HCC §23-112
Allowing agricultural leases without homes on them
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section explains why the county has these rules: to let people who own land in an agricultural zone lease it for farming. But no one can build or use a house or any place to live on that leased land. The goal is to make farmland cheaper to rent.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Purpose
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.
The purpose of this Article is to allow a person(s) owning property within an agricultural zoned district by the Hawai‘i County Code to lease the property for agricultural purposes, provided that structures for residential occupancy or habitation shall be prohibited. This Article is intended to encourage landowners to provide affordable agricultural lands which are leased at reduced infrastructural standards warranted by the prohibition of residential or habitable structures. (1995, ord 95-136, sec 2.)23-112
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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