HCC §25-5-132
What uses are allowed in the MCX district
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section lists the businesses and activities that can operate in the MCX district without special permission, and a shorter list that needs a use permit. It also allows buildings and uses that are directly related to the permitted 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 MCX district: (1) Agricultural products processing, minor. (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) Broadcasting stations. (10) Business services. (11) Car washing. (12) Catering establishments. (13) Cemeteries and mausoleums, as permitted under chapter 6, article 1 of this Code. 25-111 SUPP. 19 (1-2026) (14) Cleaning plants using only nonflammable hydrocarbons in a sealed unit as the cleaning agent. (15) Commercial parking lots and garages. (16) Convenience stores. (17) Crematoriums, funeral homes, funeral services, and mortuaries. (18) Data processing facilities. (19) Display rooms for products sold elsewhere. (20) Equipment sales and rental yards. (21) Farmers markets. (22) Financial institutions. (23) Food manufacturing and processing. (24) Home improvement centers. (25) Hospitals, sanitariums, old age, convalescent, nursing and rest homes. (26) Ice storage and dispensing facilities. (27) Kennels in sound-attenuated buildings. (28) Laboratories, medical and research. (29) Laundries. (30) Manufacturing, processing and packaging establishments, light. (31) Medical clinics. (32) Meeting facilities, including special events, as permitted under section (33) Model homes. (34) Motion picture and television production studios. (35) Offices. (36) Personal services. (37) Photographic processing. (38) Photography studios. (39) Plant nurseries. (40) Public uses and structures, as permitted under section 25-4-11. (41) Publishing plants for newspapers, books and magazines, printing shops, cartographing, and duplicating processes such as blueprinting or photostating shops. (42) Repair establishments, minor. (43) Restaurants. (44) Retail establishments. (45) Sales and service of machinery used in agricultural production. (46) Schools, business. (47) Schools, photography, art, music and dance. (48) Schools, vocational. (49) Self-storage facilities. (50) Special events. (51) Telecommunication antenna and towers, as permitted under section 25-4-12. (52) Temporary real estate offices, as permitted under section 25-4-8. (53) Theaters. (54) Utility substations, as permitted under section 25-4-11. SUPP. 19 (1-2026) 25-112 ZONING § 25-5-132 (55) Veterinary establishments in sound-attenuated buildings. (56) Warehousing. (57) Wholesaling and distribution operations. (b) In addition to those uses permitted under subsection (a) above, the following uses may be permitted in the MCX district, provided that a use permit is issued for each use: (1) Dwellings, double-family or duplex, provided that the maximum density is one thousand two hundred and fifty square feet of land area per rentable unit or dwelling unit. (2) Dwellings, multiple-family, provided that the maximum density is one thousand two hundred and fifty square feet or land area per rentable unit or dwelling unit. (3) Dwellings, single-family, that are accessory to a use permitted in the MCX district. (4) Major outdoor amusement and recreation facilities. (5) Schools. (6) Yacht harbors and boating facilities. (c) Buildings and uses normally considered directly accessory to the uses permitted in this section shall also be permitted in the MCX district. (1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2003, ord 03-113, sec 1; am 2011, ord 11-26, sec 3; am 2012, ord 12-28, sec 15; am 2024, ord 24-65, secs 7 and 10; am 2025, ord 25-28, sec 2; ord 25-55, sec 13; ord 25-66, sec 22; am 2026, ord 26-12, sec 2.)25-5-132
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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