HCC §25-5-80
What the intensive agricultural district is for
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section explains the intensive agricultural (IA) district. It preserves important farm land for commercial farming, including farm homes tied to farming. The land must have good soil, water, and growing conditions, and must be in the state's agricultural or conservation district.
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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 IA (intensive agricultural) district provides for the preservation of important agricultural lands as provided for in the general plan and characterized by a mix of small and large scale commercial farms and other agricultural operations which may include residential use in the form of farm dwellings closely tied to intensive agricultural use. The lands in the IA district are those lands which have the soil, quality, growing season, and moisture supply needed to sustain high yields of crops generally or of specific crops of statewide or local importance when managed according to modern farming methods. All IA districts shall be located within the State land use agricultural or conservation district. (1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-5-80
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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