HCC §25-5-92
What uses are allowed in the V district
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section lists the types of businesses, homes, and other activities that are allowed in the V district. Some uses are allowed automatically, while others need a special permit. It also says that buildings and uses that directly support the allowed uses are permitted.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Permitted uses
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) The following uses shall be permitted in the V district: (1) Adult day care homes. (2) Amusement and recreational facilities, indoor. (3) Apiaries. (4) Art galleries, museums. (5) Automobile service stations. (6) Bars, night clubs and cabarets. SUPP. 17 (1-2025) 25-98 ZONING § 25-5-92 (7) Bed and breakfast establishments, as permitted under section 25-4-7. (8) Business services. (9) Cemeteries and mausoleums, as permitted under chapter 6, article 1 of this Code. (10) Commercial parking lots and garages. (11) Day care centers. (12) Dwellings, double-family or duplex. (13) Dwellings, multiple-family. (14) Dwellings, single-family. (15) Family child care homes. (16) Financial institutions. (17) Group living facilities. (18) Home occupations, as permitted under section 25-4-13. (19) Hotels. (20) Lodges. (21) Medical clinics. (22) Meeting facilities, including special events, as permitted under section (23) Major outdoor amusement and recreation facilities. (24) Model homes, as permitted under section 25-4-8. (25) Parks, playgrounds, tennis courts, swimming pools, and other similar open area recreational facilities. (26) Personal services. (27) Photography studios. (28) Public uses and structures, as permitted under section 25-4-11. (29) Restaurants. (30) Retail establishments. (31) Short-term vacation rentals. (32) Special events. (33) Telecommunication antennas and towers, as permitted under section 25-4-12. (34) Temporary real estate offices, as permitted under section 25-4-8. (35) Theaters. (36) Time share units. (37) Utility substations, as permitted under section 25-4-11. (38) Visitor information centers. (b) In addition to those uses permitted under subsection (a) above, the following uses may be permitted in the V district, provided that a use permit is issued for each use: (1) Crematoriums, funeral homes, funeral services, and mortuaries. (2) Golf courses and related golf course uses, including golf driving ranges, golf maintenance buildings and golf club houses, provided that the property is within the state land use urban or rural district. Golf courses and golf driving ranges shall not be permitted within the state land use agricultural district unless approved by the County before July 1, 2005. 25-99 SUPP. 19 (1-2026) (3) Hospitals, sanitariums, old age, convalescent, nursing and rest homes. (4) Schools. (5) Yacht harbors and boating facilities. (c) Buildings and uses normally considered directly accessory to the uses permitted in this section shall also be permitted in the V district. (1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999; am 2011, ord 11-26, sec 2; am 2012, ord 12-28, sec 11; am 2014, ord 14-86, sec 10; am 2018, ord 18-114, sec 9; am 2024, ord 24-65, secs 7 and 10; am 2025, ord 25-55, sec 12; ord 25-66, sec 18.)25-5-92
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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