HCC §25-5-50
What the RA district is for and where it applies
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section explains the RA (residential and agricultural) district. It is for low-density homes and small farms in rural areas without city-like services. The district can only be used in areas the State has designated as rural or urban.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Purpose and applicability
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 RA (residential and agricultural) district provides for activities or uses characterized by low density residential lots in rural areas where “city-like” concentrations of people, structures, streets, and urban level of services are absent, and where small farms are intermixed with low density residential lots. The RA district is intended to be only within areas designated as being in the State land use rural or urban districts. (1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-50
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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