HCC §8-3
When this housing law applies
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section says which projects the county's housing rules cover. It applies to certain building changes, like turning a hotel into homes, adding units, replacing demolished buildings with more units, most subdivisions, and building multiple homes on one lot where allowed. Some subdivisions are excluded under another section.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Applicability
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) This article shall apply to: (1) Changes in use of buildings from hotel to residential dwelling use; (2) Any additional dwelling or lodging units added to an existing building or lot; (3) Any dwelling or lodging units of a building constructed in the stead of a building that is demolished, but only to the extent that such units exceed the number of units of the demolished building; (4) All subdivisions except those excluded in section 8-4; and (5) Where zoning allows, the construction of more than one dwelling unit on a lot.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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