HCC §25-5-122
What uses are allowed in the CV district
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section lists the many types of businesses, homes, and other uses that are allowed in the CV (village) district. Some uses need special approval or a use permit. It also allows similar uses and buildings that go along with the listed ones.
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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 in the CV district: (1) Adult day care homes. (2) Amusement and recreation facilities, indoor. (3) Apiaries. (4) Art galleries, museums. (5) Automobile sales and rentals. (6) Automobile service stations. (7) Bars. (8) Bed and breakfast establishments, as permitted under section 25-4-7. (9) 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. (10) Business services. (11) Cemeteries and mausoleums, as permitted under chapter 6, article 1 of this Code. (12) Commercial parking lots and garages. (13) Convenience stores. (14) Crematoriums, funeral homes, funeral services, and mortuaries. (15) Crop production. (16) Day care centers. (17) 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. (18) 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. (19) Dwellings, single-family. (20) Family child care homes. (21) 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. (22) Financial institutions. SUPP. 19 (1-2026) 25-108 ZONING § 25-5-122 (23) Group living facilities. (24) Home occupations, as permitted under section 25-4-13. (25) Hospitals, sanitariums, old age, convalescent, nursing and rest homes. (26) Hotels, when the design and use conform to the character of the area, as approved by the director. (27) Laboratories, medical and research. (28) Lodges. (29) Manufacturing, processing and packaging light and general, except for concrete or asphalt products, where the products are distributed to retail establishments located in the immediate community, as approved by the director. (30) Medical clinics. (31) Meeting facilities, including special events, as permitted under section (32) Model homes, as permitted under section 25-4-8. (33) Neighborhood parks, playgrounds, tennis courts, swimming pools, and similar neighborhood recreational areas and uses. (34) Offices. (35) Personal services. (36) Photography studios. (37) Public uses and structures, as permitted under section 25-4-11. (38) Publishing plants for newspapers, books and magazines, printing shops, cartographing, and duplicating processes such as blueprinting or photostating shops, which are designed to primarily serve the local area. (39) Repair establishments, major, when there are not more than five employees, as approved by the director. (40) Repair establishments, minor. (41) Restaurants. (42) Retail establishments. (43) Schools. (44) Short-term vacation rentals. (45) Special events. (46) Telecommunication antennas and towers, as permitted under section 25-4-12. (47) Temporary real estate offices, as permitted under section 25-4-8. (48) Theaters. (49) Utility substations, as permitted under section 25-4-11. (b) In addition to those uses permitted under subsection (a) above, the following uses may be permitted in the CV 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. 25-109 SUPP. 19 (1-2026) (c) Residential uses in connection with the operation of any permitted uses shall be permitted in the CV district. (d) Buildings and uses similar to the permitted uses listed in subsection (a) above shall be permitted in the CV district, as approved by the director. (e) Buildings and uses normally considered accessory to the uses permitted in this section shall also be permitted in the CV district. (1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2012, ord 12-28, sec 14; am 2014, ord 14-86, sec 12; am 2018, ord 18-114, sec 12; am 2021, ord 21-26, sec 12; am 2024, ord 24-65, secs 7 and 10; am 2025, ord 25-55, sec 12; ord 25-66, sec 21.)25-5-122
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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