HCC §25-5-108
Rules for building in the CN district
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section gives the director power to require certain eave designs in the CN district. It also says you need plan approval for most new buildings and additions, except for one house and its accessory buildings per lot. The commission can allow exceptions to some rules in planned unit developments.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Other regulations
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) In conjunction with plan approval, the director may require the construction of a continuous eave overhanging the front property line in the CN district. The director may also require that the eave be of similar height and design in any one block of the CN district. (b) Plan approval shall be required for all new structures and additions to existing structures in the CN district, except for construction of one single-family dwelling and any accessory buildings per lot. 25-103 SUPP. 19 (1-2026) (c) Exceptions to the regulations for the CN district regarding heights, building site areas, building site average widths and yards, may be approved by the commission within a planned unit development. (1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2005, ord 05-155, sec 11; am 2015, ord 15-33, sec 4.)25-5-108 Division 11. CG, General Commercial Districts.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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