HCC §11-8
Extra building rights for affordable housing projects
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗Projects that meet affordable housing rules by building or donating affordable homes or lots can build 10% more homes and use smaller lot sizes. The bonus can be used on the affordable site, the other site, or split between them, but not in certain agricultural or rural districts.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Density bonus
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) Any project subject to an affordable housing requirement under this chapter that fulfills its housing requirement by constructing affordable dwelling units for sale or rent or by donating finished lots with infrastructure shall be entitled to a density bonus increasing the total number of residential units that may be constructed on the site by ten percent, and decreasing the minimum lot size by ten percent, compared to the number of units otherwise allowable and the minimum lot size as established by the zoning code. (b) If a project fulfills its affordable housing requirement off-site, the density bonus can be used on the non-affordable site, or the affordable housing site, or divided between the two sites. (c) The density bonus may not be used in the State Land Use Agricultural District or Rural Districts to create lots less than the minimum lot sizes required in those districts. (1998, ord 98-1, sec 2; am 2005, ord 05-23, sec 2; am 2014, ord 14-37, sec 1.)11-8
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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