HCC §25-4-51
How many parking spaces different uses need
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section sets the minimum number of parking spaces required for many types of buildings and activities, like homes, stores, and hotels. It also explains when no extra parking is needed for a change of use and when parking can be shared between uses that happen at different times.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Required number of parking spaces
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) 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). SUPP. 19 (1-2026) 25-62 ZONING § 25-4-51 (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
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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