HCC §25-5-41
How RCX mixed-use zones are labeled and how dense they can be
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section explains how the county labels residential-commercial mixed use (RCX) zones on the zoning map and sets the rules for how many homes or rental units can be built per amount of land. It lists the allowed density numbers and says that dormitory beds count as half a rental unit.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Designation and density of RCX 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 RCX (residential-commercial mixed use) district shall be designated on the zoning map by the symbol “RCX” 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, or for each commercial unit. (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 RCX district. (c) The maximum density designation in the RCX district shall be .75 which means seven hundred fifty square feet of land area per dwelling unit or separate rentable unit. (d) In the RCX 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.)25-5-41
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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