HCC §25-5-31
How RM districts are labeled and how dense they can be
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section explains how multiple-family residential (RM) districts are named on the zoning map and how the maximum number of homes or rooms is set. The name includes a number that shows the required land area per unit. The highest density allowed is 750 square feet per unit, and the allowed density numbers are listed.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Designation and density of RM districts
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) Each RM (multiple-family residential) district shall be designated on the zoning map by the symbol “RM” followed by a number which indicates the required land area, in thousands of square feet, for each dwelling unit or for each separate rentable unit in the case of boarding, rooming, or lodging houses, fraternity or sorority houses. (b) In case any of the permitted uses have dormitories, two beds shall be equivalent to one separate rentable unit for purposes related to the required land area in the RM district. (c) The maximum density designation in the RM district shall be .75 or seven hundred fifty square feet of land area per dwelling unit or separate rentable unit. (d) In the RM district the following density designations shall be used: .75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4 and upward in 0.5 increments. (1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-31 SUPP. 17 (1-2025) 25-78 ZONING § 25-5-32
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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