5 rules for unincorporated Hawaii County, Hawaii.
Verified from official government sources
Hawai'i County Code 25-4-13 permits a home occupation as incidental and subordinate to a dwelling, in the State Land Use Urban District and any zoning district allowing a single-family dwelling, provided it does not change the character or external appearance of the home.
HCC 25-4-13(a)
A home occupation shall be permitted as incidental and subordinate to the use of a dwelling in any district in which a dwelling is located, provided that the home occupation does not change the character and external appearance of the dwelling.
No signs are allowed for a home occupation. HCC 25-4-13(b)(2) prohibits any exterior sign, symbol, display or advertisement relating to the home occupation, and interior signs may not be visible from public view.
HCC 25-4-13(b)(2)
No exterior signs, symbols, displays or advertisements relating to the home occupation shall be displayed, nor shall any interior signs be visible from the public view.
Hawai'i's homemade-food exemption lets you sell non-hazardous baked goods, candies, jams, mochi, and hand-pounded poi from a home kitchen without a food-establishment permit, provided you get food-safety certification, label products, and sell directly to the consumer.
HAR 11-50-3(c)
Any person who operates a food establishment that produces or packages only homemade food products in a home kitchen or only produces hand-pounded poi shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter, provided the person shall: ... Obtain food safety certification ...; Label all food ...; Distribute food products only directly to the consumer.
A family child care home operates under the County's home occupation standards (HCC 25-4-13) plus State licensing. The State Department of Human Services licenses/registers family child care homes; the county home-occupation rules govern the residential zoning side.
HCC 25-4-13(a), (b)(5)
A home occupation shall be permitted as incidental and subordinate to the use of a dwelling ... provided that the home occupation does not change the character and external appearance of the dwelling. ... Only one employee shall be permitted in addition to household members under the home occupation.
Most home occupations need only a Home Occupation Declaration and Zoning Clearance from the Planning Department if they involve customer visits, deliveries, outside activity, outside storage, or group instruction. Rural or agricultural-district sites need a special permit.
HCC 25-4-13(c)
A person desiring to engage in a home occupation that involves any of the following activities, shall file with the director, a declaration in the form designated by the director, verifying that the home occupation will comply with all of the conditions contained in subsection (b): (1) Frequent customer or client visits; (2) Frequent deliveries or pickups ... (5) Group instruction.
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