HCC §25-5-157
Landscaping, walls, and permits for MG district properties
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section sets rules for properties in the MG district. Front yards must have landscaping, except for driveways and walkways. If a side or rear yard touches certain residential zones, you must build and keep a solid six-foot wall. New buildings or additions need plan approval, and some rules can be changed in a planned unit development.
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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) All front yards in the MG district shall be landscaped, except for drives and walkways. (b) Where any required side or rear yard in the MG district adjoins a building site in an RS, RD, RM or RCX district, a solid wall six feet in height shall be erected and maintained along the side and rear property lines so adjoining. (c) Plan approval shall be required for all new structures and additions to existing structures in the MG district. (d) Exceptions to the regulations for the MG 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 2015, ord 15-33, sec 4.)25-5-157 ZONING § 25-5-160 Division 16. O, Open Districts.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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