Rules for running a bed and breakfast in Hawaii County

(a) Bed and breakfast establishments shall be permitted in the RD, RM, RCX, V, CN, CG, CV and CDH districts. A bed and breakfast establishment may be permitted in the RS districts and RA, FA, A districts, within the State land use urban district, provided that a use permit is obtained for each such use. A special permit shall also be required for any bed and breakfast establishment located in either the State land use rural or agricultural districts. (b) A bed and breakfast establishment shall be subject to the following standards: (1) The bed and breakfast establishment shall be subordinate and clearly or customarily incidental to the principal use as a residence by its operator and not alter or be detrimental to the character of the surrounding area. (2) The operator of the bed and breakfast establishment shall reside on the same building site as that being used for the bed and breakfast establishment. (3) The bed and breakfast establishment may be located on a building site, within any single-family dwellings, and/or guest houses (pursuant to section 25-4-9). (4) The bed and breakfast establishment shall contain no more than five guest bedrooms for rent to guests. (5) The maximum number of guests permitted within a bed and breakfast establishment at any one time shall be ten. ZONING § 25-4-7 (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