HCC §25-7-52
Allowed uses in the DPC district
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section lists the many types of businesses, homes, and community places that are allowed in the DPC district. It also says that housing connected to a permitted use and normal accessory buildings are allowed. Some uses must not harm the district's character.
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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 DPC district: (1) Adult day care homes. (2) Agricultural products processing, minor. (3) Agricultural tourism, as permitted under section 25-4-15. (4) Amusement and recreation facilities, indoor. (5) Apiaries. (6) Art galleries. (7) Automobile service stations. (8) Bakeries. (9) Bars and cocktail lounges. (10) Boarding facilities, rooming, or lodging houses. (11) Botanical gardens, nurseries and greenhouses, seed farms, plant experimental stations, arboretums, floriculture, and similar uses dealing with the growing of plants. (12) Breweries, distilleries, and alcohol manufacturing facilities. (13) Broadcasting stations or studios (radio and television). (14) Business services. (15) Car washing, provided that the facilities are not detrimental to the character of the district. (16) Catering establishments. (17) Co-working and innovation hubs. (18) Creative media spaces. (19) Cultural enterprises. (20) Display rooms for products sold elsewhere. (21) Dwellings, double-family or duplex, with a minimum density of five hundred square feet of land area per rentable unit or dwelling unit. (22) Dwellings, multiple-family, with a maximum density of five hundred square feet of land per rentable unit or dwelling unit. (23) Dwellings, single-family. UNOFFICIAL ADVANCE SHEET – Updated on August 5, 2026. Contains sec(s) affected since publication of Supp. 20 (7-2026). Official revision to be published in a subsequent republication of the County Code. ZONING § 25-7-52 (24) Family child care homes. (25) Farmers markets. (26) Financial institutions. (27) Food manufacturing and processing facilities. (28) Group living facilities. (29) Home occupations, as permitted under section 25-4-13. (30) Hospitals, old age, nursing and rest homes. (31) Ice storage and dispensing facilities. (32) Laundries other than those utilizing steam cleaning equipment, provided that facilities are not detrimental to the character of the district. (33) Manufacturing, processing and packaging, light, provided that the activities are not detrimental to the character of the district. (34) Medical clinics. (35) Meeting facilities, including special events, as permitted under section 25-4-17. (36) Modeling agencies. (37) Museums and libraries. (38) Neighborhood parks, playgrounds, tennis courts, swimming pools, and similar neighborhood recreational areas and uses. (39) Offices. (40) Personal services. (41) Photography and art studios. (42) Printing and publishing, including print shops and publishing houses, and digital media production studios. (43) Public uses and structures, as permitted in section 25-4-11. (44) Repairs establishment, minor. (45) Restaurants. (46) Retail establishments, provided that they are not detrimental to the character of the district. (47) Schools, business. (48) Schools, photography, art, music, dance or other similar studios or academies. (49) Schools, vocational. (50) Special events. (51) Storage and sale of seed, feed, fertilizer, and other products essential to agriculture production. (52) Theaters, auditoriums and indoor sports arenas. (53) Wholesaling and distribution operations. (b) Residential uses in connection with the operation of any permitted use shall be permitted in the DPC district. (c) Buildings and uses normally considered accessory to the above uses shall also be permitted in the DPC district. (2026, ord 26-57, sec 7.) 25-7-52 UNOFFICIAL ADVANCE SHEET – Updated on August 5, 2026. Contains sec(s) affected since publication of Supp. 20 (7-2026). Official revision to be published in a subsequent republication of the County Code.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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