any building site where the access to the building site is by
means of a roadway easement.
(c) The width of the pole or fifteen feet for any flag lot.
(d) Fifteen feet for any building site located at the end of a cul-de-sac.
(e) No street frontage shall be required for any building site where access to the
building site is by means of a roadway easement.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-4-30
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Section 25-4-51. Required number of parking spaces.
(a) The number of parking spaces for each use shall be as follows:
(1) Agricultural tourism: one for each three hundred square feet of gross floor
area used principally for the agricultural tourism activity, but not fewer than
three spaces, plus bus parking if buses are allowed.
(2) Bed and breakfast establishments: one for each guest bedroom, in addition to
one for the dwelling unit.
(3) Bowling alleys: four for each alley.
(4) Commercial uses, including retail and office uses in RS, RD, RM, RCX, CN,
CG, CV, MCX, V, RA, FA, A and IA districts: one for each three hundred
square feet of gross floor area.
(5) Day care centers: one for each ten care recipients of design capacity or one for
every two hundred square feet of gross floor area, whichever is greater.
(6) Dwellings, multiple-family: one and one quarter for each unit. In the CDH
district, one for each unit on a property maintaining a unit density higher
than one thousand square feet of land area per rentable unit or dwelling unit.
(7) Dwellings, single-family and double-family or duplex: two for each dwelling
unit. In the CDH district, one for each unit on a property maintaining a unit
density higher than one thousand square feet of land area per rentable unit or
dwelling unit.
(8) Dwellings, single-family and double-family or duplex that are occupied for any
period of less than one hundred eighty days: one space for each rented
bedroom in addition to one space for the dwelling unit if rooms in the dwelling
unit are rented individually, or two spaces if the dwelling unit is rented as a
whole.
(9) Funeral homes, funeral services, mortuaries, and crematoriums: one for each
seventy-five square feet of gross floor area.
(10) Golf courses: four for every hole.
(11) Hospitals: one for each bed.
(12) Hotels and lodges:
(A) For hotel guest units without a kitchen, one for every three units;
(B) For hotel guest units with a kitchen, one and one quarter for each unit.
(13) Industrial uses in ML, MG, MCX, RA, FA, A and IA districts: one for each four
hundred square feet of gross floor area.
(14) Laundromats, cleaners (coin operated): one for every four machines.
(15) Major outdoor amusement and recreation facilities: one for each two hundred
square feet of gross floor area within enclosed buildings, plus one for every
three persons that the outdoor facilities are designed to accommodate when
used to the maximum capacity.
(16) Meeting facilities: one for each one hundred fifty square feet of gross floor area
or seven people, whichever is greater.
(17) Nursing homes, convalescent homes, rest homes and homes for the elderly: one
for every two beds.
(18) Parks: as determined by the director.
(19) Recreation facilities, outdoor or indoor, other than herein specified: one for
each two hundred square feet of gross floor area, plus three per court
(racquetball, tennis or similar activities).
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(20) Rooming and lodging houses, religious, fraternal or social orders having
sleeping accommodations: one for each two beds.
(21) Schools (elementary and intermediate): one for each twenty students of design
capacity, plus one for each four hundred square feet of office floor space.
(22) Schools (high, language, vocational, business, technical and trade, college): one
for each ten students of design capacity, plus one for each four hundred square
feet of office floor space.
(23) Special events: one for every one hundred fifty square feet of gross floor area
within enclosed buildings, plus one for every three persons for outdoor venues,
or as otherwise approved by the director.
(24) Sports arenas, auditoriums, theaters, assembly halls: one for every four seats.
(25) Swimming pools (community): one for each forty square feet of pool area.
(26) Warehouse and bulk storage establishments where there is no trade or retail
traffic: one for each one thousand square feet of gross floor area.
(b) No additional parking is required for any change of use in a building as long as the
previous use of the building had the required number of parking stalls for that use;
provided, that additional parking may be required for a change of use in any
building where the building is converted from residential to commercial use or from
warehouse and manufacturing use to retail or commercial use.
(c) Where uses and activities do not occur simultaneously, parking space requirements
may be shared, provided that:
(1) The utilization of the combined parking is shown to the satisfaction of the
director to be noncompeting as to time of use;
(2) The number of parking spaces is based on the largest parking requirement of
those respective facilities;
(3) The parking areas are not more than one thousand feet from any of the
buildings housing the activities; and
(4) The parking areas are encumbered for that use for the life of the facilities
being served.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2008, ord 08-155, sec 10; am 2012,
ord 12-91, sec 3; am 2013, ord 13-95, sec 1; am 2014, ord 14-85, sec 2; am 2017, ord
17-31, sec 2; am 2021, ord 21-26, sec 4; am 2025, ord 25-66, sec 9.)25-4-51
Section 25-4-52. Method of determining number of parking spaces.
(a) When computation of required parking spaces results in a fractional number, the
number of spaces required shall be the next highest whole number.
(b) In stadiums, sports arenas, meeting facilities, and other places of assembly in
which patrons or spectators occupy benches, pews or other similar seating facilities,
each twenty-four inches of width shall be counted as a seat for the purpose of
determining requirements for off-street parking.
(c) If bicycle parking stalls are constructed on any building site, the total number of
required parking spaces shall be reduced by one parking space for every five bicycle
parking stalls constructed.
(d) At least sixty-seven percent of the required parking shall be standard-sized parking
spaces, and thirty-three percent may be compact spaces.
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(e) The director may increase the required number of parking spaces for any use
during plan approval if the director reviews the proposed use and its impact to the
immediate area and finds that the increase will further the public safety,
convenience and welfare.
(f) If there is any doubt as to the requirements for off-street parking for any use not
specifically mentioned or for any other reason, the director shall determine the
required number of parking spaces for such use.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-4-52
Section 25-4-53. Minimum dimensions of parking spaces.
(a) Standard-sized automobile parking spaces shall be at least eighteen feet in length
and eight feet six inches in width, with curbside parallel spaces at least twenty-two
feet in length.
(b) Compact spaces shall be at least sixteen feet in length and seven feet six inches in
width, with curbside parallel spaces at least eighteen feet in length.
(c) Minimum aisle widths for parking bays shall be provided in accordance with the
following:
Angle of Parking to Curb Minimum Width
12’
to 0 (parallel)
14’
to 45
18’
to 60
24’
to 90(perpendicular)
(d) Parking spaces may have a three-foot unpaved car overhang area.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-4-53
Section 25-4-54. Standards and improvements to off-street parking spaces.
(a) All parking spaces shall be arranged so as to be individually accessible.
(b) Except for one duplex dwelling or two single-family dwellings on any single
building site, access to any individual parking space shall not be directly from or to
a street but must be reached from an on-site access driveway of proper design and
width to allow for passage of vehicles and necessary turning movements.
(c) In V, CN, CG, CV, MCX, ML, MG, RD, RM and RCX districts, parking spaces shall
be paved.
(d) For any permitted use in the RS, RA, FA, A or IA districts, the pavement of parking
spaces is not required, and any material may be used for the parking spaces that
will eliminate erosion, mud and standing water.
(e) For any parking space containing a building column, that column may intrude six
inches into the required width, provided that the building column shall not be
located at the entry of the parking space. A wall shall not be considered a building
column.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-4-54
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Section 25-4-68. Grounds for approval or denial.
The director shall approve an application for recognition of a de minimis structure
position discrepancy unless:
(a) The discrepancy is greater than the difference as allowed by the de minimis
structure position discrepancy definition, or
(b) The director finds that the improvement was placed with knowledge that it would
violate the minimum yard or open space requirements; or
(c) The improvement could be moved, or the discrepancy otherwise corrected, without
significant expense, difficulty, or hardship to the applicant.
(2002, ord 02-70, sec 3.)25-4-68
Section 25-4-69. Recognition of de minimis structure position discrepancy.
If the director accepts the application for recognition of de minimis structure
position discrepancy, the director shall notify the applicant in writing that the
discrepancy is not a violation of the zoning code and that it may remain in place without
a variance.
(2002, ord 02-70, sec 3.)25-4-69
Section 25-4-70. Disclosure.
A de minimis structure position discrepancy shall be disclosed by the owner to
subsequent purchasers of the property in question.
(2002, ord 02-70, sec 3.)25-4-70
Section 25-4-71. Appeals.
The director’s decision with respect to a de minimis structure position discrepancy
is appealable to the board of appeals.
(2002, ord 02-70, sec 3.)25-4-71
Article 5. Zoning District Regulations.
Division 1. RS, Single-Family Residential Districts.
Section 25-5-1. Purpose and applicability.
The RS (single-family residential) district provides for lower or low and medium
density residential use, for urban and suburban family life. It applies to areas having
facilities, and to carry out the above stated purpose.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-1
Section 25-5-2. Designation of RS districts.
Each RS (single-family residential) district shall be designated on the zoning map
by the symbol “RS” followed by a number which specifies the required minimum
building site area in thousands of square feet.
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Section 25-5-3. Permitted uses.
(a) The following uses shall be permitted in the RS district:
(1) Adult day care homes.
(2) Apiaries.
(3) Cemeteries and mausoleums, as permitted under chapter 6, article 1 of this
Code.
(4) Crop production.
(5) Dwellings, single-family.
(6) Family child care homes.
(7) Group living facilities.
(8) Home occupations, as permitted under section 25-4-13.
(9) Household henneries, as permitted under section 25-4-18.
(10) Meeting facilities, as permitted under section 25-4-17.
(11) Model homes, as permitted under section 25-4-8.
(12) Neighborhood parks, playgrounds, tennis courts, swimming pools, and similar
neighborhood recreational areas and uses.
(13) Public uses and structures, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(14) Short-term vacation rentals situated in the general plan resort and resort node
areas.
(15) Telecommunication antenna and towers, as permitted under section 25-4-12.
(16) Temporary real estate offices, as permitted under section 25-4-8.
(17) Utility substations, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(b) In addition to those uses permitted under subsection (a) above, the following uses
may be permitted in the RS district, provided that a use permit is issued for each
use:
(1) Bed and breakfast establishments as permitted under section 25-4-7.
(2) Care homes.
(3) Crematoriums, funeral homes, funeral services, and mortuaries.
(4) Day care centers.
(5) Golf courses and related golf course uses, including golf driving ranges, golf
maintenance buildings and golf club houses, provided that the property is
within the state land use urban or rural district. Golf courses and golf driving
ranges shall not be permitted within the state land use agricultural district
unless approved by the County before July 1, 2005.
(6) Hospitals, sanitariums, old age, convalescent, nursing and rest homes.
(7) Medical clinics.
(8) Schools.
(9) Special events.
(10) Yacht harbors and boating facilities.
(c) Buildings and uses normally considered directly accessory to the uses permitted in
this section shall also be permitted in the RS district.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2012, ord 12-28, sec 3; am 2014, ord
14-86, sec 3; am 2018, ord 18-114, sec 5; am 2019, ord 19-100, sec 3; am 2021, ord 21-26,
sec 5; am 2024, ord 24-65, secs 7 and 10; am 2025, ord 25-55, secs 8 and 9; ord 25-66,
sec 10; ord 25-85, sec 3.)25-5-3
Section 25-5-4. Height limit.
The height limit in the RS district shall be thirty-five feet.
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Section 25-5-5. Minimum building site area.
The minimum building site area in the RS district shall be seven thousand five
hundred square feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-5
Section 25-5-6. Minimum building site average width.
Each building site in the RS district shall have a minimum average width of sixty
feet, plus two feet for each five hundred square feet of required building site area in
excess of seven thousand five hundred square feet, except that no building site shall be
required to have an average width of more than one hundred fifty feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-6
Section 25-5-7. Minimum yards.
The minimum yards in the RS district shall be as follows:
(1) On a building site with a required area of seven thousand five hundred square
feet to and including nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine square feet:
(A) Front and rear yards, fifteen feet; and
(B) Side yards, eight feet.
(2) On a building site with a required area of ten thousand square feet to and
including nineteen thousand nine hundred ninety-nine square feet:
(A) Front and rear yards, twenty feet; and
(B) Side yards, ten feet.
(3) On a building site with a required area of twenty thousand square feet or
more:
(A) Front and rear yards, twenty-five feet; and
(B) Side yards, fifteen feet.
25-5-7
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 1997, ord 97-88, sec 1.)
Section 25-5-8. Other regulations.
(a) There may be more than one single-family dwelling on each building site in an RS
district provided there is not less than the required minimum building site area for
each dwelling.
(b) One guest house, in addition to a single-family dwelling, may be located on any
building site in the RS district.
(c) An accessory dwelling unit may be located on any building site in the RS district, as
permitted under article 6, division 3 of this chapter.
(d) If a legal building site in the RS district has less area or average width than is
required, then the yard requirements for the building site shall be the same as in
the RS district having the largest requirements for which the building site can
comply.
(e) Exceptions to the regulations for the RS district regarding heights, building site
areas, building site average widths and yards, may be approved by the commission
within a planned unit development, or by the director within a cluster plan
development.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2015, ord 15-33, sec 3; am 2024, ord
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Division 2. RD, Double-Family Residential Districts.
Section 25-5-20. Purpose and applicability.
The RD (double-family residential) district provides for moderate density use
characterized by the establishment of single or double-family dwellings on each building
site. It applies to areas with developed community facilities. It may occupy a
transitional area between RS districts and those districts having a more intense use of
land.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-20
Section 25-5-21. Designation and density of RD districts.
Each RD (double-family residential district) shall be designated on the zoning map
by the symbol “RD” followed by the number “3.75” which requires that the minimum
land area for each dwelling unit shall be three thousand seven hundred fifty square
feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-21
Section 25-5-22. Permitted uses.
(a) The following uses shall be permitted in the RD district:
(1) Adult day care homes.
(2) Apiaries.
(3) Bed and breakfast establishments as permitted under section 25-4-7.
(4) Cemeteries and mausoleums, as permitted under chapter 6, article 1 of this
Code.
(5) Crop production.
(6) Dwellings, double-family or duplex.
(7) Dwellings, single-family.
(8) Family child care homes.
(9) Group living facilities.
(10) Home occupations, as permitted under section 25-4-13.
(11) Household henneries, as permitted under section 25-4-18.
(12) Meeting facilities, as permitted under section 25-4-17.
(13) Model homes, as permitted under section 25-4-8.
(14) Neighborhood parks, playgrounds, tennis courts, swimming pools, and similar
neighborhood recreational areas and uses.
(15) Public uses and structures, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(16) Short-term vacation rentals situated in the general plan resort and resort node
areas.
(17) Telecommunication antenna and towers, as permitted under section 25-4-12.
(18) Temporary real estate offices, as permitted under section 25-4-8.
(19) Utility substations, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(b) In addition to those uses permitted under subsection (a) above, the following uses
may be permitted in the RD district, provided that a use permit is issued for each
use:
(1) Care homes.
(2) Crematoriums, funeral homes, funeral services, and mortuaries.
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(3) Day care centers.
(4) Golf courses and related golf course uses, including golf driving ranges, golf
maintenance buildings and golf club houses, provided that the property is
within the state land use urban or rural district. Golf courses and golf driving
ranges shall not be permitted within the state land use agricultural district
unless approved by the County before July 1, 2005.
(5) Hospitals, sanitariums, old age, convalescent, nursing and rest homes.
(6) Medical clinics.
(7) Schools.
(8) Special events.
(9) Yacht harbors and boating facilities.
(c) Buildings and uses normally considered directly accessory to the uses permitted
under this section shall also be permitted in the RD district.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2012, ord 12-28, sec 4; am 2014, ord
14-86, sec 4; am 2018, ord 18-114, sec 6; am 2019, ord 19-100, sec 4; am 2021, ord 21-26,
sec 6; am 2024, ord 24-65, secs 7 and 10; am 2025, ord 25-55, secs 8 and 9; ord 25-66,
sec 11; ord 25-85, sec 3.)25-5-22
Section 25-5-23. Height limit.
The height limit in the RD district shall be thirty-five feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-23
Section 25-5-24. Minimum building site area.
The minimum building site area in the RD district shall be seven thousand five
hundred square feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-24
Section 25-5-25. Minimum building site average width.
Each building site in the RD district shall have a minimum average width of sixty
feet, plus two feet for each five hundred square feet of required building site area in
excess of seven thousand five hundred square feet, except that no building site shall be
required to have an average width of more than one hundred fifty feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-25
Section 25-5-26. Minimum yards.
The minimum yards in the RD district shall be as follows:
(1) On a building site with a required area of seven thousand five hundred square
feet to and including nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine square feet:
(A) Front and rear yards, fifteen feet; and
(B) Side yards, eight feet.
(2) On a building site with a required area of ten thousand square feet to and
including nineteen thousand nine hundred ninety-nine square feet:
(A) Front and rear yards, twenty feet; and
(B) Side yards, ten feet.
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(3) On a building site with a required area of twenty thousand square feet or
more:
(A) Front and rear yards, twenty-five feet; and
(B) Side yards, fifteen feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 1997, ord 97-88, sec 2.)25-5-266
Section 25-5-27. Other regulations.
(a) There may be more than one double-family dwelling or more than two single-family
dwellings or any combination thereof on each building site in the RD district;
provided that the minimum land area requirement for each dwelling unit is met.
(b) There shall be at least fifteen feet between the exterior walls of each main structure
on the same building site in the RD district.
(c) Plan approval shall be required for all new buildings and additions to existing
buildings in the RD district, except for construction of one single-family dwelling
and any accessory buildings per lot.
(d) An accessory dwelling unit may be located on any building site in the RD district,
as permitted under article 6, division 3 of this chapter.
(e) Exceptions to the regulations for the RD district regarding heights, building site
areas, building site average widths and yards, may be approved by the commission
within a planned unit development.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2005, ord 05-155, sec 3; am 2015,
ord 15-33, sec 4; am 2024, ord 24-70, sec 9.)25-5-27
Division 3. RM, Multiple-Family Residential Districts.
Section 25-5-30. Purpose and applicability.
The RM (multiple-family residential) district provides for medium and high density
residential use. It covers areas with full community facilities and services. It may
occupy transition areas between commercial or industrial areas and other districts of
less intense land use.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-30
Section 25-5-31. Designation and density of RM districts.
(a) Each RM (multiple-family residential) district shall be designated on the zoning
map by the symbol “RM” followed by a number which indicates the required land
area, in thousands of square feet, for each dwelling unit or for each separate
rentable unit in the case of boarding, rooming, or lodging houses, fraternity or
sorority houses.
(b) In case any of the permitted uses have dormitories, two beds shall be equivalent to
one separate rentable unit for purposes related to the required land area in the RM
district.
(c) The maximum density designation in the RM district shall be .75 or seven hundred
fifty square feet of land area per dwelling unit or separate rentable unit.
(d) In the RM district the following density designations shall be used: .75, 1, 1.5, 2,
2.5, 3, 3.5, 4 and upward in 0.5 increments.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-31
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Section 25-5-32. Permitted uses.
(a) The following uses shall be permitted in the RM district:
(1) Adult day care homes.
(2) Apiaries.
(3) Bed and breakfast establishments, as permitted under section 25-4-7.
(4) Boarding facilities, rooming, or lodging houses.
(5) Cemeteries and mausoleums, as permitted under chapter 6, article 1 of this
Code.
(6) Commercial or personal service uses, on a small scale, as approved by the
director, provided that the total gross floor area does not exceed one thousand
two hundred square feet and a maximum of five employees.
(7) Crop production.
(8) Dwellings, double-family or duplex.
(9) Dwellings, multiple-family.
(10) Dwellings, single-family.
(11) Family child care homes.
(12) Group living facilities.
(13) Home occupations, as permitted under section 25-4-13.
(14) Household henneries, as permitted under section 25-4-18.
(15) Meeting facilities, as permitted under section 25-4-17.
(16) Model homes, as permitted under section 25-4-8.
(17) Neighborhood parks, playgrounds, tennis courts, swimming pools, and similar
neighborhood recreational areas and uses.
(18) Public uses and structures, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(19) Short-term vacation rentals situated in any of the following:
(A) General plan resort and resort node areas.
(B) Outside the general plan resort and resort node areas, in multiple family
dwellings within a condominium property regime as defined and
governed by chapters 514A or 514B, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes.
(20) Telecommunication antenna and towers, as permitted under section 25-4-12.
(21) Temporary real estate offices, as permitted under section 25-4-8.
(22) Time share units situated in any of the following:
(A) Areas designated as resort under the general plan land use pattern
allocation guide (LUPAG) map.
(B) Areas determined by the director to be within resort areas identified by
the general plan land use element, except for retreat resort areas.
(C) Areas determined for such use by the council, by resolution.
(23) Utility substations, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(b) In addition to those uses permitted under subsection (a) above, the following uses
may be permitted in the RM district, provided that a use permit is issued for each
use:
(1) Care homes.
(2) Crematoriums, funeral homes, funeral services, and mortuaries.
(3) Day care centers.
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(4) Golf courses and related golf course uses, including golf driving ranges, golf
maintenance buildings and golf club houses, provided that the property is
within the state land use urban or rural district. Golf courses and golf driving
ranges shall not be permitted within the state land use agricultural district
unless approved by the County before July 1, 2005.
(5) Hospitals, sanitariums, old age, convalescent, nursing and rest homes.
(6) Medical clinics.
(7) Schools.
(8) Special events.
(9) Yacht harbors and boating facilities.
(c) Buildings and uses normally considered directly accessory to the uses permitted in
this section shall also be permitted in the RM district.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2012, ord 12-28, sec 5; am 2014, ord
14-86, sec 5; am 2018, ord 18-114, sec 7; am 2019, ord 19-100, sec 5; am 2021, ord 21-26,
sec 7; am 2024, ord 24-65, secs 7 and 10; am 2025, ord 25-55, secs 8 and 9; ord 25-66,
sec 12; ord 25-85, sec 3.)25-5-32
Section 25-5-33. Height limit.
(a) In areas in the County outside of the City of Hilo, the height limit in the RM
district shall be forty-five feet.
(b) In the City of Hilo, the height limit in the RM district shall be one hundred twenty
feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-33
Section 25-5-34. Minimum building site area.
The minimum building site in the RM district shall be seven thousand five hundred
square feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-34
Section 25-5-35. Minimum building site average width.
Each building site in the RM district shall have a minimum average width of sixty
feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-35
Section 25-5-36. Minimum yards.
Minimum yards in the RM district shall be as follows:
(1) Front and rear yards, twenty feet; and
(2) Side yards, eight feet for a one-story building, plus an additional two feet for
each additional story.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified 1999, ord 96-160, sec 1.)25-5-36
Section 25-5-37. Landscaping.
Landscaping shall be provided on a minimum of twenty percent of the total land
area of any building site in the RM district, except for lots containing only one single-
family dwelling and accessory buildings. Parking areas shall not be included within the
area required for landscaping on any building site.
25-5-37
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999, am 2005, ord 05-155, sec 4.)
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Section 25-5-38. Other regulations.
(a) There may be more than one main building on any building site in the RM district.
(b) Distance between main buildings on the same building site in the RM district shall
be at least fifteen feet.
(c) Plan approval shall be required for all new buildings and additions to existing
buildings in the RM district, except for construction of one single-family dwelling
and any accessory buildings per lot.
(d) Exceptions to the regulations for the RM district regarding heights, building site
areas, building site average widths and yards, may be approved by the commission
within a planned unit development.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2005, ord 05-155, sec 5; am 2015,
ord 15-33, sec 4.)25-5-38
Division 4. RCX, Residential-Commercial Mixed Use Districts.
Section 25-5-40. Purpose and applicability.
The RCX (residential-commercial mixed use) district provides for the mixing of
some small-scale service type commercial uses in a district that is primarily residential
in character. The intent of this district is to allow a residential area to have certain
convenience type of commercial uses so as to provide more of a neighborhood character
to the residential area.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-40
Section 25-5-41. Designation and density of RCX districts.
(a) Each RCX (residential-commercial mixed use) district shall be designated on the
zoning map by the symbol “RCX” followed by a number which indicates the
required land area, in thousands of square feet for each dwelling unit, or for each
separate rentable unit in the case of boarding, rooming, or lodging houses,
fraternity or sorority houses, or for each commercial unit.
(b) In case any of the permitted uses have dormitories, two beds shall be equivalent to
one separate rentable unit for purposes related to the required land area in the
RCX district.
(c) The maximum density designation in the RCX district shall be .75 which means
seven hundred fifty square feet of land area per dwelling unit or separate rentable
unit.
(d) In the RCX district the following density designations shall be used: .75, 1, 1.5, 2,
2.5, 3, 3.5, 4 and upward in 0.5 increments.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-41
Section 25-5-42. Permitted uses.
(a) The following uses shall be permitted in the RCX district:
(1) Adult day care homes.
(2) Apiaries.
(3) Bed and breakfast establishments, as permitted under section 25-4-7.
(4) Boarding facilities, rooming, or lodging houses.
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(5) Cemeteries and mausoleums, as permitted under chapter 6, article 1 of this
Code.
(6) Commercial or personal service uses, on a small scale, as approved by the
director.
(7) Convenience stores.
(8) Crop production.
(9) Day care centers.
(10) Dwellings, double-family or duplex.
(11) Dwellings, multiple-family.
(12) Dwellings, single-family.
(13) Family child care homes.
(14) Group living facilities.
(15) Home occupations, as permitted under section 25-4-13.
(16) Household henneries, as permitted under section 25-4-18.
(17) Medical clinics.
(18) Meeting facilities, including special events, as permitted under section
25-4-17.
(19) Model homes, as permitted under section 25-4-8.
(20) Neighborhood parks, playgrounds, tennis courts, swimming pools, and similar
neighborhood recreational areas and uses.
(21) Public uses and structures, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(22) Restaurants.
(23) Schools.
(24) Short-term vacation rentals situated in the general plan resort and resort node
areas.
(25) Special events.
(26) Telecommunication antenna and towers, as permitted under section 25-4-12.
(27) Utility substations, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(b) In addition to those uses permitted under subsection (a) above, the following uses
may be permitted in the RCX district, provided that a use permit is issued for each
use:
(1) Care homes.
(2) Crematoriums, funeral homes, funeral services, and mortuaries.
(3) Golf courses and related golf course uses, including golf driving ranges, golf
maintenance buildings and golf club houses, provided that the property is
within the state land use urban or rural district. Golf courses and golf driving
ranges shall not be permitted within the state land use agricultural district
unless approved by the County before July 1, 2005.
(4) Hospitals, sanitariums, old age, convalescent, nursing and rest homes.
(5) Major outdoor amusement and recreation facilities.
(6) Yacht harbors and boating facilities.
(c) Buildings and uses normally considered directly accessory to the above uses shall
also be permitted in the RCX district.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2012, ord 12-28, sec 6; am 2014, ord
14-86, sec 6; am 2018, ord 18-114, sec 8; am 2024, ord 24-65, secs 7 and 10; am 2025, ord
25-55, secs 8 and 9; ord 25-66, sec 13; ord 25-85, sec 3.)25-5-42
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(11) Family child care homes.
(12) Group living facilities.
(13) Household henneries, as permitted under section 25-4-18.
(14) Kennels, provided that the building site is a minimum of five acres in area and
the structures are located at least one hundred feet away from any lot line.
(15) Livestock production (excluding pigs), provided that:
(A) The requirements of the department of health are met;
(B) Approval of the director is obtained; and
(C) Any feed or water area, salt lick, corral, run, barn, shed, stable, house,
hutch, or other enclosure for the keeping of any permitted animal shall
be located at least seventy-five feet from any lot line.
(16) Parks, playgrounds, tennis courts, swimming pools, and other similar open
area recreational facilities.
(17) Public uses and structures, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(18) Roadside stands for the sale of agricultural products grown on the premises.
(19) Stables, commercial or boarding, provided that the building site is a minimum
of five acres in area and the structures are located at least one hundred feet
away from any lot line.
(20) Telecommunication antenna and towers, as permitted under section 25-4-12.
(21) Utility substations, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(22) Veterinary establishments.
(b) The following uses may be permitted in the RA district, provided that a use permit
is issued for each use:
(1) Golf courses and related golf course uses, including golf driving ranges, golf
maintenance buildings and golf club houses, provided that the property is
within the state land use urban or rural district. Golf courses and golf driving
ranges shall not be permitted within the state land use agricultural district
unless approved by the County before July 1, 2005.
(c) The following uses may be permitted in the RA district, provided that if a building
site is located within the State land use rural district, the following uses may be
permitted if a special permit is obtained for such use:
(1) Bed and breakfast establishments, as permitted under section 25-4-7.
(2) Country clubs, tennis clubs and other similar recreational facilities which
include buildings or indoor recreational features.
(3) Drive-in theaters.
(4) Guest ranches.
(5) Home occupations, as permitted under section 25-4-13.
(6) Lodges.
(7) Model homes, as permitted under section 25-4-8.
(8) Temporary real estate offices, as permitted under section 25-4-8.
(9) Uses, other than those specifically listed in this section, which meet the
standards for a special permit under chapter 205, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes.
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(d) The following uses may be permitted in the RA district, provided that either a use
permit is issued for each use if the building site is within the State land use urban
district or a special permit is issued for each use if the building site is within the
State land use rural district:
(1) Bed and breakfast establishments, as permitted under section 25-4-7.
(2) Crematoriums, funeral homes, funeral services, and mortuaries.
(3) Day care centers.
(4) Hospitals, sanitariums, old age, convalescent, nursing and rest homes.
(5) Major outdoor amusement and recreation facilities, includes stadiums, sports
arenas, and other similar open air recreational uses.
(6) Medical Clinics.
(7) Meeting facilities, including special events, as permitted under section
25-4-17.
(8) Schools.
(9) Special events.
(10) Yacht harbors and boating facilities.
(e) Buildings and uses accessory to the uses permitted in this section shall also be
permitted in the RA district.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2008, ord 08-155, sec 11; am 2010,
ord 10-17, sec 4; am 2012, ord 12-28, sec 7; ord 12-124, sec 6; am 2014, ord 14-86, sec 7;
am 2021, ord 21-26, sec 8; am 2024, ord 24-65, secs 7 and 10; am 2025, ord 25-55, secs 8
and 9; ord 25-66, sec 14; ord 25-85, sec 3.)25-5-52
Section 25-5-53. Height limit.
The height limit in the RA district shall be thirty-five feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-53
Section 25-5-54. Minimum building site area.
The minimum building site area in the RA district shall be one-half acre. RA
districts having larger areas may be designated in increments of one-half acre up to a
recommended maximum of three acres. The recommended maximum does not specify
an absolute upper limit for any building site in the RA district.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-54
Section 25-5-55. Minimum building site average width.
Each building site in the RA district shall have a minimum average width of one
hundred feet for the first one-half acre of required area, plus twenty feet for each
additional one-half acre of required area; provided that no building site shall be
required to have an average width greater than three hundred feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-55
Section 25-5-56. Minimum yards.
Minimum yards in the RA district shall be as follows:
(1) Front and rear yards, twenty-five feet; and
(2) Side yards, fifteen feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-56
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Section 25-5-57. Other regulations.
(a) If any legal building site in the RA district has an area less than one-half acre, then
the yard and height requirements for the building site shall be the same as the
yard requirements for the RS district.
(b) Plan approval shall be required prior to the construction or installation of any new
structure or development, or of any addition to an existing structure or
development which is used for minor agricultural products processing.
(c) An accessory dwelling unit may be located on any building site in the RA district,
as permitted under article 6, division 3 of this chapter.
(d) Exceptions to the regulations for the RA district regarding heights, building site
areas, building site average widths and yards, may be approved by the commission
within a planned unit development pursuant to article 6, division 1 of this chapter.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2015, ord 15-33, sec 4; am 2024, ord
24-70, sec 8.)25-5-57
Division 6. FA, Family Agricultural Districts.
Section 25-5-60. Purpose and applicability.
The FA (family agricultural) district provides for a blend of small-scale agricultural
operations associated with residential activities and which may be characterized by
farm estates, small acreage farms, or subsistence lots. The FA district is intended to be
in areas designated as being within the State land use agricultural district, where
public services and infrastructure are appropriate to support the very low density
residential needs of a rural community and where substantial number of parcels are
less than five acres in size, and where a mix of uses will not conflict with or be
detrimental to existing agricultural uses in the surrounding area.
In addition, this district is intended to be primarily comprised of agricultural lands
less than five acres in area, which are not classified as A or B lands under the land
study bureau’s master productivity rating, or classified as prime, unique, or other
important agricultural lands. Provided, that this district may include lands so classified
if the lands are situated within an urban expansion or other urban designation under
the general plan land use pattern allocation guide (LUPAG) map.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-60
Section 25-5-61. Designation of FA districts.
Each FA (family agricultural) district shall be designated on the zoning map by the
symbol “FA” followed by a number and the lower case letter “a” which indicates the
required number of acres for each building site. For example, FA-1a means a family
agricultural district with a minimum building site area of one acre.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-61
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Section 25-5-62. Permitted uses.
(a) The following uses shall be permitted in FA districts:
(1) Agricultural products processing, minor, provided that the area or buildings
used for such processing, shall be located at least seventy-five feet from any
street.
(2) Agricultural tourism as permitted under section 25-4-15.
(3) Animal hospitals.
(4) Apiaries.
(5) Aquaculture.
(6) Botanical gardens, nurseries and greenhouses, seed farms, plant experimental
stations, arboretums, floriculture, and similar uses dealing with the growing of
plants.
(7) Campgrounds, parks, playgrounds, tennis courts, swimming pools, and other
similar open area recreational facilities, where none of the recreational
features are entirely enclosed in a building.
(8) Cemeteries and mausoleums, as permitted under chapter 6, article 1 of this
Code.
(9) Crop production.
(10) Dwelling, single-family, as permitted under chapter 205, Hawai‘i Revised
Statutes and as permitted under section 25-5-67(b).
(11) Farm dwellings, as permitted under section 25-5-67(b) and (c).
(12) Game and fish propagation.
(13) Group living facilities.
(14) Kennels.
(15) Livestock, grazing; provided that any feed or water area, salt lick, corral, run,
barn, shed, stable, house, hutch, or other enclosure for the keeping of any
permitted animals shall be located at least seventy-five feet from any lot line.
(16) Public uses and structures, necessary for agricultural practices.
(17) Retention, restoration, rehabilitation, or improvement of buildings or sites of
historic or scenic interest.
(18) Riding academies, and rental or boarding stables.
(19) Roadside stands for the sale of agricultural products grown on the premises.
(20) Telecommunication antenna and towers, as permitted under section 25-4-12.
(21) Utility substations, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(22) Vehicle and equipment storage areas that are directly accessory to
aquaculture, crop production, game and fish propagation, and livestock
grazing.
(23) Veterinary establishments.
(b) The following uses may be permitted in the FA district, provided that a use permit
is issued for each use:
(1) Golf courses and related golf course uses, including golf driving ranges, golf
maintenance buildings and golf club houses, provided that the property is
within the state land use urban or rural district. Golf courses and golf driving
ranges shall not be permitted within the state land use agricultural district
unless approved by the County before July 1, 2005.
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(c) The following uses may be permitted in the FA district, provided that a special
permit is obtained for such use if the building site is located within the State land
use agricultural district:
(1) Adult day care homes.
(2) Bed and breakfast establishments, as permitted under section 25-4-7.
(3) Family child care homes.
(4) Home occupations, as permitted under section 25-4-13.
(5) Model homes, as permitted under section 25-4-8.
(6) Public uses and structures, other than those necessary for agricultural
practices, as provided under section 25-4-11.
(7) Temporary real estate offices, as permitted under section 25-4-8.
(8) Uses, other than those specifically listed in this section, which meet the
standards for a special permit under chapter 205, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes.
(d) The following uses may be permitted in the FA district, provided that either a use
permit is issued for each use if the building site is outside of the State land use
agricultural district or a special permit is issued for each use if the building site is
within the State land use agricultural district:
(1) Bed and breakfast establishments, as permitted under section 25-4-7.
(2) Crematoriums, funeral homes, funeral services, and mortuaries.
(3) Day care centers.
(4) Hospitals, sanitariums, old age, convalescent, nursing and rest homes.
(5) Major outdoor amusement and recreation facilities, includes stadiums, sports
arenas, and other similar open air recreational uses.
(6) Medical clinics.
(7) Meeting facilities, including special events, as permitted under section
25-4-17.
(8) Schools.
(9) Special events.
(e) Buildings and uses accessory to the uses permitted in this section shall also be
permitted in the FA district.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2008, ord 08-155, sec 12; am 2010,
ord 10-17, sec 5; am 2012, ord 12-28, sec 8; ord 12-124, sec 7; am 2014, ord 14-86, sec 8;
am 2021, ord 21-26, sec 9; am 2021, ord 21-52, sec 8; am 2024, ord 24-65, secs 7 and 10;
25-5-62
am 2025, ord 25-55, secs 8 and 9; ord 25-66, sec 15.)
Section 25-5-63. Height limits.
The height limit in FA districts shall be thirty-five feet for any residential
structure, including any single-family dwelling or farm dwelling, and forty-five feet for
all other structures.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-63
Section 25-5-64. Minimum building site area.
The minimum building site area in the FA district shall be one acre. Other FA
districts having larger areas may be designated in increments of one acre up to a
recommended maximum of five acres.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-64
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Section 25-5-65. Minimum building site average width.
Each building site in the FA district must have a minimum average width of one
hundred twenty feet for the initial one acre of required area plus twenty feet for each
additional acre of required area; provided that no building site shall be required to have
an average width greater than three hundred feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-65
Section 25-5-66. Minimum yards.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the minimum yards in the FA district
shall be thirty feet for front and rear yards and twenty feet for side yards.
(b) In the FA district, accessory buildings and enclosures (other than fences under
eight feet high) for the shelter and confinement of any livestock shall be at least
thirty feet from the side and rear property lines.
(c) Appropriate additional setbacks from adjacent residential zoned lands may be
required by the director for those facilities and uses which may include more
frequently used machinery and equipment in order to minimize potential lighting,
odor, vector and air and water quality impacts.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-66
Section 25-5-67. Other regulations.
(a) If any legal building site in an FA district has an area of less than one acre, then
the yard and height requirements for the building site shall be the same as the
yard and height requirements in the RA district.
(b) One single-family dwelling or one farm dwelling shall be permitted on any building
site in the FA district. A farm dwelling is a single-family dwelling located on or
used in connection with a farm or if the agricultural activity provides income to the
family occupying the dwelling.
(c) Additional farm dwellings may be permitted in the FA district only upon the
following conditions:
(1) A farm dwelling agreement for each additional farm dwelling, on a form
prepared by the director, shall be executed between the owner of the building
site, any lessee having a lease on the building site with a term exceeding one
year from the date of the farm dwelling agreement, and the County. The
agreement shall require the dwelling to be used for farm-related purposes.
(2) The applicant shall submit an agricultural development and use program,
farm plan or other evidence of the applicant’s continual agricultural
productivity or farming operation within the County to the director. Such plan
shall also show how the farm dwelling will be utilized for farm-related
purposes.
(d) An accessory dwelling unit may be located on any building site in the FA district, as
permitted under article 6, division 3 of this chapter.
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(e) Exceptions to the regulations for the FA district regarding heights, building site
areas, building site average widths and yards, may be approved by the commission
within a planned unit development.
(f) Plan approval shall be required prior to the construction or installation of any new
structure or development, or of any addition to an existing structure or
development which is used for minor agricultural products processing.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2015, ord 15-33, sec 4; am 2024, ord
25-5-67
24-70, sec 8.)
Division 7. A, Agricultural Districts.
Section 25-5-70. Purpose and applicability.
The A (agricultural) district provides for agricultural and very low density
agriculturally-based residential use, encompassing rural areas of good to marginal
agricultural and grazing land, forest land, game habitats, and areas where urbanization
is not found to be appropriate.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-70
Section 25-5-71. Designation of A districts.
Each A (agricultural) district shall be designated on the zoning map by the symbol
“A” followed by a number together with the lower case letter “a” which indicates the
required or minimum number of acres for each building site. For example, A-10a means
an agricultural district with a minimum building site area of ten acres.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-71
Section 25-5-72. Permitted uses.
(a) The following uses shall be permitted in the A district:
(1) Agricultural parks.
(2) Agricultural products processing, major and minor.
(3) Agricultural tourism as permitted under section 25-4-15.
(4) Animal hospitals.
(5) Apiaries.
(6) Aquaculture.
(7) Botanical gardens, nurseries and greenhouses, seed farms, plant experimental
stations, arboretums, floriculture, and similar uses dealing with the growing of
plants.
(8) Campgrounds, parks, playgrounds, tennis courts, swimming pools, and other
similar open area recreational facilities, where none of the recreational
features are entirely enclosed in a building.
(9) Cemeteries and mausoleums, as permitted under chapter 6, article 1 of this
Code.
(10) Crop production.
(11) Dwelling, single-family, as permitted under chapter 205, Hawai‘i Revised
Statutes and as permitted under section 25-5-77(b).
(12) Farm dwellings, as permitted under section 25-5-77(b) and (c).
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(13) Fertilizer yards utilizing only manure and soil, for commercial use.
(14) Forestry.
(15) Game and fish propagation.
(16) Group living facilities.
(17) Kennels.
(18) Livestock production, provided that piggeries and pen feeding of livestock shall
only be located on sites approved by the State department of health and the
director, and must be located no closer than one thousand feet away from any
major public street or from any other zoning district.
(19) Public uses and structures which are necessary for agricultural practices.
(20) Retention, restoration, rehabilitation, or improvement of building or sites of
historic or scenic interest.
(21) Riding academies, and rental or boarding stables.
(22) Roadside stands for the sale of agricultural products grown on the premises.
(23) Telecommunication antenna and towers, as permitted under section 25-4-12.
(24) Utility substations, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(25) Vehicle and equipment storage areas that are directly accessory to
aquaculture, crop production, game and fish propagation, livestock grazing
and livestock production.
(26) Veterinary establishments.
(27) Wind energy facilities.
(b) The following uses may be permitted in the A district, provided that a use permit is
issued for each use:
(1) Golf courses and related golf course uses, including golf course driving ranges,
golf maintenance buildings and golf club houses, provided that the property is
within the state land use urban or rural district. Golf courses and golf driving
ranges shall not be permitted within the state land use agricultural district
unless approved by the County before July 1, 2005.
(c) The following uses may be permitted in the A district, provided that a special
permit is obtained for such use if the building site is located within the State land
use agricultural district:
(1) Adult day care homes.
(2) Airfields, heliports, and private landing strips.
(3) Bed and breakfast establishments, as permitted under section 25-4-7.
(4) Excavation or removal of natural building material or minerals, for
commercial use.
(5) Family child care homes.
(6) Guest ranches.
(7) Home occupations, as permitted under section 25-4-13.
(8) Lodges.
(9) Model homes, as permitted under section 25-4-8.
(10) Public dumps.
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(11) Public uses and structures, other than those necessary for agricultural
practices, as provided under section 25-4-11.
(12) Temporary real estate offices, as permitted under section 25-4-8.
(13) Trailer parks with density of three thousand five hundred square feet of land
area per trailer, provided that plan approval is secured prior to commencing
such use.
(14) Uses, other than those specifically listed in this section, which meet the
standards for a special permit under chapter 205, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes.
(d) The following uses may be permitted in the A district, provided that either a use
permit is issued for each use if the building site is outside of the State land use
agricultural district or a special permit is issued for each use if the building site is
within the State land use agricultural district:
(1) Bed and breakfast establishments, as permitted under section 25-4-7.
(2) Crematoriums, funeral homes, funeral services, and mortuaries.
(3) Day care centers.
(4) Hospitals, sanitariums, old age, convalescent, nursing and rest homes.
(5) Major outdoor amusement and recreation facilities.
(6) Medical clinics.
(7) Meeting facilities, including special events, as permitted under section
25-4-17.
(8) Schools.
(9) Special events.
(e) Buildings and uses accessory to the uses permitted in this section shall also be
permitted in the A district.
(f) No building site shall be established after December 1, 1996 which shall in any way
restrict or limit aquaculture, horticulture, production of crops, keeping of livestock,
game and fish propagation, or the processing, sale or other commercial use of the
products of such uses.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2008, ord 08-155, sec 13; am 2010,
ord 10-17, sec 6; am 2012, ord 12-28, sec 9; ord 12-124, sec 8; am 2014, ord 14-86, sec 9;
am 2021, ord 21-26, sec 10; am 2024, ord 24-65, secs 7, 8, and 10; am 2025, ord 25-55,
25-5-72
secs 8 and 9; ord 25-66, sec 16.)
Section 25-5-73. Height limit.
The height limit in the A district shall be thirty-five feet for any residential
structure, including any single-family dwelling, or farm dwelling, and forty-five feet for
all other structures. The director may, however, permit by plan approval, any
nonresidential agricultural structures to be constructed to a height of one hundred feet,
if the director determines that the additional height above the forty-five foot height
limit is necessary.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-73
Section 25-5-74. Minimum building site area.
The minimum building site area in the A district shall be five acres.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-74
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Section 25-5-75. Minimum building site average width.
Each building site in the A district shall have a minimum average width of two
hundred feet for the first five acres of required area plus twenty feet for each additional
acre of required area. Provided that no building site shall be required to have an
average width greater than one thousand feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-75
Section 25-5-76. Minimum yards.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the minimum yards in the A district
shall be thirty feet for front and rear yards, and twenty feet for side yards.
(b) For accessory uses such as shade cloth structures used in controlling the amount of
sunlight in the raising of plants and flowers, rear, side and front yards in the A
district shall be at least ten feet, except where the A district shares common
boundaries with urban zones and main government roads.
(c) For accessory uses such as plastic roofed and shade cloth wooden or metal framed
structures used in controlling the amount of sunlight, rainfall, wind and other
elements of nature in the raising of fruits, vegetables and similar agricultural
products, rear, side and front yards shall be at least ten feet except where:
(1) Exterior walls of any type other than shade cloth are added to the wooden or
metal framed structure;
(2) The specific use allowed is abandoned; and
(3) The A district shares common boundaries with urban zones and main
government roads.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 1999, ord 99-110, sec 1.)25-5-76
Section 25-5-77. Other regulations.
(a) If any legal building site in the A district has an area of less than five acres, then
the yard, minimum building site average width and height requirements for the
building site shall be the same as the yard and height requirements in the
FA district.
(b) One single-family dwelling or one farm dwelling shall be permitted on any building
site in the A district. A farm dwelling is a single-family dwelling that is located on
or used in connection with a farm or if the agricultural activity provides income to
the family occupying the dwelling.
(c) Additional farm dwellings may be permitted in the A district only upon the
following conditions:
(1) A farm dwelling agreement for each additional farm dwelling, on a form
prepared by the director, shall be executed between the owner of the building
site, any lessee having a lease on the building site with a term exceeding one
year from the date of the farm dwelling agreement, and the County. The
agreement shall require the dwelling to be used for farm-related purposes.
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(2) The applicant shall submit an agricultural development and use program,
farm plan or other evidence of the applicant’s continual agricultural
productivity or farming operation within the County to the director. Such plan
shall also show how the farm dwelling will be utilized for farm-related
purposes.
(d) An accessory dwelling unit may be located on any building site in the A district, as
permitted under article 6, division 3 of this chapter.
(e) Exceptions to the regulations for the A district regarding heights, building site
areas, building site average widths and yards, may be approved by the commission
within a planned unit development.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2015, ord 15-33, sec 4; am 2024, ord
24-70, sec 8.)25-5-77
Division 8. IA, Intensive Agricultural Districts.
Section 25-5-80. Purpose and applicability.
The IA (intensive agricultural) district provides for the preservation of important
agricultural lands as provided for in the general plan and characterized by a mix of
small and large scale commercial farms and other agricultural operations which may
include residential use in the form of farm dwellings closely tied to intensive
agricultural use. The lands in the IA district are those lands which have the soil,
quality, growing season, and moisture supply needed to sustain high yields of crops
generally or of specific crops of statewide or local importance when managed according
to modern farming methods. All IA districts shall be located within the State land use
agricultural or conservation district.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-80
Section 25-5-81. Designation of IA districts.
The IA (intensive agricultural) district shall be designated by the symbol “IA”
followed by a number together with the lower case letter “a” which indicates the
required or minimum number of acres for each building site.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-81
Section 25-5-82. Permitted uses.
(a) The following uses shall be permitted in the IA district:
(1) Agricultural parks.
(2) Agricultural products processing, major and minor.
(3) Agricultural tourism as permitted under section 25-4-15.
(4) Apiaries.
(5) Aquaculture.
(6) Cemeteries, as permitted under chapter 6, article 1 of this Code.
(7) Crop production.
(8) Farm dwellings, as permitted under sections 25-5-87(b) and (c).
(9) Forestry.
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(10) Livestock production, provided that piggeries, apiaries and pen feeding of
livestock shall not be closer than one thousand feet to any major road or to any
district other than the A district on building sites approved by the State
department of health and the director.
(11) Public uses and structures which are necessary for agricultural practices.
(12) Telecommunication antennas and towers, as permitted under section 25-4-12.
(13) Utility substations, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(b) The following uses may be permitted in the IA districts, provided that a special
permit is obtained for such use:
(1) Crematoriums, funeral homes, funeral services, and mortuaries.
(2) Day care centers.
(3) Hospitals.
(4) Meeting facilities, including special events, as permitted under section
25-4-17.
(5) Public uses and structures, other than those necessary for agricultural
purposes, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(6) Uses other than those specifically listed in this section, which meet the
standards for a special permit under chapter 205, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes.
(c) In IA districts in areas with over thirty percent slope, in gullies, and where rough
terrain discourages intensive agricultural uses, the director may approve any other
uses which are permitted in the RA, FA, or A districts.
(d) Buildings and uses accessory to the uses permitted in this section shall also be
permitted in the IA district.
(e) No building site shall be established in the IA district which shall in any way
restrict or limit the uses permitted under this section.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2008, ord 08-155, sec 14; am 2010,
ord 10-17, sec 7; am 2012, ord 12-28, sec 10; am 2024, ord 24-65, secs 7, 9, and 10; am
25-5-82
2025, ord 25-55, sec 10; ord 25-66, sec 17.)
Section 25-5-83. Height limit.
The height limit in the IA district shall be thirty-five feet for any residential
structure, including any farm dwelling, and forty-five feet for all other structures. The
director may, however, permit by plan approval, any nonresidential agricultural
structures to be constructed to a height of one hundred feet, if the director determines
that the additional height above the forty-five foot height limit is necessary.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-83
Section 25-5-84. Minimum building site area.
The minimum building site area in the IA district shall be five acres.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-84
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(7) Bed and breakfast establishments, as permitted under section 25-4-7.
(8) Business services.
(9) Cemeteries and mausoleums, as permitted under chapter 6, article 1 of this
Code.
(10) Commercial parking lots and garages.
(11) Day care centers.
(12) Dwellings, double-family or duplex.
(13) Dwellings, multiple-family.
(14) Dwellings, single-family.
(15) Family child care homes.
(16) Financial institutions.
(17) Group living facilities.
(18) Home occupations, as permitted under section 25-4-13.
(19) Hotels.
(20) Lodges.
(21) Medical clinics.
(22) Meeting facilities, including special events, as permitted under section
25-4-17.
(23) Major outdoor amusement and recreation facilities.
(24) Model homes, as permitted under section 25-4-8.
(25) Parks, playgrounds, tennis courts, swimming pools, and other similar open
area recreational facilities.
(26) Personal services.
(27) Photography studios.
(28) Public uses and structures, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(29) Restaurants.
(30) Retail establishments.
(31) Short-term vacation rentals.
(32) Special events.
(33) Telecommunication antennas and towers, as permitted under section 25-4-12.
(34) Temporary real estate offices, as permitted under section 25-4-8.
(35) Theaters.
(36) Time share units.
(37) Utility substations, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(38) Visitor information centers.
(b) In addition to those uses permitted under subsection (a) above, the following uses
may be permitted in the V district, provided that a use permit is issued for each
use:
(1) Crematoriums, funeral homes, funeral services, and mortuaries.
(2) Golf courses and related golf course uses, including golf driving ranges, golf
maintenance buildings and golf club houses, provided that the property is
within the state land use urban or rural district. Golf courses and golf driving
ranges shall not be permitted within the state land use agricultural district
unless approved by the County before July 1, 2005.
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(3) Hospitals, sanitariums, old age, convalescent, nursing and rest homes.
(4) Schools.
(5) Yacht harbors and boating facilities.
(c) Buildings and uses normally considered directly accessory to the uses permitted in
this section shall also be permitted in the V district.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2011, ord 11-26, sec 2; am 2012, ord
12-28, sec 11; am 2014, ord 14-86, sec 10; am 2018, ord 18-114, sec 9; am 2024, ord
24-65, secs 7 and 10; am 2025, ord 25-55, sec 12; ord 25-66, sec 18.)25-5-92
Section 25-5-93. Height limit.
(a) The height limit in the V district shall be forty-five feet, except in those areas
designated in subsections (b) and (c) below.
(b) The height limit in the V district in the City of Hilo shall be one hundred twenty
feet.
(c) The height limit in the V district at Keauhou Bay and Kahaluu Bay shall be ninety
feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-93
Section 25-5-94. Minimum building site area.
The minimum building site in the V district shall be fifteen thousand square feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-94
Section 25-5-95. Minimum building site average width.
Each building site in the V district shall have a minimum average width of ninety
feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-95
Section 25-5-96. Minimum yards.
The minimum yards in the V district shall be as follows:
(1) Front and rear yards, twenty feet; and
(2) Side yards, eight feet for one story, and an additional two feet for each
additional story.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-96
Section 25-5-97. Landscaping.
Landscaping shall be provided on a minimum of twenty percent of the total land
area of any building site in the V district, except for lots containing only one single-
family dwelling and accessory buildings. Parking areas shall not be included within the
area required for landscaping on any building site.
25-5-97
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2005, ord 05-155, sec 8.)
Section 25-5-98. Other regulations.
(a) More than one main building may be situated on any building site in the V district.
(b) The distance between main buildings on one building site in the V district shall be
at least fifteen feet.
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(c) Plan approval shall be required for all new structures and additions to existing
structures in the V district, except for construction of one single-family dwelling
and any accessory buildings per lot.
(d) Exceptions to the regulations for the V district regarding heights, building site
areas, building site average widths and yards, may be approved by the commission
within a planned unit development.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2005, ord 05-155, sec 9; am 2015,
ord 15-33, sec 4.)25-5-98
Division 10. CN, Neighborhood Commercial Districts.
Section 25-5-100. Purpose and applicability.
The CN (neighborhood commercial) district applies to strategically located centers
suitable for commercial activities which shall be of such size and shape as will
accommodate a compact shopping center which supplies goods and services to a
residential or working population on a frequent need or convenience basis. This district
is distinguished from a central commercial district which provides general business and
broad services to a city or region.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-100
Section 25-5-101. Designation of CN districts.
Each CN (neighborhood commercial) district shall be designated by the symbol
“CN” followed by a number which indicates the minimum land area, in thousands of
square feet, required for each building site.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-101
Section 25-5-102. Permitted uses.
(a) The following uses shall be permitted in the CN district:
(1) Adult day care homes.
(2) Amusement and recreation facilities, indoor.
(3) Apiaries.
(4) Automobile service stations.
(5) Bed and breakfast establishments, as permitted under section 25-4-7.
(6) Boarding facilities, rooming, or lodging houses, provided that the maximum
density shall be one thousand two hundred fifty square feet of land area per
rentable unit or dwelling unit.
(7) Business services.
(8) Cemeteries and mausoleums, as permitted under chapter 6, article 1 of this
Code.
(9) Convenience stores.
(10) Crematoriums, funeral homes, funeral services, and mortuaries.
(11) Crop production.
(12) Day care centers.
(13) Dwellings, double-family or duplex, provided that the maximum density shall
be one thousand two hundred fifty square feet of land area per rentable unit or
dwelling unit.
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(14) Dwellings, multiple-family, provided that the maximum density shall be one
thousand two hundred fifty square feet of land area per rentable unit or
dwelling unit.
(15) Dwellings, single-family.
(16) Family child care homes.
(17) Farmers markets. When the vending activity in a farmers market involves
more than just the sale of local fresh and/or raw produce, plant life, fish and
local homegrown and homemade products for more than two days a week, the
director, at the time of plan approval, shall restrict the hours of use,
maintenance and operations and may require improvements as determined
appropriate to ensure its compatibility with the existing character of the
surrounding area.
(18) Financial institutions.
(19) Group living facilities.
(20) Home occupations, as permitted under section 25-4-13.
(21) Medical clinics.
(22) Meeting facilities, including special events, as permitted under section
25-4-17.
(23) Model homes, as permitted under section 25-4-8.
(24) Museums.
(25) Neighborhood parks, playgrounds, tennis courts, swimming pools, and similar
neighborhood recreational areas and uses.
(26) Offices.
(27) Personal services.
(28) Photography studios.
(29) Public uses and structures, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(30) Repair establishments, minor.
(31) Restaurants.
(32) Retail establishments.
(33) Schools.
(34) Short-term vacation rentals situated in the general plan resort and resort node
areas.
(35) Special events.
(36) Telecommunication antennas and towers, as permitted under section 25-4-12.
(37) Theaters.
(38) Utility substations as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(b) In addition to those uses permitted under subsection (a) above, the following uses
may be permitted in the CN district, provided that a use permit is issued for each
use:
(1) Major outdoor amusement and recreation facilities.
(c) Buildings and uses normally considered directly accessory to the uses permitted in
this section shall also be permitted in the CN district.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2012, ord 12-28, sec 12; am 2018, ord
18-114, sec 10; am 2019, ord 19-100, sec 6; am 2019, ord 19-100, secs 6 and 7; am 2020,
ord 20-3, sec 1; am 2024, ord 24-65, secs 7 and 10; am 2025, ord 25-55, sec 12; ord 25-66,
25-5-102
sec 19.)
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Section 25-5-103. Height limit.
The height limit in the CN district shall be forty feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-103
Section 25-5-104. Minimum building site area.
The minimum building site area in the CN district shall be seven thousand five
hundred square feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-104
Section 25-5-105. Minimum building site average width.
Each building site in the CN district shall have a minimum average width of sixty
feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-105
Section 25-5-106. Minimum yards.
The minimum yards in the CN district shall be as follows:
(1) Front and rear yards, fifteen feet; and
(2) Side yards, none, except where the adjoining building site is in an RS, RD,
RM, RCX or V district. Where the side yard adjoins the side yard of a building
site in an RS, RD, RM, RCX or V district, there shall be a side yard which
conforms to the side yard requirements for dwelling use of the adjoining
district.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-106
Section 25-5-107. Landscaping of yards.
(a) All front yards in the CN district shall be landscaped, except for necessary access
drives and walkways, and except for the construction of one single-family dwelling
and accessory buildings per lot.
(b) Where any required side or rear yard in the CN district adjoins a building site in an
RS, RD, RM or RCX district, the side or rear yard shall be landscaped with a
screening hedge not less than forty-two inches in height, within five feet of the
property line, except for necessary drives and walkways, and except for the
construction of one single-family dwelling and accessory buildings per lot.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2005, ord 05-155, sec 10.)25-5-107
Section 25-5-108. Other regulations.
(a) In conjunction with plan approval, the director may require the construction of a
continuous eave overhanging the front property line in the CN district. The director
may also require that the eave be of similar height and design in any one block of
the CN district.
(b) Plan approval shall be required for all new structures and additions to existing
structures in the CN district, except for construction of one single-family dwelling
and any accessory buildings per lot.
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(c) Exceptions to the regulations for the CN district regarding heights, building site
areas, building site average widths and yards, may be approved by the commission
within a planned unit development.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2005, ord 05-155, sec 11; am 2015,
ord 15-33, sec 4.)25-5-108
Division 11. CG, General Commercial Districts.
Section 25-5-110. Purpose and applicability.
(a) The CG (general commercial) district applies to an area suitable for commercial
uses and services on a broad basis to serve as the central shopping or principal
downtown area for a city or a region.
(b) No CG district shall be established until there is a demonstrated need for such
action and no two CG districts shall be established in such relationship to each
other that they cannot act as one center and yet are too close together to serve two
distinct regions.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-110
Section 25-5-111. Designation of CG districts.
Each CG (general commercial) district shall be designated by the symbol “CG”
followed by a number which indicates the minimum land area, in thousands of square
feet, required for each building site.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-111
Section 25-5-112. Permitted uses.
(a) The following uses shall be permitted uses in the CG district:
(1) Adult day care homes.
(2) Amusement and recreation facilities, indoor.
(3) Apiaries.
(4) Art galleries, museums.
(5) Art studios.
(6) Automobile sales and rentals.
(7) Automobile service stations.
(8) Bars, nightclubs and cabarets.
(9) Bed and breakfast establishments, as permitted under section 25-4-7.
(10) Boarding facilities, rooming, or lodging houses, provided that the maximum
density shall be one thousand two hundred fifty square feet of land area per
rentable unit or dwelling unit.
(11) Broadcasting stations.
(12) Business services.
(13) Car washing, provided that if it is mechanized, sound attenuated structures or
sound attenuated walls shall be erected and maintained on the property lines.
(14) Catering establishments.
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(15) Cemeteries and mausoleums, as permitted under chapter 6, article 1 of this
Code.
(16) Cleaning plants using only nonflammable hydrocarbons in a sealed unit as the
cleansing agent.
(17) Commercial parking lots and garages.
(18) Convenience stores.
(19) Crematoriums, funeral homes, funeral services, and mortuaries.
(20) Crop production.
(21) Day care centers.
(22) Display rooms for products sold elsewhere.
(23) Dwellings, double-family or duplex, provided that the maximum density shall
be one thousand two hundred fifty square feet of land area per rentable unit or
dwelling unit.
(24) Dwellings, multiple-family, provided that the maximum density shall be one
thousand two hundred fifty square feet of land area per rentable unit or
dwelling unit.
(25) Dwellings, single-family.
(26) Equipment sales and rental yards, and other yards where retail products are
displayed in the open.
(27) Family child care homes.
(28) Farmers markets. When the vending activity in a farmers market involves
more than just the sale of local fresh and/or raw produce, plant life, fish and
local homegrown and homemade products for more than two days a week, the
director, at the time of plan approval, shall restrict the hours of use,
maintenance and operations and may require improvements as determined
appropriate to ensure its compatibility with the existing character of the
surrounding area.
(29) Financial institutions.
(30) Group living facilities.
(31) Home occupations, as permitted under section 25-4-13.
(32) Hospitals, sanitariums, old age, convalescent, nursing and rest homes.
(33) Hotels.
(34) Ice storage and dispensing facilities.
(35) Laboratories, medical and research.
(36) Laundries.
(37) Light manufacturing, processing and packaging, where the only retail sales
outlet for products produced is on the premises where produced.
(38) Medical clinics.
(39) Meeting facilities, including special events, as permitted under section
25-4-17.
(40) Model homes, as permitted under section 25-4-8.
(41) Neighborhood parks, playgrounds, tennis courts, swimming pools, and similar
neighborhood recreational areas and uses.
(42) Offices.
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(43) Personal services.
(44) Photography studios.
(45) Public uses and structures, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(46) Printing shops, cartographing and duplicating processes such as blueprinting
or photostating shops.
(47) Repair establishments, minor.
(48) Restaurants.
(49) Retail establishments.
(50) Schools.
(51) Short-term vacation rentals.
(52) Special events.
(53) Telecommunication antennas and towers, as permitted under section 25-4-12.
(54) Theaters.
(55) Time share units.
(56) Utility substations, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(57) Veterinary establishments.
(b) In addition to those uses permitted under subsection (a) above, the following uses
may be permitted in the CG district, provided that a use permit is issued for each
use:
(1) Golf courses and related golf course uses, including golf driving ranges, golf
maintenance buildings and golf club houses, provided that the property is
within the state land use urban or rural district. Golf courses and golf driving
ranges shall not be permitted within the state land use agricultural district
unless approved by the County before July 1, 2005.
(2) Major outdoor amusement and recreation facilities.
(3) Yacht harbors and boating facilities.
(c) Residential uses in connection with the operation of any permitted use shall be
permitted in the CG district.
(d) Buildings and uses normally considered accessory to the uses permitted in this
section shall also be permitted in the CG district.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2012, ord 12-28, sec 13; am 2014, ord
14-86, sec 11; am 2018, ord 18-114, sec 11; am 2021, ord 21-26, sec 11; am 2024, ord
24-65, secs 7 and 10; am 2025, ord 25-55, sec 12; ord 25-66, sec 20.)25-5-112
Section 25-5-113. Height limit.
(a) The height limit in the CG district shall be forty-five feet, except in those areas
designated in subsection (b) below.
(b) The height limit in the City of Hilo shall be one hundred twenty feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2002, ord 02-88, sec 2.)25-5-113
Section 25-5-114. Minimum building site area.
The minimum building site area in the CG district shall be seven thousand five
hundred square feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-114
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Section 25-5-115. Minimum building site average width.
Each building site in the CG district shall have a minimum building site average
width of sixty feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-115
Section 25-5-116. Minimum yards.
The minimum yards in the CG district shall be as follows:
(1) Front or rear yards, fifteen feet; and
(2) Side yards, none, except where the adjoining building site is in an RS, RD, RM
or RCX district. Where the side yard adjoins the side yard of a building site in
an RS, RD, RM or RCX district, there shall be a side yard which conforms to
the side yard requirements for dwelling use of the adjoining district.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-116
Section 25-5-117. Landscaping of yards.
(a) All front yards in the CG district shall be landscaped, except for necessary access
drives and walkways, and except for the construction of one single-family dwelling
and accessory buildings per lot.
(b) Where any required side or rear yard in the CG district adjoins a building site in an
RS, RD, RM or RCX district, the side or rear yard shall be landscaped with a
screening hedge not less than forty-two inches in height, within five feet of the
property line, except for necessary drives and walkways, and except for the
construction of one single-family dwelling and accessory buildings per lot.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2005, ord 05-155, sec 12.)25-5-117
Section 25-5-118. Other regulations.
(a) Plan approval shall be required for all new structures and additions to existing
structures in the CG district, except for construction of one single-family dwelling
and any accessory buildings per lot.
(b) Exceptions to the regulations for the CG district regarding heights, building site
areas, building site average widths and yards, may be approved by the commission
within a planned unit development.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2005, ord 05-155, sec 13; am 2015,
ord 15-33, sec 4.)25-5-118
Division 12. CV, Village Commercial Districts.
Section 25-5-120. Purpose and applicability.
The CV (village commercial) district provides for a broad range or variety of
commercial and light industrial uses that are necessary to serve the population in rural
areas where the supplementary support of the general business uses and activities of a
central commercial district is not readily available.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-120
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Section 25-5-121. Designation of CV districts.
Each CV (village commercial) district shall be designated by the symbol “CV”
followed by a number which indicates the minimum land area, in number of thousands
of square feet, required for each building site.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-121
Section 25-5-122. Permitted uses.
(a) The following uses shall be permitted in the CV district:
(1) Adult day care homes.
(2) Amusement and recreation facilities, indoor.
(3) Apiaries.
(4) Art galleries, museums.
(5) Automobile sales and rentals.
(6) Automobile service stations.
(7) Bars.
(8) Bed and breakfast establishments, as permitted under section 25-4-7.
(9) Boarding facilities, rooming, or lodging houses, provided that the maximum
density shall be one thousand two hundred fifty square feet of land area per
rentable unit or dwelling unit.
(10) Business services.
(11) Cemeteries and mausoleums, as permitted under chapter 6, article 1 of this
Code.
(12) Commercial parking lots and garages.
(13) Convenience stores.
(14) Crematoriums, funeral homes, funeral services, and mortuaries.
(15) Crop production.
(16) Day care centers.
(17) Dwellings, double-family or duplex, provided that the maximum density shall
be one thousand two hundred fifty square feet of land area per rentable unit or
dwelling unit.
(18) Dwellings, multiple-family, provided that the maximum density shall be one
thousand two hundred fifty square feet of land area per rentable unit or
dwelling unit.
(19) Dwellings, single-family.
(20) Family child care homes.
(21) Farmers markets. When the vending activity in a farmers market involves
more than just the sale of local fresh and/or raw produce, plant life, fish and
local homegrown and homemade products for more than two days a week, the
director, at the time of plan approval, shall restrict the hours of use,
maintenance and operations and may require improvements as determined
appropriate to ensure its compatibility with the existing character of the
surrounding area.
(22) Financial institutions.
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(23) Group living facilities.
(24) Home occupations, as permitted under section 25-4-13.
(25) Hospitals, sanitariums, old age, convalescent, nursing and rest homes.
(26) Hotels, when the design and use conform to the character of the area, as
approved by the director.
(27) Laboratories, medical and research.
(28) Lodges.
(29) Manufacturing, processing and packaging light and general, except for
concrete or asphalt products, where the products are distributed to retail
establishments located in the immediate community, as approved by the
director.
(30) Medical clinics.
(31) Meeting facilities, including special events, as permitted under section
25-4-17.
(32) Model homes, as permitted under section 25-4-8.
(33) Neighborhood parks, playgrounds, tennis courts, swimming pools, and similar
neighborhood recreational areas and uses.
(34) Offices.
(35) Personal services.
(36) Photography studios.
(37) Public uses and structures, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(38) Publishing plants for newspapers, books and magazines, printing shops,
cartographing, and duplicating processes such as blueprinting or photostating
shops, which are designed to primarily serve the local area.
(39) Repair establishments, major, when there are not more than five employees,
as approved by the director.
(40) Repair establishments, minor.
(41) Restaurants.
(42) Retail establishments.
(43) Schools.
(44) Short-term vacation rentals.
(45) Special events.
(46) Telecommunication antennas and towers, as permitted under section 25-4-12.
(47) Temporary real estate offices, as permitted under section 25-4-8.
(48) Theaters.
(49) Utility substations, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(b) In addition to those uses permitted under subsection (a) above, the following uses
may be permitted in the CV district, provided that a use permit is issued for each
use:
(1) Golf courses and related golf course uses, including golf driving ranges, golf
maintenance buildings and golf club houses, provided that the property is
within the state land use urban or rural district. Golf courses and golf driving
ranges shall not be permitted within the state land use agricultural district
unless approved by the County before July 1, 2005.
(2) Major outdoor amusement and recreation facilities.
(3) Yacht harbors and boating facilities.
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(c) Residential uses in connection with the operation of any permitted uses shall be
permitted in the CV district.
(d) Buildings and uses similar to the permitted uses listed in subsection (a) above shall
be permitted in the CV district, as approved by the director.
(e) Buildings and uses normally considered accessory to the uses permitted in this
section shall also be permitted in the CV district.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2012, ord 12-28, sec 14; am 2014, ord
14-86, sec 12; am 2018, ord 18-114, sec 12; am 2021, ord 21-26, sec 12; am 2024, ord
24-65, secs 7 and 10; am 2025, ord 25-55, sec 12; ord 25-66, sec 21.)25-5-122
Section 25-5-123. Height limit.
The height limit in the CV district shall be thirty feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-123
Section 25-5-124. Minimum building site area.
The minimum building site area in the CV district shall be seven thousand five
hundred square feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-124
Section 25-5-125. Minimum building site average width.
Each building site in the CV district shall have a minimum building site average
width of sixty feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-125
Section 25-5-126. Minimum yards.
The minimum yards in the CV district shall be as follows:
(1) Front or rear yards, fifteen feet; and
(2) Side yards, none, except where the adjoining building site is in an RS, RD, RM
or RCX district. Where the side yard adjoins the side yard of a building site in
an RS, RD, RM or RCX district, there shall be a side yard which conforms to
the side yard requirements for dwelling use of the adjoining district.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-126
Section 25-5-127. Landscaping of yards.
(a) All front yards in the CV district shall be landscaped, except for necessary access
drives and walkways, and except for the construction of one single-family dwelling
and accessory buildings per lot.
(b) Where any required side or rear yard in the CV district adjoins a building site in an
RS, RD, RM or RCX district, the side or rear yard shall be landscaped with a
screening hedge not less than forty-two inches in height, within five feet of the
property line, except for necessary drives and walkways, and except for the
construction of one single-family dwelling and accessory buildings per lot.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2005, ord 05-155, sec 14.)25-5-127
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Section 25-5-128. Other regulations.
(a) Plan approval shall be required for all new structures and additions to existing
structures in the CV district, except for construction of one single-family dwelling
and any accessory buildings per lot.
(b) Exceptions to the regulations for the CV district regarding heights, building site
areas, building site average widths and yards, may be approved by the commission
within a planned unit development.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2005, ord 05-155, sec 15; am 2015,
ord 15-33, sec 4.)25-5-128
Division 13. MCX, Industrial-Commercial Mixed Districts.
Section 25-5-130. Purpose and applicability.
The purpose of the MCX (industrial-commercial mixed use) district is to allow
mixing of some industrial uses with commercial uses. The intent of this district is to
provide for areas of diversified businesses and employment opportunities by permitting
a broad range of uses, without exposing nonindustrial uses to unsafe and unhealthy
environments. This district is intended to promote and maintain a viable mix of light
industrial and commercial uses.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-130
Section 25-5-131. Designation of MCX districts.
Each MCX (industrial-commercial mixed use) district shall be designated by the
symbol “MCX” followed by a number which indicates the minimum land area, in
number of thousands of square feet, required for each building site.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-131
Section 25-5-132. Permitted uses.
(a) The following uses shall be permitted in the MCX district:
(1) Agricultural products processing, minor.
(2) Amusement and recreation facilities, indoor.
(3) Apiaries.
(4) Art galleries, museums.
(5) Art studios.
(6) Automobile sales and rentals.
(7) Automobile service stations.
(8) Bars, nightclubs and cabarets.
(9) Broadcasting stations.
(10) Business services.
(11) Car washing.
(12) Catering establishments.
(13) Cemeteries and mausoleums, as permitted under chapter 6, article 1 of this
Code.
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(14) Cleaning plants using only nonflammable hydrocarbons in a sealed unit as the
cleaning agent.
(15) Commercial parking lots and garages.
(16) Convenience stores.
(17) Crematoriums, funeral homes, funeral services, and mortuaries.
(18) Data processing facilities.
(19) Display rooms for products sold elsewhere.
(20) Equipment sales and rental yards.
(21) Farmers markets.
(22) Financial institutions.
(23) Food manufacturing and processing.
(24) Home improvement centers.
(25) Hospitals, sanitariums, old age, convalescent, nursing and rest homes.
(26) Ice storage and dispensing facilities.
(27) Kennels in sound-attenuated buildings.
(28) Laboratories, medical and research.
(29) Laundries.
(30) Manufacturing, processing and packaging establishments, light.
(31) Medical clinics.
(32) Meeting facilities, including special events, as permitted under section
25-4-17.
(33) Model homes.
(34) Motion picture and television production studios.
(35) Offices.
(36) Personal services.
(37) Photographic processing.
(38) Photography studios.
(39) Plant nurseries.
(40) Public uses and structures, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(41) Publishing plants for newspapers, books and magazines, printing shops,
cartographing, and duplicating processes such as blueprinting or photostating
shops.
(42) Repair establishments, minor.
(43) Restaurants.
(44) Retail establishments.
(45) Sales and service of machinery used in agricultural production.
(46) Schools, business.
(47) Schools, photography, art, music and dance.
(48) Schools, vocational.
(49) Self-storage facilities.
(50) Special events.
(51) Telecommunication antenna and towers, as permitted under section 25-4-12.
(52) Temporary real estate offices, as permitted under section 25-4-8.
(53) Theaters.
(54) Utility substations, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
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(55) Veterinary establishments in sound-attenuated buildings.
(56) Warehousing.
(57) Wholesaling and distribution operations.
(b) In addition to those uses permitted under subsection (a) above, the following uses
may be permitted in the MCX district, provided that a use permit is issued for each
use:
(1) Major outdoor amusement and recreation facilities.
(2) Schools.
(3) Yacht harbors and boating facilities.
(c) Buildings and uses normally considered directly accessory to the uses permitted in
this section shall also be permitted in the MCX district.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2003, ord 03-113, sec 1; am 2011, ord
11-26, sec 3; am 2012, ord 12-28, sec 15; am 2024, ord 24-65, secs 7 and 10; am 2025, ord
25-28, sec 2; ord 25-55, sec 13; ord 25-66, sec 22.)25-5-132
Section 25-5-133. Height limit.
The height limit in the MCX district shall be forty-five feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-133
Section 25-5-134. Minimum building site area.
The minimum building site area in the MCX district shall be twenty thousand
square feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-134
Section 25-5-135. Minimum building site average width.
Each building site in the MCX district shall have a minimum building site average
width of ninety feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-135
Section 25-5-136. Minimum yards.
The minimum yards in the MCX district shall be as follows:
(1) Front yards, twenty feet; and
(2) Side and rear yards, none, except where the adjoining building site is in an
RS, RD, RM or RCX district. Where the side or rear property line adjoins the
side or rear yard of a building site in an RS, RD, RM or RCX zoned district,
there shall be a side or rear yard which conforms to the side or rear yard
requirements for dwelling use of the adjoining district.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-136
Section 25-5-137. Landscaping of yards.
(a) All front yards in the MCX district shall be landscaped, except for necessary access
drives and walkways.
(b) Any required side or rear yard in the MCX district adjoining a building site in an
RS, RD, RM or RCX district, shall be landscaped with a screening hedge not less
than forty-two inches in height, within five feet of the property line, except for
necessary drives and walkways.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-137
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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) 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.
25-5-138
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2015, ord 15-33, sec 4.)
Division 14. ML, Limited Industrial Districts.
Section 25-5-140. Purpose and applicability.
The ML (limited industrial) district applies to areas for business and industrial
uses which are generally in support of but not necessarily compatible with those
permissible activities and uses in other commercial districts.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-140
Section 25-5-141. Designation of ML districts.
Each ML (limited industrial) district shall be designated by the symbol “ML”
followed by a number which indicates the minimum land area, in thousands of square
feet, required for each building site.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-141
Section 25-5-142. Permitted uses.
(a) The following uses shall be permitted in the ML district:
(1) Agricultural products processing, minor.
(2) Airfields, heliports and private landing strips.
(3) Amusement and recreation facilities, indoor.
(4) Animal hospitals.
(5) Animal quarantine stations.
(6) Apiaries.
(7) Aquaculture activities.
(8) Automobile and truck sales and rentals.
(9) Automobile and truck storage facilities.
(10) Automobile service stations.
(11) Bakeries.
(12) Bars.
(13) Broadcasting stations.
(14) Car washing.
(15) Carpentry, hardwood products and furniture manufacturing and storage
establishments.
(16) Catering establishments.
(17) Cemeteries and mausoleums, as permitted under chapter 6, article 1 of this
Code.
(18) Cleaning and dyeing plants.
(19) Commercial parking lots and garages.
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(20) Contractors’ yards for equipment, material, and vehicle storage, repair, or
maintenance.
(21) Crematoriums, funeral homes, funeral services, and mortuaries.
(22) Day care centers.
(23) Financial institutions.
(24) Food manufacturing and processing facilities.
(25) Greenhouses, plant nurseries.
(26) Heavy equipment sales, service and rental.
(27) Home improvement centers.
(28) Junkyards, provided that the building site is not less than one acre in area.
(29) Laboratories, medical and research.
(30) Laundries.
(31) Lumberyards and building material yards, but not including concrete or
asphalt mixing and the fabrication by riveting or welding of steel building
frames.
(32) Manufacturing, processing and packaging establishments, light.
(33) Meeting facilities, including special events, as permitted under section
25-4-17.
(34) Motion picture and television production studios.
(35) Photographic processing.
(36) Plumbing, electrical, air conditioning and heating establishments.
(37) Primary airports, provided that plan approval is secured from the director.
(38) Public uses and structures, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(39) Publishing plants for newspapers, books and magazines, printing shops,
cartographing, and duplicating processes such as blueprinting or photostating
shops.
(40) Recycling centers, which do not involve the processing of recyclable materials.
(41) Repair establishments, minor.
(42) Restaurants.
(43) Self storage facilities.
(44) Special events.
(45) Storage and sale of seed, feed, fertilizer and other products essential to
agricultural production.
(46) Telecommunication antennas and towers, as permitted under section 25-4-12.
(47) Temporary real estate offices, as permitted under section 25-4-8.
(48) Transportation and tour terminals.
(49) Truck, freight and draying terminals.
(50) Utility facilities, public and private, including offices or yards for equipment,
material, vehicle storage, repair or maintenance.
(51) Utility substations, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(52) Veterinary establishments.
(53) Vocational schools.
(54) Warehousing, which does not include retail sales or discount houses or
establishments open to the general public or defined members.
(55) Wholesaling and distribution, including the storage of incidental materials
and equipment, except for highly flammable or explosive products.
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(b) In addition to those uses permitted under subsection (a) above, the following uses
may be permitted in the ML district, provided that a use permit is issued for each
use:
(1) Major outdoor amusement and recreation facilities.
(2) Schools.
(3) Yacht harbors and boating facilities.
(c) The following uses may be permitted in the ML district as incidental and
subordinate to any permitted use:
(1) Living quarters for watchmen or custodians in connection with the operation
of any permitted use.
(2) Retail sales.
(3) Services for persons working in an ML district which are conducted within an
integral part of a main structure with entrances from the interior of the
building and which have no display or advertising visible from the street.
(d) Buildings and uses normally considered directly accessory to the uses permitted in
this section shall also be permitted in the ML district.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2011, ord 11-26, sec 4; am 2012, ord
12-28, sec 16; am 2019, ord 19-100, sec 8; am 2020, ord 20-94, sec 3; am 2024, ord 24-65,
secs 7 and 10; am 2025, ord 25-55, sec 12; ord 25-66, sec 23.)25-5-142
Section 25-5-143. Height limit.
The height limit in the ML district shall be forty-five feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-143
Section 25-5-144. Minimum building site area.
The minimum building site area in the ML district shall be ten thousand square
feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-144
Section 25-5-145. Minimum building site average width.
Each building site in the ML district shall have a minimum building site average
width of seventy-five feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-145
Section 25-5-146. Minimum yards.
Minimum yards in the ML district shall be as follows:
(1) Front yard, fifteen feet; and
(2) Side and rear yards, none, except where the adjoining building site is in an
RS, RD, RM or RCX district. Where the side or rear property line adjoins the
side or rear yard of a building site in an RS, RD, RM or RCX district, there
shall be a side or rear yard which conforms to the side or rear yard
requirements for dwelling use of the adjoining district.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-146
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Section 25-5-147. Other regulations.
(a) All front yards in the ML district shall be landscaped, except for drives and
walkways.
(b) Where any required side or rear yard in the ML district adjoins a building site in an
RS, RD, RM or RCX district, the side or rear yard shall be landscaped with a
screening hedge not less than forty-two inches in height, along the side or rear
property lines so adjoining, except for necessary drives and walkways.
(c) Plan approval shall be required for all new structures and additions to existing
structures in the ML district.
(d) Exceptions to the regulations for the ML district regarding heights, building site
areas, building site average widths and yards, may be approved by the commission
within a planned unit development.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2015, ord 15-33, sec 4.)25-5-147
Division 15. MG, General Industrial Districts.
Section 25-5-150. Purpose and applicability.
The MG (general industrial) district applies to areas for uses that are generally
considered to be offensive or have some element of danger.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-150
Section 25-5-151. Designation of MG districts.
Each MG (general industrial) district shall be designated by the symbol “MG”
followed by a number which indicates the minimum land area, in number of thousands
of square feet, required for each building site, or if the number is followed by the symbol
“a,” by the minimum number of acres required for each building site.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-151
Section 25-5-152. Permitted uses.
(a) The following uses shall be permitted in the MG district:
(1) Agricultural products processing, major and minor.
(2) Airfields, heliports and private landing strips.
(3) Amusement and recreation facilities, indoor.
(4) Animal hospitals.
(5) Animal quarantine stations.
(6) Animal sales, stock, and feed yards.
(7) Apiaries.
(8) Aquaculture activities and facilities.
(9) Automobile and truck storage facilities.
(10) Automobile body and fender establishments.
(11) Automobile service stations.
(12) Bakeries.
(13) Bars.
(14) Breweries, distilleries, and alcohol manufacturing facilities.
(15) Broadcasting stations.
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(16) Bulk storage of flammable products and bulk storage of explosive products.
(17) Car washing.
(18) Catering establishments.
(19) Cemeteries and mausoleums, as permitted under chapter 6, article 1 of this
Code.
(20) Cleaning and dyeing plants.
(21) Commercial parking lots and garages.
(22) Concrete or asphalt batching and mixing plants and yards.
(23) Contractors’ yards for equipment, material, and vehicle storage, repair, or
maintenance.
(24) Crematoriums, funeral homes, funeral services, and mortuaries.
(25) Day care centers.
(26) Dumping, disposal, incineration, or reduction of refuse or waste matter.
(27) Expansion of an existing commercial excavation operation, provided that plan
approval is secured from the director.
(28) Fabricating establishments.
(29) Fertilizer manufacturing plants.
(30) Financial institutions.
(31) Food manufacturing and processing facilities.
(32) Freight movers.
(33) Greenhouses, plant nurseries.
(34) Heavy equipment sales, service and rental.
(35) Home improvement centers.
(36) Junkyards.
(37) Kennels.
(38) Laboratories, medical and research.
(39) Laundries.
(40) Lava rock or stone cutting or shaping facilities.
(41) Lumberyards and building material yards.
(42) Machine, welding, sheet metal, and metal plating and treating establishments.
(43) Manufacturing, processing and packaging establishments, light and general.
(44) Marine railways, drydocks, and ship or boat yards.
(45) Meeting facilities, as permitted under section 25-4-17.
(46) Motion picture and television production studios.
(47) Photographic processing.
(48) Primary airports, provided that plan approval is secured from the director.
(49) Public dumps.
(50) Public uses and structures, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(51) Publishing plants for newspapers, books and magazines, printing shops,
cartographing, and duplicating processes such as blueprinting or photostating
shops.
(52) Recycling centers.
(53) Reduction, refining, smelting, or alloying of metals, petroleum products or
ores.
(54) Repair establishments, major and minor.
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(55) Restaurants.
(56) Saw mills.
(57) Self storage facilities.
(58) Slaughterhouses.
(59) Special events.
(60) Storage and sale of seed, feed, fertilizer and other products essential to
agricultural production.
(61) Storage, curing, or tanning of raw, green, or salted hides or skins.
(62) Telecommunication antennas and towers, as permitted under section 25-4-12.
(63) Temporary real estate offices, as permitted under section 25-4-8.
(64) Transportation and tour terminals.
(65) Truck, freight and draying terminals.
(66) Utility facilities, public and private, including power plants, offices or yards for
equipment, material, vehicle storage, repair or maintenance.
(67) Utility substations, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(68) Veterinary establishments.
(69) Warehousing.
(70) Wholesaling and distribution, including the storage of incidental materials
and equipment.
(71) Yacht harbors and boating facilities.
(b) In addition to those uses permitted under subsection (a) above, the following uses
may be permitted in the MG district, provided that a use permit is issued for each
use:
(1) Commercial excavation.
(2) Major outdoor amusement and recreation facilities.
(3) Schools.
(c) Any other use not otherwise permitted in subsection (a) that relates to the
manufacturing, transportation, processing, assembling, distributing, repairing, and
storage of goods, products, or materials, shall be permitted in the MG district.
(d) The following uses shall be permitted in the MG district as incidental and
subordinate to any permitted use:
(1) Living quarters for watchmen or custodians in connection with the operation
of any permitted use.
(2) Retail sales.
(3) Services for persons working in an MG district which are conducted within an
integral part of a main structure with entrances from the interior of the
building and which have no display or advertising visible from the street.
(e) Buildings and uses normally considered directly accessory to the uses permitted in
this section shall also be permitted in the MG district.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2005, ord 05-68, sec 2; am 2011, ord
11-26, sec 5; am 2012, ord 12-28, sec 17; am 2019, ord 19-100, sec 9; am 2020, ord 20-94,
sec 4; am 2024, ord 24-65, secs 7 and 10; am 2025, ord 25-55, sec 12; ord 25-66,
sec 24.)25-5-152
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Section 25-5-153. Height limit.
The height limit in the MG district shall be fifty feet. An industrial structure may
be built to a height of one hundred feet, provided the extra height is determined by the
director to be functionally necessary.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-153
Section 25-5-154. Minimum building site area.
The minimum lot area in the MG district shall be twenty thousand square feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-154
Section 25-5-155. Minimum building site average width.
Each building site in the MG district shall have a minimum building site average
width of one hundred feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-155
Section 25-5-156. Minimum yards.
The minimum yards in the MG district shall be as follows:
(1) Front yard, twenty feet; and
(2) Side and rear yards, none, except where the adjoining building site is in an
RS, RD, RM or RCX district. Where the side or rear property line adjoins the
side or rear yard of a building site in an RS, RD, RM or RCX district, there
shall be a side or rear yard which conforms to the side or rear yard
requirements for dwelling use of the adjoining district.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-156
Section 25-5-157. Other regulations.
(a) All front yards in the MG district shall be landscaped, except for drives and
walkways.
(b) Where any required side or rear yard in the MG district adjoins a building site in
an RS, RD, RM or RCX district, a solid wall six feet in height shall be erected and
maintained along the side and rear property lines so adjoining.
(c) Plan approval shall be required for all new structures and additions to existing
structures in the MG district.
(d) Exceptions to the regulations for the MG district regarding heights, building site
areas, building site average widths and yards, may be approved by the commission
within a planned unit development.
25-5-157
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2015, ord 15-33, sec 4.)
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Division 16. O, Open Districts.
Section 25-5-160. Purpose and applicability.
The O (open) district applies to areas that contribute to the general welfare, the full
enjoyment, or the economic well-being of open land type use which has been
established, or is proposed. The object of this district is to encourage development
around it such as a golf course and park, and to protect investments which have been or
shall be made in reliance upon the retention of such open type use, to buffer an
otherwise incompatible land use or district, to preserve a valuable scenic vista or an
area of special historical significance, or to protect and preserve submerged land, fishing
ponds, and lakes (natural or artificial tide lands).
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-160
Section 25-5-161. Designation of O districts.
Each O (open) district shall be designated by the symbol “O.”
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-161
Section 25-5-162. Permitted uses.
(a) The following uses shall be permitted in the O district:
(1) Apiaries.
(2) Aquaculture activities and facilities.
(3) Cemeteries and mausoleums, as permitted under chapter 6, article 1 of this
Code.
(4) Existing churches and temples of historical significance.
(5) Forestry.
(6) Game preserves.
(7) Growing of plants provided such growth does not impair a view intended to be
preserved in the O district.
(8) Heiaus, historical areas, structures, and monuments.
(9) Natural features, phenomena, and vistas as tourist attractions.
(10) Private recreational uses involving no aboveground structure except dressing
rooms and comfort stations.
(11) Public parks.
(12) Public uses and structures, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(13) Telecommunication antenna and towers, as permitted under section 25-4-12.
(14) Utility substations, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(b) In addition to those uses permitted under subsection (a) above, the following uses
may be permitted in the O district, provided that a use permit is issued for each
use:
(1) Crematoriums, funeral homes, funeral services, and mortuaries.
(2) Golf courses, provided that the property is within the state land use urban or
rural district. Golf courses and golf driving ranges shall not be permitted
within the state land use agricultural district unless approved by the County
before July 1, 2005.
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(3) Yacht harbors and boating facilities; provided that the use, in its entirety, is
compatible with the stated purpose of the O district.
(4) Wind energy facilities; provided that the property is within the state land use
agricultural district.
(c) Uses considered directly accessory to the uses permitted in this section shall also be
permitted in the O district.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2008, ord 08-2, sec 3; ord 08-46, sec 1;
am 2011, ord 11-25, secs 3 and 4; am 2012, ord 12-28, sec 18; am 2014, ord 14-86, sec 13;
am 2024, ord 24-65, secs 7 and 10; am 2025, ord 25-55, sec 11; ord 25-66, sec 25.)25-5-
162
Section 25-5-163. Height limit.
There shall be no height limit in the O district, except as specified as a condition of
approval attached to any use permit or plan approval. For this purpose, the height limit
in the adjoining districts shall be used as guides.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-163
Section 25-5-164. Minimum building site area.
There shall be no minimum building site area in the O district, except as a
condition of approval attached to any plan approval. For this purpose, the minimum
building site area regulations in the adjoining districts shall be used as guides.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-164
Section 25-5-165. Minimum building site average width.
There shall be no minimum building site average width in the O district, except as
specified as a condition of approval attached to any plan approval. For this purpose the
minimum building site average width regulations in the adjoining districts shall be
used as guides.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-165
Section 25-5-166. Minimum yards.
There shall be no minimum yards in the O district, except as specified as a
condition of approval attached to any plan approval. For this purpose, the minimum
yard regulations in the adjoining districts shall be used as guides.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-166
Section 25-5-167. Other regulations.
Plan approval shall be required for all new structures and additions to existing
structures in the O district.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-167
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(5) Automobile service stations or garages, excluding body and fenderworks,
electric tire rebuilding or battery rebuilding and provided that all work is
conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building.
(6) Bakeries.
(7) Bars, cocktail lounges and night clubs.
(8) Bed and breakfast establishments, as permitted under section 25-4-7.
(9) Boarding facilities, rooming, or lodging houses.
(10) Broadcasting stations or studios (radio and television).
(11) Business services.
(12) Car washing, provided that the facilities are not detrimental to the character
of the district.
(13) Commercial parking lots and garages.
(14) Crop production.
(15) Display rooms for products sold elsewhere.
(16) Dwellings, double-family or duplex, with a maximum density of five hundred
square feet of land area per rentable unit or dwelling unit.
(17) Dwellings, multiple-family, with a maximum density of five hundred square
feet of land area per rentable unit or dwelling unit.
(18) Dwellings, single-family.
(19) Family child care homes.
(20) Farmers markets. When the vending activity in a farmers market involves
more than just the sale of local fresh and/or raw produce, plant life, fish and
local homegrown and homemade products for more than two days a week, the
director, at the time of plan approval, shall restrict the hours of use,
maintenance and operations and may require improvements as determined
appropriate to ensure its compatibility with the existing character of the
surrounding area.
(21) Financial institutions.
(22) Group living facilities.
(23) Home occupations, as permitted under section 25-4-13.
(24) Hospitals, sanitariums, old age, convalescent, nursing and rest homes.
(25) Hotels and apartment hotels with a maximum density of five hundred square
feet of land area per rentable unit.
(26) Laundries other than those utilizing steam cleaning equipment, provided that
the facilities are not detrimental to the character of the district.
(27) Manufacturing, processing and packaging, light, provided that the activities
are not detrimental to the character of the district.
(28) Medical clinics.
(29) Meeting facilities, including special events, as permitted under section
25-4-17.
(30) Model homes, as permitted under section 25-4-8.
(31) Modeling agencies.
(32) Museums and libraries.
(33) Neighborhood parks, playgrounds, tennis courts, swimming pools, and similar
neighborhood recreational areas and uses.
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(34) Offices.
(35) Personal services.
(36) Photography and artist studios.
(37) Public uses and structures, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(38) Publishing plants for newspapers, books and magazines, printing shops,
cartographing and duplicating processes such as blueprinting or photostating.
(39) Repair establishments, minor.
(40) Restaurants.
(41) Retail establishments, provided that they are not detrimental to the character
of the district.
(42) Schools, business.
(43) Schools, photography, art, music, dance or other similar studios or academies.
(44) Schools, vocational.
(45) Special events.
(46) Telecommunication antennas and towers, as permitted under section 25-4-12.
(47) Temporary real estate offices, as permitted under section 25-4-8.
(48) Theaters, auditoriums and indoor sports arenas.
(49) Utility substations, as permitted under section 25-4-11.
(b) Residential use in connection with the operation of any permitted use shall be
permitted in the CDH district.
(c) Buildings and uses normally considered accessory to the above uses shall also be
permitted in the CDH district.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2013, ord 13-95, sec 3; am 2021, ord
21-26, sec 13; am 2024, ord 24-65, secs 7 and 10; am 2025, ord 25-55, sec 12; ord 25-66,
25-7-22
sec 26.)
Section 25-7-23. Height limit.
The height limit in the CDH district shall be one hundred twenty feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-7-23
Section 25-7-24. Minimum building site area.
The minimum building site area in the CDH district shall be seven thousand five
hundred square feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-7-24
Section 25-7-25. Minimum building site average width.
Each building site in the CDH district shall have a minimum building site average
width of sixty feet.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-7-25
Section 25-7-26. Minimum yards.
Front, rear and sides: none, except as required by plan approval.
(1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-7-26
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THE HAWAI‘I COUNTY CODE
1983 (2016 Edition, as amended)
Update to include: Supplement 19 (1-2026)
Contains ordinances effective through: 12-31-2025
A CODIFICATION OF THE GENERAL ORDINANCES
OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I
STATE OF HAWAI‘I
Office of the County Clerk
County of Hawai‘i
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720
(808) 961-8255
Volume Three
CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO
CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO
Interpretation 2-80
See also SMOKING
Lobbyist registration 2-91.3
County business license to sell,
Nepotism prohibited 2-91.7
not required 6-30 Opinions
Posted signs required 14-139 disposition after issuance of formal
Tobacco products, distribution of opinion 2-88
14-138 formal 2-87
informal advisory 2-86
CIVIL DEFENSE ADMINISTRATOR Post employment disclosure, etc. 2-91.2
See also CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY
Purpose 2-79
Duties 7-1-2
BUSTIBLES
Under supervision of managing director
COMFORT STATIONS
2-7
Park area sanitation regulations 15-30
CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY COMMERCIAL BICYCLE TOURS
See also CIVIL DEFENSE Annual registration 6-10
ADMINISTRATOR Authority to restrict 6-11
Duties 7-1-4 Penalties 6-13
Emergency management plans 7-1-5 Prohibited on certain highways 6-12
Emergency powers 7-1-7
Mayor, head of agency 7-1-2 COMMERCIAL SPONSORSHIP OF
Under supervision of managing director COUNTY ASSETS
2-7 Authority
exclusions 2-240
CLAIMS generally 2-239
Against officers, employees 2-188 General requirements 2-243
For tax exemptions Sponsorships
See REAL PROPERTY TAXES agreement 2-241
Settlement, corporation recognition 2-242
counsel 2-9
COMMISSIONS
See BOARDS, COMMITTEES, AND
CLUSTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT
COMMISSIONS
See ZONING
CODE OF ETHICS COMMITTEES
See also BOARD OF ETHICS See BOARDS, COMMITTEES, AND
Applicability 2-81 COMMISSIONS
Campaign mass mailings 2-80.1
Confidentiality 2-90, 2-91.6 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN
ACTION COMMITTEES
Conflicts of interest 2-84
See also COMMUNITY
Contracts 2-85, 2-85.1
DEVELOPMENT PLANS
Discipline 2-91
Duties, responsibilities 16-6
Disclosures of interest 2-91.1
Fair treatment 2-83 Membership, tenure 16-5
Financial disclosures 2-91.1 Purpose 16-4
Gifts 2-91.4, 2-91.5
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
PLANS
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLANS
special tax
See also COMMUNITY
apportionment 32-30
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
levy 32-32
ACTION COMMITTEES General provisions
Adoption and incorporation by reference advances of funds or work in-kind
of community development plans 32-13
16-2 contribution by County 32-12
Review, amendment 16-3 payment for property acquired by
County or other public entity
COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICTS,
32-17
SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT FINANCING
payment of existing assessments or
Annexation of territory debt service 32-8
authority 32-46 provision of alternate method of
notice of hearing 32-49 financing 32-2
ordinance of annexation 32-47, revolving fund 32-11
32-48 special levy 32-10
protests 32-50, 32-51 transfer from other funds 32-9
Bonds types of special improvements 32-7
general obligation bonds 32-71 Levy of special tax 32-53, 32-54
levy of amount of special taxes 32-62 CILITIES DISTRICTS
ordinance 32-57 CONDEMNATION
refunding 32-65 See also CORPORATION COUNSEL,
sale 32-63 OFFICE OF
Changes Land acquisition, condemnation 12-21
authorization to change 32-36 Taxes, remission 19-35
facilities, elimination of 32-35
financing limited to facilities CONFLICT OF INTEREST
specified in ordinance 32-33 See CODE OF ETHICS;
notice of hearing 32-40 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
ordinance for changes 32-39
CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATIVE
petition for 32-37, 32-38
CODE
protests 32-42
See also
special tax, levy of 32-34
BOARD OF APPEALS;
District establishment procedures
district boundaries 32-31 BUILDING CODE;
institution of procedures 32-18 BUILDING CODE, EXISTING;
notice of hearing 32-22, 32-23 BUILDING CODE, RESIDENTIAL;
waiver of notice and hearing ELECTRICAL CODE;
32-24 ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE;
PLUMBING CODE
ordinance of formation 32-29
Appeals regarding alternative materials,
petition requesting institution 32-19
protests 32-26 design, and methods of construction
reports of facilities 32-21 5-11-2
resolution of intention 32-20 Certificate of occupancy 5-8-22
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DEFECATION
DEFECATION
Agricultural products processing, minor
Dogs, small domesticated animals 4-3-6
25-1-5
Park and recreational areas 15-30
Agricultural tourism 25-1-5
Agriculture 23-113
DEFINITIONS Agriculture use value 19-2
Abandoned vehicle 20-01-03 Air-conditioning equipment 24-130
Acceptable level of service 25-2-46 Alerting organization 7-1-1
Accessible to a sewer 21-2 Alley 23-3, 24-3, 25-1-5
Accessory building 25-1-5 Alternate energy improvement 19-82
Accessory dwelling unit 19-2, 25-1-5 Alternating current level 2 charging
Accessory structure 5-1-5, 5A-1-6, station 25-1-5
5B-1-6, 5C-1-6, 5F-1-6 Amusement and recreation facility,
Accessory use 25-1-5, 27-12 indoor 25-1-5
Address 14-80 Amusement and recreation facility,
Africanized honeybee 4-5-3 major outdoor 25-1-5
Adjusted assessment base 33-2 And/or 1-4
Adjustment rate 33-2 Animal control officer 4-1-1
Administrative action 2-91.3 Animals 4-1-1
Administrative agency 2-91.3 Annex 17-1-4
Administrative head 2-238 Another 3-3, 22-1.2
Administrator 7-1-1 Apartment 23-122
Adult 14-98 Apartment house 25-1-5
Adult day care home 25-1-5 Apiary 4-5-3, 25-1-5
Adult dog 15-78 Appeal 27-12
Adult personal use 14-98 Applicant 2-5
Aerial device 17-2-2 Appointing authority 2-143
Aerial sign 3-3 Approval 8-2, 34-3
Aesthetic areas 15-66 Approved development 25-2-46
Affected assessment unit 12-1 Aquaculture 25-1-5
Affordable housing 11-3 Architect 5-1-5
Area coordinator 14-67
Affordable housing developer 2-110
Area mitigation 25-2-46
Affordable housing income guidelines
Area of shallow flooding 27-12
11-3
Arterial 23-3
Affordable rental housing 19-2
Affordable rental rate 19-2 Arterial street 24-3
Affordable unit or affordable housing Article 5D-1-6
unit 11-3 Articles pyrotechnic 17-2-2
Agency 1-4, 2-82, 11-3, 14-7 Assessed value of real property 35-1
Aggressive manner 14-74 Assessment base 33-2
Agricultural activities 25-1-5 Assessment increment 33-2
Agricultural building 5-1-5, 5A-1-6 Assessment unit 12-1
Agricultural/open district 3-3 At large 4-1-1
Agricultural products processing, major Attack 4-1-1
25-1-5 Auction 6-32
Auctioneer 6-32
SUPP. 17 (1-2025)
I-11
DEFINITIONS
Authority having jurisdiction Building, enclosed 5B-2-1
5-1-5, 5A-1-6, 5B-1-6, 5B-2-1, 5C-1-6, Building height 25-1-5
5D-1-6, 5E-1-6, 5F-1-6, 17-1-4 Building line 23-3, 25-1-5
Authorized association 35-60 Building official 5A-2-1(d),
Authorized association-installed 35-60 5B-2-1(d), 5B-3-22, 5D-1-6, 14-51
Authorized emergency vehicle 24-3 Building, open 5B-2-1
Authorized person 2-26, 7-1-1, 15-3 Building or house sewer 21-2
Authorized personnel 25-1-5 Building, partially enclosed 5B-2-1
Automated sign 3-3 Building site 25-1-5
Automobile service station 25-1-5 Building site average width 25-1-5
B.O.D. (biochemical oxygen demand) Building work 5-1-5, 5A-1-6, 5B-1-6,
21-2 5C-1-6
Backfill 27-12 Bureau of conveyances 23-3
Banner 3-3 Bus 24-3
Banner permits 3-9 Business 1-4, 2-82, 3-3, 6-8, 14-20,
Bar 6-40, 14-20 20-1-03
Base flood 27-12 Business district 24-3
Base flood elevation 5A-4-2, 5B-4-2, Business establishment 3-3
5C-4-2, 5D-3-2, 5F-3-2, 27-12 Business improvement district 22-1.2,
Basement 27-12 35-1
Beach park 15-3 Business or industrial street 23-3
Bed and breakfast establishment 25-1-5 Business service 25-1-5
Bee 4-5-3 Camper 15-3
Beekeeper 4-5-3 Camping 15-3
Beginning of construction 25-1-5 Camping units 15-3
Bicycle 6-8, 24-3 Candidate 2-91.1, 2-121
Bicycle lane 24-3 Cannabis 14-98
Bicycle path 24-3 Capital costs 2-235
Bicycle route 24-3 Care home 25-1-5
Bicycle/walk path 24-3
Carport 5A-2-1(d), 5B-2-1(d)
Bikeway 24-3 Carrier 18-1
Bizarre council district shape 36-1 Cash sponsorship 2-238
Blight 33-2 Catering establishment 25-1-5
Blind 19-75 Certificate of disability 24-242
Blue light content 14-51 Certification of rental rate 19-2
Board 2-82, 17-3-1 Certified hale builder 5A-3-26
Certified medical gas installer 5F-1-6
Bodily injury 4-1-1
Bond ordinance 35-1 Certified medical gas verifier 5F-1-6
Bonds 1-4, 32-16, 35-1 Cesspool 21-2
Chapter 5A-1-6, 5B-1-6, 5C-1-6, 5D-1-6
Borrow 10-1
Charter 1-4
Bowling alley 14-20
Chief of police 14-7, 14-67, 14-115,
Breakaway walls 27-12
18-31, 22-1.2, 24-202.4
Building 1-4, 3-3, 5-1-5, 5A-2-1, 5B-1-6,
5B-2-1, 5C-1-6, 5C-2-1, 5E-1-6, City 1-4
5F-1-6, 14-20, 14-80, 22-1.2, 25-1-5 City of Hilo 23-3, 25-1-5
Building drain 5F-2-1
SUPP. 19 (1-2026)
I-12
DEFINITIONS
Civil defense agency 7-1-1
Conflict of interest 2-136
Civil defense siren 25-2-46
Conforming 23-3, 25-1-5
Class I lighting 14-51
Connection 21-2
Class II lighting 14-51 Consolidation 12-30, 23-3
Class III lighting 14-51 Construction code 5-1-5, 5A-1-6, 5B-1-6,
Clerk 1-4, 32-16 5C-1-6, 5E-1-6, 5F-1-6
Coastal high hazard area 27-12 Consumer fireworks 17-2-2
This code 5A-1-6, 5B-1-6, 5C-1-6, Continuity of operations plan 7-1-1
5D-1-6, 5E-1-6, 5E-2-1(b), 5F-1-6 Continuous and regular basis 19-2
Code official 5C-2-1(d), 5E-2-1(b) Contribution 2-91.3, 2-238
Collector street 23-3 Controlled access highway 24-3
Colony 4-5-3 Controlling interest 2-82
Commercial 3-3 Convenience store 25-1-5
Commercial activity 34-12 Cool roof 5E-2-1(b)
Commercial agricultural activities 19-2 Cooperating department 12-1
Commercial agricultural use dedication Corporation counsel 22-1.2
19-2 Cost 2-5, 12-1, 32-16
Commercial bicycle tour 6-8 Costs of supplemental improvements
Commercial building 14-20 35-1
Commercial excavation 25-1-5 Costs of supplemental services and
Commercial interests 3-3 improvements 35-1
Commercial parking lot and garage Council 1-4, 2-136, 2-225, 3-3, 18-31,
25-1-5 25-1-5,31-2, 32-16, 33-2
Commercial/industrial district 3-3 Council district deviation 36-1
Commercially viable agricultural County 1-4, 2-167, 2-225, 14-160, 19-2,
operation 19-2 30-3, 32-16, 33-2, 35-1
Commission 2-198, 18-1, 18-31, 20-1-3, County asset 2-238
21-2, 25-1-5, 36-1 County building code 17-2-2
Commissioner 36-1 County clerk 35-1
Committee 2-121 County engineer 24-3
County environmental report 25-1-5
Common driveway approach 22-1.2
County facility 20-1-3
Common element 23-122
County facility users 20-1-3
Community facilities district 32-16
County fire code 17-2-2, 17-3-1
Community food sustainability use 19-2
Community of interest or community of County general plan 23-3
common interest 36-1 County highway 14-67
Community storm shelter 5A-3-24 County park and recreational facility
Compensation 2-82 15-91
Completion 25-6-31 Cracking 36-1
Compostable 20-1-3 Crematorium 25-1-5
Comprehensive emergency management Critical road area 25-2-46
plan 7-1-1 Crop production 25-1-5
Condominium 23-122 Crosswalk 24-3
Condominium property regime 23-122 Cruise or cruising 18-31
Condominium unit 12-1
SUPP. 19 (1-2026)
I-13
DEFINITIONS
Cul-de-sac 23-3 Disaster 7-1-1
Cultural 17-2-2 Disaster relief 2-247
Customer 20-1-3 Disaster relief funds 2-247
Cut 10-1 Disease 4-5-3
Damage to the road 24-157 Disorderly conduct 15-9
Dangerous dog 4-1-1, 15-78 Display 17-2-2
Data processing facility 25-1-5 Display case 3-3
Date of classification 19-2 Display fireworks 17-2-2
Day care center 25-1-5 Disposable food service ware 20-1-3
DBEDT 31-2 Distribute 14-137
De minimis structure position District 1-4, 3-3, 8-2, 22-1.2, 32-16, 35-1,
discrepancy 25-1-5 35-60
Dead-end street 23-3 District association 22-1.2, 35-1
Deaf 19-75 District board 35-1
Debt 32-16 District engineer 23-3, 24-3
Declaration 23-122 District-wide publication
Dedicated lands 19-2 dispensing rack permit 22-1.2
Dedication 34-3 Diversified agriculture 19-2
Default 21-38 Divided highway 24-3
Density 25-1-5 Dog park 15-78
Department 2-136, 2-198, 2-225, 3-3, Donations 2-161
14-120, 14-137, 14-160, 15-3, 17-2-2, Drainage facility 27-12
201-3, 24-221 Drilling operation 14-120
-
Deputies 2-143 Driver 18-56
Derelict vehicle 20-1-3 Driveway 22-1.2
Design commission 3-3 Driveway approach 22-1.2
Designated agency 30-3 Duplex and double-family dwelling
Designated bank 21-38 19-2, 25-1-5
Designated costs of issuing the Dwelling 5-1-5, 5A-1-6, 5B-1-6, 5C-1-6,
refunding bonds 32-69, 35-56 5D-1-6, 5E-1-6, 5F-1-6, 25-1-5
Designated historic and archaeological
Dwelling unit 5-1-5, 5D-1-6, 5E-1-6, 5F-
sites 10-1
1-6, 8-2, 19-2, 25-1-5
Designee 1-4
Easement 23-3, 34-3
Developer 23-122
Economic benefit 19-77
Development 27-12 Egress roof access window 5B-3-3
Development agreement 30-3 Elective 2-91.1
Devices 14-7 Electric vehicle 24-245.4, 25-1-5
Direct current fast charger 25-1-5 Electric vehicle charging station
Director 2-136, 2-198, 2-225, 2-247, 2- 24-245.4, 25-1-5
260, 3-3, 5-1-5, 5F-1-6, 6-32, 8-2, 14-
Electrical utility 5D-1-6
80, 14-120, 14-160, 15-3, 18-31, 19-2,
Electrical wiring 5-1-5, 5D-1-6
20-1-3, 21-2, 22-1.2, 23-3, 25-1-5,
Electrical work 5-1-5, 5D-1-6
32-16, 33-2, 34-3, 35-60 Electronic smoking devices 14-20
Director of finance 18-1 Eligible buyer 11-3
Director of transportation 23-3 Emergency 7-1-1, 15-91, 24-3
Directory sign 3-3
SUPP. 18 (7-2025)
I-14
DEFINITIONS
Emergency management 7-1-1
Farm equipment 19-2
Emergency responders 24-167.1
Farm plan 19-2
Employee 1-4, 2-82, 14-7 Farm subdivision 23-113
Enclosed or partially enclosed area(s) Farmers market 25-1-5
14-20 Federal credit union 19-89.2
Encroachment 27-12 Feed crops and fast rotation forestry
Encumbrance 2-12.1 19-2
Energy-saving device 25-1-5 Fertilizers 19-2
Enforcement officer 15-78, 24-242 Fifteen mile radius 11-3
Engineer 5-1-5, 5E-1-6, 5F-1-6, 10-1, Fill 10-1, 27-12
22-1.2, 23-3 Fill material 27-12
Engineer’s soils report 10-1 Finance director 22-1.2
Environmental impact statement 25-1-5 Financial interest 2-82
Equipment 2-238 Financing supplemental services and
Equivalent population 21-2 improvements by a district or
Erected 25-1-5 financing supplemental services and
Erosion 10-1 improvements 35-1
Excavation 10-1 Fire chief 17-1-4, 17-2-2, 17-3-1
Exceptional trees 14-57 Fire code 5A-2-1(d), 5B-2-1(d)
Executive agency 1-4 Fire department 17-1-4
Existing building 5-1-5, 5A-2-1(d), Firecrackers 17-2-2
5B-1-6, 5C-1-6, 5E-1-6, 5F-1-6 Fireworks 17-2-2
Existing manufactured home park or Fireworks code 17-3-1
subdivision 27-12 First user 5B-3-22
Existing structure 5-1-5, 5B-1-6, 5C-1-6, Fiscal impact statement 2-12.7
5F-1-6 Flag lot 25-1-5
Expansion to an existing manufactured Flood elevation determination 27-12
home park or subdivision 27-12 Flood elevation study or flood study
Expenditure 2-91.3 27-12
Expressive activities 15-35 Flood, flooding, or flood water 27-12
Flood insurance rate map (FIRM) 27-12
Extension 21-2
Flood insurance study 27-12
Extra inspection 5-7-5
Facilities, improvements or special Flood or flooding 5B-4-2, 5C-4-2, 5D-3-2,
improvements 32-16 5F-3-2
Facility 2-238 Flood protection system 27-12
Factory-built home 5-1-5 Floodplain administrator 27-12
Factory-built housing 5B-3-22 Floodplain management 27-12
Fair market value 8-2 Floodplain management regulations
Family 5A-2-1(d), 5B-2-1(d), 5C-2-1(d), 27-12
25-1-5 Floodplain or flood-prone area 27-12
Family child care home 25-1-5 Floodproofing 27-12
Farm 25-1-5 Floodway fringe 27-12
Farm animals 4-1-1 Floodway or regulatory floodway 27-12
Farm dwelling 19-2, 25-1-5 Floor area, gross 25-1-5
SUPP. 16 (7-2024)
I-15
DEFINITIONS
Floor area, net 25-1-5
Gun 14-7
Flyover barrier 4-5-3
Habitable space 5E-2-1(b)
Food manufacturing and processing
Half street 23-3
facility 25-1-5 Handbill 14-141
Food packaging 20-1-3 Handicapped 18-1
Food providers 20-1-3 Handler 15-78
For nonprofit purposes 19-77 Hardship 27-12
Fracturing or cracking 36-1 Health officer 5F-2-1(c)
Fraud and victimization 27-12 Highest adjacent grade 27-12
Freeboard 27-12 Highway 24-3
Front yard 25-1-5 Historic preservation 2-225
Frontage 25-1-5 Historic properties 2-225
Fuel cell electric vehicle 24-245.4, Historic structure 27-12
25-1-5 Hive 4-5-3
Fully shielded 14-51 Home improvement center 25-1-5
Functional forests 19-59 Home occupation 25-1-5
Functionally dependent use 27-12 Homeownership counselor 11-3
Funeral home or funeral parlor 25-1-5 Honeybee 4-5-3
Funeral services 25-1-5 Hospital 25-1-5
Future width lines 25-1-5 Hotel 8-2, 14-20, 25-1-5
Gang cesspool 21-2 Household hennery 25-1-5
Garage 5B-2-1(d) Housing infrastructure costs 2-235
Garbage 21-2 Humane society 4-1-1
Garbage, properly shredded 21-2 Hurricane-prone regions 5A-3-25
General floodplain 27-12 Hydraulic fracturing 14-120
Genetic engineering 14-91 IAPMO 5F-1-6
Genetically engineered 14-129 IBC 5A-1-6
Gerrymander 36-1 ICC 5A-1-6, 5B-1-6, 5C-1-6, 5E-1-6
Gifts 2-161 ICC section 5E-1-6
Golf cart 24-176 Ideal council district’s population 36-1
IECC 5E-1-6
Golf cart crossing 24-176
Illuminated sign 3-3
Golf course maintenance vehicle 24-176
Immediate family member 2-82
Governmental entity or agency 30-3
Immediate vicinity of a project 25-2-46
Grading 10-1
Grant 2-136 Import 17-2-2
Graphic design 3-3 Improvement area 32-16
Grease 21-2 Improvement district 12-1
Grease traps 21-2 In-kind sponsorship 2-238
Gross negligence 2-167 Incidental expense 32-16
Ground sign 3-3 Incidental expenses of a district 35-1
Group living facility 25-1-5 Incidentals 12-1
Group of structures 5A-3-26 Income 2-91.1
Grubbing 10-1 Increment 21-38
Guaranteed borrower 21-38 Indigenous Hawaiian architecture
Guest house 25-1-5 structures 5A-3-26
Guest ranch 25-1-5 Indirect lighting 3-3
Guided bicycle tour 6-8 Individual 14-51
SUPP. 19 (1-2026)
I-16
DEFINITIONS
Industrial wastes 21-2
Livestock production 25-1-5
Infiltration 21-2
Lobbying 2-91.3
Inflow 21-2
Lobbyist 2-91.3
Insert 35-60 Local mitigation 25-2-46
Insignia of approval 5B-3-22 Location 35-60
Inspection 2-5 Lodge 25-1-5
Lodging unit 8-2
Install 35-60
Installation 5B-3-22 Loft 5B-3-3
Integrated preparedness plan 7-1-1 Loitering 7-1-1
Integrated solid waste management Long-term commercial agricultural
(ISWM) 20-1-3 use dedication 19-2
Intensive agriculture 19-2 Long-term resilience 2-247
Intentionally 1-11, 14-74 Lot 3-3, 23-3, 25-1-5, 34-3
Interior lot line 25-1-5 Lot line 25-1-5
International building code 5-1-5 Lot width 25-1-5
Intersection 24-3 Lower-income household 2-75
Intoxicating liquor 13-8 Lowest floor 27-12
Inundation level 5D-1-6 Lowest law enforcement priority 14-98
Issuing agency 24-242 Machine or device for reproducing sound
Junkyard 25-1-5 14-17
Kailua Industrial Subdivision 3-3 Main 21-2
Kailua Village core 3-3 Main building 25-1-5
Kennel 25-1-5 Major disaster 5-7-3
Kitchen 25-1-5 Majority 35-1
Knowingly 14-74 Manager 23-3
Kuleana land 19-89.5 Manufacture 5B-3-22
Land mobile radio system 7-1-1 Manufactured home 27-12
Land or parcel of land 35-1 Manufactured home park or subdivision
Land surveyor 10-1 27-12
Land use 25-1-5 Manufacturing, processing and
packaging, general 25-1-5
Landing platform 5B-3-3
Manufacturing, processing and
Landowner or owner of land 32-16, 35-1
packaging, light 25-1-5
Landscaping 19-80
Marginal access street or service road
Lateral 21-2
Law enforcement officer 14-115 23-3
Lease 2-110 Marijuana 14-98
Legislative action 2-91.3 Market value 19-2, 27-12
Levee 27-12 Marquee 3-3
Levee system 27-12 Marquee sign 3-3
Level of service 25-2-46 Materials 20-1-3
License 17-2-2 May 1-4
Limited common element 23-122 Mayor 1-4, 2-225
Litter 14-141, 24-161 Mean sea level 27-12
Livestock 4-1-1, 25-1-5 Medical clinic 25-1-5
SUPP. 16 (7-2024)
I-17
DEFINITIONS
Meeting facility 25-1-5
Net taxable real property 19-90
Minimum building site area 23-122
Networked 25-1-5
Minimum necessary 27-12
New construction 17-1-4, 27-12
Minimum risk products and methods New manufactured home park or
15-91 subdivision 27-12
Minor 13-8 Newspaper 14-141
Minor street 23-3 NFPA 5D-1-6, 17-1-4
Nightclub 14-20
Minority population 36-1
Mitigation 7-1-1, 25-2-46 Non-mineral sunscreen 14-30
Mobile dwelling 25-1-5 Nonconforming building or parcel
Mobile electronic device 24-167.1 25-1-5
Mobile home 6-25 Nonconforming use 25-1-5
Mobile home park 6-25 Nondedicated agricultural use
Mobility device 15-78 assessment 19-2
Moderate-income household 2-75 Nonprofit or limited distribution
Monetary gain 19-77 mortgager 19-87
Month 1-4 Nonprofit organization 2-110, 2-136,
Moped 24-3 2-247
Mortuary 25-1-5 Oath 1-4
Motor vehicle 24-3 Obnoxious substance 14-7
Motorcycle 24-3 Obstruction 27-12
Motorscooter 24-3 Occupancy 25-2-46
Mountain 34-3 Occupant 1-4
Movie or television production 17-2-2 Occupation 24-221
Multi-hazard mitigation plan 7-1-1 Occupiable space 5E-2-1(b)
Multifamily dwelling 5-1-5, 14-20 Off-leash area 15-78
Multiple loading 18-31 Office of Housing and Community
Multiple-family development or Development (OHCD) 11-3
development 34-3 Officer 1-4, 2-82
Multiple-family dwelling 25-1-5 Official act 2-82, 24-3
Official action 2-82
Must 1-4
Official authority 2-82
Naloxone 6-40
Official County street name 22-1.2
Native forests 19-59
Official traffic-control device 24-3
Natural outlet 21-2
NEC 5D-1-6 On-leash area 15-78
Negligently 4-1-1 One-hundred-year flood 27-12
Neighborhood electric vehicle 24-245.4, One-hundred-year floodplain 27-12
25-1-5 One mile 14-113
Neighborhood watch 14-67 One person, one vote 36-1
Neighborhood watch sign 14-67 Open air 14-129
Nepotism 2-136 Open areas 15-66
Net free vent area 5-84 Open spaces 19-80
Net taxable buildings 19-90 Open to the public 14-20
Net taxable lands 19-90 Operate 1-4
SUPP. 19 (1-2026)
I-18
DEFINITIONS
Remnant 2-110
Self-directed revocable living trust
Removable windshield placard 24-242
21-38
Rentable unit 25-1-5
Self-storage facility 25-1-5
Repair establishment, major 25-1-5 Semi-trailer 24-3
Repair establishment, minor 25-1-5 Senior citizen 18-1
Repetitive loss structure 27-12 Separation 5A-3-26
Rescue operation 2-167 Serious bodily injury 4-1-1
Reserve strip 23-3 Serious injury 4-1-1
Residence 14-113 Service bureau 2-121
Resident population 8-2 Service business or calling 31-2
Residential care/assisted living facilities Setback 5A-3-26
5A-2-1(d) Sewage 21-2
Residential district 3-3, 24-3 Sewage treatment plant 21-2
Residential tier one property 19-90 Sewage works, sewer system, or sewer
Residential tier two property 19-90 21-2
Response 7-1-1 Sewer system improvement district 12-1
Responsible department 12-1 Shall 1-4
Responsible director or manager 12-1 Shared-ride taxi 18-31
Responsible party 5-1-5 Shared-use or multi-use park 15-78
Resort area 25-1-5 Sheet flow area 27-12
Resort subdivision 23-3 Shell, cartridge, or bomb 14-7
Restaurant 14-20, 25-1-5 Shipper 17-2-2
Retail establishment 25-1-5 Shoreline 34-3
Retail tobacco store 14-20 Short-term commercial agricultural use
Reversed corner lot 23-3 dedication 19-2
Reversed frontage lot 23-3 Short-term vacation rental 25-1-5
Rider 18-94 Side yard 25-1-5
Right-of-way 23-3, 24-3 Sidewalk 1-4, 22-1.2, 23-3, 24-3, 35-60
Riverine 27-12 Sidewalk use permits 22-3.1
Road taxi stand 18-31 Sign 3-3
Single-family dwelling 19-2, 25-1-5
Road tractor 24-3
Single stack vent system 5F-2-1(c)
Roadway 22-1.2, 23-3, 24-3
Siren 24-3
Roof sign 3-3
Site 5B-3-22
Safety glass 18-1
Safety zone 24-3 Sleeping unit 5B-2-1(d)
Sand dunes 27-12 Smoke or smoking 14-20
Sanitary engineer 23-3 Socio-economic group 36-1
Sanitary landfill 20-01-03 Soil amendments 19-2
Sanitary sewer 21-2 Soil and water conservation districts
School 25-1-5 10-1
School bus 18-56, 24-3 Solar water heater 19-2
School bus operator 18-56 Soliciting 14-74
Section 5A-1-6, 5E-1-6, 5F-1-6 Solid tire 24-3
Sedimentation 10-1 Solid waste 20-01-03
SUPP. 16 (7-2024)
I-21
DEFINITIONS
Solid waste management 20-01-03 Subject roads 14-160
Special activity permits 22-3.1 Substantial bodily injury 4-1-1
Special duty 2-171 Substantial damage 5-3-3, 27-12
Special event 25-1-5 Substantial improvement 27-12
Special flood hazard area 5A-4-2, Successional forests 19-59
5B-4-2, 5C-4-2, 5D-3-2, 5F-3-2, 27-12 Sunscreen 14-30
Special hazard vehicle 24-3 Supplemental improvements 35-1
Special improvement, improvement, the Supplemental services and improvement
making of a special improvement, area 35-1
make any special improvement 12-1 Supplemental services and
Special inspection 5-1-5 improvements 35-1
Special interest areas 15-66 Surveyor 23-3, 25-1-5
Special license plates 24-242 Suspended solids 21-2
Special mobile equipment 24-3 SWD 20-01-03
Specially constructed vehicle 24-3 SWD facility 20-01-03
Speed hump 14-160, 22-1.2 Swill 14-149
Speed limit 24-3 Table 5A-1-6
Sponsor 2-238 Targeted area 33-2
Sponsorship 2-238 Tax increment 33-2
Sponsorship agreement 2-238 Tax increment bonds 33-2
Sponsorship recognition 2-238 Tax increment district or district 33-2
Stakeholder preparedness review 7-1-1 Tax increment financing plan or
Stand or standing 24-3 financing plan 33-2
Standard of fairness principles 36-1 Tax increment fund or fund 33-2
Start of construction 27-12 Tax year 19-47
State 1-4, 2-225, 20-01-03, 27-12 Taxi or taxicab 18-1
State credit union 19-89.2 Taxicab 18-1, 18-31, 24-3
State fire code 17-2-2 Taxicab company 18-31
State of disaster or emergency 7-1-1 Taxicab driver 18-31
Statutes 1-4
Telecommunication antenna 25-1-5
Sterilized dog 4-1-1 Telecommunication tower or tower
Stockpiling 10-1 25-1-5
Stop (when required) 24-3 Temporary fireworks storage building or
Stop or stopping (when prohibited) 24-3 structure 17-2-2
Store 14-45, 17-2-2 Temporary painted window sign 3-3
Storm drainage facility 12-1 Temporary removable windshield
Stray 4-1-1 placard 24-242
Street 1-4, 3-3, 14-80, 22-1.2, 23-3, 24-3, Temporary sign 3-3
25-1-5 Tenant 1-4
Street frontage 3-3, 25-1-5 Theater 25-1-5
Street plug 23-3 Threat and hazard identification and
Structural observation 5A-2-1(d) risk assessment 7-1-1
Structure 5-1-5, 25-1-5, 27-12 Through highway 24-3
Structures 15-66 Through lot 23-3
Student 18-1
Time share unit 25-1-5
Subdivided land 23-3
Subdivider 8-2, 23-3
Subdivision 8-2, 21-2, 34-3
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HAWAI‘I COUNTY CODE
HITCHHIKING
Citation 1-1
Certain acts by pedestrians prohibited
Form of ordinances to amend 2-152
24-249
Publication 2-153 Prohibited in park and recreational
Revision, supplementation of Code areas
2-153 See PARKS AND RECREATIONAL
Rules of construction 1-2, 1-3, 1-5 FACILITIES, HITCHHIKING
Severability of unconstitutional
or invalid parts of code 1-9 HOUSING ADMINISTRATOR
See also OFFICE OF HOUSING AND
HAWAI‘I COUNTY CULTURAL
COMMUNITY
RESOURCES COMMISSION
DEVELOPMENT
Members, tenure 2-226
Duties 2-71
Nominations to Hawai‘i or national
Established 2-69
register of historic places 2-230 Powers 2-70
Powers, duties 2-229 Reports to council 11-19
Under supervision of managing
HAWAI‘I COUNTY WATER USE AND
director 2-7
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Adoption 29-2
HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Amendments 29-3
POLICY
Plan review 29-4
Buyer of finished lots 11-10
Credits
HAWAIIAN ARCHITECTURE earning affordable housing credits
See BUILDING CODE, INDIGENOUS 11-5
HAWAIIAN ARCHITECTURE transfer of credits 11-15
STRUCTURES Density bonus 11-8
Eligibility criteria 11-13
HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE Housing policy objectives 11-2
Spelling 2-5.1 Rental price of units 11-11
Requirements
affordable housing 11-4
HELE-ON BUS
satisfaction of 11-5
See PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Sales
HELE-ON KAKO‘O PARATRANSIT lots and units 11-9
SERVICE resale restrictions 11-14
See PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION sales price 11-7
Section 201G, HRS, projects 11-16
HIGHWAYS
HOUSING AGENCY
See DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
Council members 2-66
WORKS;
Created, scope of authority 2-66
STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Powers 2-68
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HOUSING, FUNDS AND
CONTRACTS
HOUSING, FUNDS AND CONTRACTS owner of undivided interest 12-39
See also COUNTY HOUSING payment of installments 12-34
PROGRAM REVOLVING purchase at sale 12-41
FUND sale for default 12-40
Generally sale of land by director; terms
contracts, signing 2-73 12-43
federal funds 2-72 Finance and payment
special funds 2-75.1 contents of bonds 12-45
Revolving fund errors in computation of amount
created 2-74 due 12-57
use 2-75 execution, payment 12-46
General obligation bonds
HYDRAULIC FRACTURING POLICY exemption from certain
Enforcement 14-125, 14-126 requirements 12-48
Prohibited 14-121 improvement bonds, authorized
Violation 14-123 12-44
HYDRAULIC FRACTURING POLICY issuance 12-47
not chargeable against general
-- I --
revenue 12-56
payment due upon maturity 12-54
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS
payment to contractors 12-53
See BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT
place to pay 12-52
DISTRICTS;
reserve fund 12-50
COMMUNITY FACILITIES
special assessment revolving fund
DISTRICTS, SPECIAL
12-47
IMPROVEMENT FINANCING;
special fund for administrative,
IMPROVEMENTS BY
pre-formation costs, and bond
ASSESSMENT;
payment 12-49
TAX INCREMENT DISTRICTS
surplus, use of 12-49
tax exemptions 12-55.1
IMPROVEMENTS BY ASSESSMENT
General provisions
Assessments
authority to issue bond 12-2
amendments upon consolidation
costs advanced and borne by owners
or subdivision 12-30
and County 12-7
application for reduction 12-29
council powers 12-6
bonds 12-37
improvements outside of designated
certificate of balance 12-42
districts 12-4
due date 12-33
lands exempt from taxation 12-5
fixed by ordinance 12-29
lawsuits, limitation on time to
installment payments
sue 12-8
advance payments 12-35
method 12-2
collection expense 12-36
ratification and validation 12-9
election to pay by installment
taxation, land exempt from, costs
12-33
12-5
failure to pay 12-38
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TITLE
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Plumbing Code
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1 2 34 5
5F
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Fire
Land
Minors
TITLE
Control
Welfare
General
Housing
Planning
Reserved
Parks and
Recreation
Businesses
Emergency
CHAPTER
Erosion and
Disaster and
ManagementDedication of
Improvements
Sedimentation
by Assessments
6 7 8 9
1011121314151617
NO.
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Public
TrafficTraffic
Sewers
TITLE
Schedules
Integrated
CHAPTER
Solid Waste
SubdivisionsVehicles and
Management
Real Property
County Streets
Transportation
1819202122232424
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Zoning
TITLE
Reserved
CHAPTER
Flood Control
Zoning Annex
25252627
NO.
CHAPTER
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ORD. EFFECTIVE CODE
DESCRIPTION
NO.DATESECTION
25-45 07-01-25 Operating budget FY 2025-2026 --
25-46 07-01-25 Capital improvements budget --
FY 2025-2026
25-4701-01-26Affordable rental housing real property 19-2, 19-53
tax classification
25-4806-23-25Exemptions for certain Hawaiian 19-89
Homes property, and other agencies
25-49 06-23-25 Designated exceptional trees14-65
25-50 12-20-25 Transient accommodations 6-40 to 6-53
25-51 06-23-25 Operating budget --
25-52 06-23-25 Real property taxes, residential tax 19-90
rate tiers
25-53 06-23-25 Operating budget --
25-54 06-23-25 Operating budget --
25-55 07-07-25 Telecommunication antennas and 25-1-5, 25-2-61,
towers 25-2-74, 25-2-76,
25-4-12, 25-5-3,
25-5-22, 25-5-32,
25-5-42, 25-5-52,
25-5-62, 25-5-72,
25-5-82, 25-5-92,
25-5-102, 25-5-
112, 25-5-122,
25-5-132, 25-5-
142, 25-5-152,
25-5-162, 25-7-22
25-56 07-07-25 Capital improvements budget --
25-57 07-07-25 Operating budget --
25-5807-07-25Operating budget--
25-59 07-07-25 Operating budget --
25-60 08-06-25 “Yet 15-68.1
Sung Chang Park” in honor of Yet
Sung Chang
25-61 08-12-25 Improvement District No 21 -Iki Place --
Water System Improvements
25-62 08-12-25 Operating budget --
25-63 01-01-26 Prohibits animal feeding on County 4-3-7
properties
25-64 09-05-25 Establishment of zoning districts 25-3-3
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ORD. EFFECTIVE CODE
DESCRIPTION
NO.DATESECTION
25-65 09-05-25 General Obligation Bond (Not to --
exceed $275,000 – Water System
Improvement District for the purpose
of undertaking and financing the costs
of a project consisting of the
construction, acquisition, and
installation of a public water system to
serve Iki Place, Kohanaiki
Homesteads, North Kona)
25-66 09-22-25 Zoning district regulations for meeting 25-1-5, 25-2-61,
facilities, churches, temples, 25-2-71, 25-4-11,
synagogues, and community buildings 25-4-17 (new
section), 25-4-51,
25-5-3, 25-5-22,
25-5-32, 25-5-42,
25-5-52, 25-5-62,
25-5-72, 25-5-82,
25-5-92, 25-5-102,
25-5-112, 25-5-
122, 25-5-132, 25-
5-142, 25-5-152,
25-5-162, 25-7-22
25-67 09-22-25 City of Hilo Zone Map ZA
25-68 09-22-25 Naloxone requirement in barsAdds new article
to chapter 6
6-40, 6-41, 6-42,
6-43
25-69 09-22-25 City of Hilo Zone Map ZA
25-70 01-01-26 Real property tax credits19-104, 19-105,
adds new sections
25-71 10-24-25 Fares for public transportation 18-90
25-7210-24-25Operating budget--
25-73 10-24-25 Operating budget --
25-74 10-24-25 Capital improvements budget --
25-75 10-24-25 Capital improvements budget --
25-76 11-17-25 Operating budget --
25-77 11-17-25 Operating budget --
25-78 11-18-25 Certain acts by pedestrians prohibited24-249
25-79 11-24-25 Parking meter zones 24-292
25-80 11-24-25 Parks and recreational facility 15-68.1
schedule
25-81 11-24-25 City of Hilo Zone Map ZA
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ORD. EFFECTIVE CODE
DESCRIPTION
NO.DATESECTION
25-82 11-24-25 Capital improvements budget --
25-83 11-24-25 Capital improvements budget --
25-84 11-24-25 Operating budget --
25-85 12-09-25 Household henneries 25-1-5, 25-4-18,
25-5-3, 25-5-22,
25-5-32, 25-5-42,
25-5-52
25-86 12-09-25 Operating budget --
25-87 12-09-25 Operating budget --
25-88 12-09-25 Veterans advisory committee 15-62
25-89 12-24-25 Capital improvements budget --
25-90 12-24-25 Appointment of the civil defense 7-1-2 to 7-1-7
administrator
25-91 12-24-25 Operating budget --
25-92 12-24-25 Transient accommodations --
(Amends Ord 25-50 Eff 07-01-26)
25-93 12-24-25 Operating budget --
25-94 12-24-25 Operating budget --
25-95 12-24-25 Operating budget --
25-96 12-24-25 Operating budget --
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