HCC §3-5
How to measure the size of multi-faced signs
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section explains how to calculate the size of signs with more than one face. For two identical back-to-back faces that are close together, you count only one face. For a spherical sign, you use a special formula.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Multi-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 sign area/size for a sign with more than one face shall be computed by adding together the area/sizes of all sign faces, except that when two identical sign faces are placed back to back, so that both faces cannot be viewed from any point at the same time, and when such sign faces are part of the same sign structure and are not more than twelve inches apart, the sign area/size shall be computed by the measurement of one of the faces. (b) The sign area/size for a sign that is spherical shall be computed by squaring the radius of the sphere and multiplying that figure by 12.5664 (4 x pi x r2). (2004, ord 04-142, sec 2.)3-5 Division 4. Sign Regulations.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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