HCC §25-5-7
Minimum yard sizes for RS district homes
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section sets the minimum front, rear, and side yard sizes for buildings in the RS district. The required size depends on the building site's area. Larger sites need bigger yards.
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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 RS district shall be as follows: (1) On a building site with a required area of seven thousand five hundred square feet to and including nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine square feet: (A) Front and rear yards, fifteen feet; and (B) Side yards, eight feet. (2) On a building site with a required area of ten thousand square feet to and including nineteen thousand nine hundred ninety-nine square feet: (A) Front and rear yards, twenty feet; and (B) Side yards, ten feet. (3) On a building site with a required area of twenty thousand square feet or more: (A) Front and rear yards, twenty-five feet; and (B) Side yards, fifteen feet. (1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 1997, ord 97-88, sec 1.)25-5-7
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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