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HCC §25-7-32

What can be built or run on university land

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This section lists the types of buildings and businesses allowed on university property. It includes classrooms, offices, sports areas, housing for students and staff, and some shops that serve the university community. Retail stores must wait until the university is operating, and each store is limited in size.

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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) University facilities including classrooms, laboratory and research facilities, administration facilities, athletic centers and facilities, auditoriums, student centers, libraries, museums, exhibition halls, cafeterias, student health clinics, maintenance facilities and parking lots. (b) Limited retail and service establishments primarily intended to serve the specific needs of the student population of a university and are normally associated with higher education institutions, including, but not limited to, retail stores whose primary customers are students or faculty of a university, convenience stores, theaters, restaurants, recreational and amusement facilities, taverns, drug stores, book stores, health clubs, news stands, photocopying, office supplies, word processing or typing services, computer sales and service, laundries, university credit union, financial institutions, post office and video rentals. Such retail and services establishments shall not be used before the commencement of university operations. No single commercial establishment shall occupy more than twenty thousand square feet of gross floor space, excluding the university book store or cafeteria operations. (c) Dormitories, fraternity and sorority houses, and apartments and housing for currently enrolled university students and their dependents and for current university employees and their dependents. (d) Guest accommodations to accommodate visiting scholars and their dependents, parents visiting their children, alumni reunions, as well as participants in conferences and seminars held at or sponsored by the university. (2007, ord 07-104, sec 3.) 25-7-32
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗as published Jul 16, 2026our copy taken Aug 21, 2026

Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.

LawTrove is not legal advice. The summary above is a computer-generated restatement — the authoritative text is the official version linked above.