HCC §25-5-112
What businesses and homes are allowed in the CG district
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section lists the many types of uses that are allowed in the CG (commercial) district, from homes and shops to bars and hospitals. Some uses need a special permit, and some have extra rules about density or sound. It also allows accessory buildings and housing for people who work at a permitted use.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Permitted uses
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 following uses shall be permitted uses in the CG district: (1) Adult day care homes. (2) Amusement and recreation facilities, indoor. (3) Apiaries. (4) Art galleries, museums. (5) Art studios. (6) Automobile sales and rentals. (7) Automobile service stations. (8) Bars, nightclubs and cabarets. (9) Bed and breakfast establishments, as permitted under section 25-4-7. (10) Boarding facilities, rooming, or lodging houses, provided that the maximum density shall be one thousand two hundred fifty square feet of land area per rentable unit or dwelling unit. (11) Broadcasting stations. (12) Business services. (13) Car washing, provided that if it is mechanized, sound attenuated structures or sound attenuated walls shall be erected and maintained on the property lines. (14) Catering establishments. SUPP. 17 (1-2025) 25-104 ZONING § 25-5-112 (15) Cemeteries and mausoleums, as permitted under chapter 6, article 1 of this Code. (16) Cleaning plants using only nonflammable hydrocarbons in a sealed unit as the cleansing agent. (17) Commercial parking lots and garages. (18) Convenience stores. (19) Crematoriums, funeral homes, funeral services, and mortuaries. (20) Crop production. (21) Day care centers. (22) Display rooms for products sold elsewhere. (23) Dwellings, double-family or duplex, provided that the maximum density shall be one thousand two hundred fifty square feet of land area per rentable unit or dwelling unit. (24) Dwellings, multiple-family, provided that the maximum density shall be one thousand two hundred fifty square feet of land area per rentable unit or dwelling unit. (25) Dwellings, single-family. (26) Equipment sales and rental yards, and other yards where retail products are displayed in the open. (27) Family child care homes. (28) Farmers markets. When the vending activity in a farmers market involves more than just the sale of local fresh and/or raw produce, plant life, fish and local homegrown and homemade products for more than two days a week, the director, at the time of plan approval, shall restrict the hours of use, maintenance and operations and may require improvements as determined appropriate to ensure its compatibility with the existing character of the surrounding area. (29) Financial institutions. (30) Group living facilities. (31) Home occupations, as permitted under section 25-4-13. (32) Hospitals, sanitariums, old age, convalescent, nursing and rest homes. (33) Hotels. (34) Ice storage and dispensing facilities. (35) Laboratories, medical and research. (36) Laundries. (37) Light manufacturing, processing and packaging, where the only retail sales outlet for products produced is on the premises where produced. (38) Medical clinics. (39) Meeting facilities, including special events, as permitted under section (40) Model homes, as permitted under section 25-4-8. (41) Neighborhood parks, playgrounds, tennis courts, swimming pools, and similar neighborhood recreational areas and uses. (42) Offices. 25-105 SUPP. 19 (1-2026) (43) Personal services. (44) Photography studios. (45) Public uses and structures, as permitted under section 25-4-11. (46) Printing shops, cartographing and duplicating processes such as blueprinting or photostating shops. (47) Repair establishments, minor. (48) Restaurants. (49) Retail establishments. (50) Schools. (51) Short-term vacation rentals. (52) Special events. (53) Telecommunication antennas and towers, as permitted under section 25-4-12. (54) Theaters. (55) Time share units. (56) Utility substations, as permitted under section 25-4-11. (57) Veterinary establishments. (b) In addition to those uses permitted under subsection (a) above, the following uses may be permitted in the CG district, provided that a use permit is issued for each use: (1) Golf courses and related golf course uses, including golf driving ranges, golf maintenance buildings and golf club houses, provided that the property is within the state land use urban or rural district. Golf courses and golf driving ranges shall not be permitted within the state land use agricultural district unless approved by the County before July 1, 2005. (2) Major outdoor amusement and recreation facilities. (3) Yacht harbors and boating facilities. (c) Residential uses in connection with the operation of any permitted use shall be permitted in the CG district. (d) Buildings and uses normally considered accessory to the uses permitted in this section shall also be permitted in the CG district. (1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2012, ord 12-28, sec 13; am 2014, ord 14-86, sec 11; am 2018, ord 18-114, sec 11; am 2021, ord 21-26, sec 11; am 2024, ord 24-65, secs 7 and 10; am 2025, ord 25-55, sec 12; ord 25-66, sec 20.)25-5-112
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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