HCC §25-4-61
When old uses of land and buildings can continue
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section lets a nonconforming use of land or a building keep going if it existed on a certain date. You can make the use bigger inside the same building, but you cannot spread it to more land or move it to another part of the property. Public buildings and utility facilities that existed before a certain date have more freedom to expand.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Continuance of nonconforming uses of land and buildings
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 nonconforming use of land or use of a building may continue to the extent it existed on December 7, 1996 or at the time of the adoption of any amendments to this chapter, provided that a nonconforming use may be enlarged within the building it occupies, but shall not be enlarged or increased to occupy a greater area of land, nor shall it or the portion of the building housing it be moved in whole or in part to any other portion of the building site occupied by such nonconforming use, except as provided in this division. SUPP. 9 (1-2021) 25-70 ZONING § 25-4-61 (b) Public buildings, public or private power and telephone facilities including offices and plants existing prior to May 24, 1967 may be enlarged or increased to occupy a greater area of land or building, notwithstanding the limitations contained in this section. (1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2002, ord 02-89, sec 1.)25-4-61
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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