HCC §25-5-107
Landscaping rules for front, side, and rear yards in the CN district
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗In the CN district, you must landscape your front yard, except for driveways, walkways, and one house with its accessory buildings. If your side or back yard touches a residential zone, you must plant a screening hedge at least 42 inches tall within 5 feet of the property line, with the same exceptions.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Landscaping of yards
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) All front yards in the CN district shall be landscaped, except for necessary access drives and walkways, and except for the construction of one single-family dwelling and accessory buildings per lot. (b) Where any required side or rear yard in the CN district adjoins a building site in an RS, RD, RM or RCX district, the side or rear yard shall be landscaped with a screening hedge not less than forty-two inches in height, within five feet of the property line, except for necessary drives and walkways, and except for the construction of one single-family dwelling and accessory buildings per lot. (1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2005, ord 05-155, sec 10.)25-5-107
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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