HCC §3-4
How to measure the size of a sign
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section explains how to measure a sign's size for county rules. It tells you to include the sign's plate, frame, or roof, and any lit outline around it. For signs painted or attached directly to a wall, measure the smallest simple shape that contains all the words and graphics.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Single-faced signs
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 size of signs shall be measured and determined in the following manner: (1) If a sign is on a plate or is framed or roofed, all of the plate or frame or roof shall be included in the dimensions. (2) If a sign is not on a plate or is not framed but is partly or entirely outlined by a light line or area, or if the sign is on a plate or is framed and circumscribed by a larger light line or area, all of the area circumscribed by a light line or area shall be included in the dimensions/size. SUPP. 8 (7-2020) 3-6 SIGNS § 3-4 (3) If a sign consists only of words, designs, or figures engraved, painted, projected, or fixed on a wall, the total area/size of the sign shall be the measurable area within the outer boundary of a standard geometrical shape such as a square, rectangle, or circle containing and defined by the extreme reaches of graphic or informational parts of the sign. (2004, ord 04-142, sec 2.)3-4
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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