HCC §25-5-156
Minimum yard sizes for MG district properties
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This rule sets the minimum front yard at 20 feet for buildings in the MG district. Side and rear yards are not required, unless the property touches a residential district (RS, RD, RM, or RCX). If it does, you must follow that district's yard rules for homes.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Minimum 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.
The minimum yards in the MG district shall be as follows: (1) Front yard, twenty feet; and (2) Side and rear yards, none, except where the adjoining building site is in an RS, RD, RM or RCX district. Where the side or rear property line adjoins the side or rear yard of a building site in an RS, RD, RM or RCX district, there shall be a side or rear yard which conforms to the side or rear yard requirements for dwelling use of the adjoining district. (1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-156
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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