12-22-2005, 02:36 PM
I have a memo from the county from October 13, 2003 - The memo says it is number 03-24. Here are the basics since I don't have time to type the whole thing and I couldn't find it online.....
To: Staff
From: Christopher J. Yuen
Planning Director
SUBJECT: Guest Houses
The purpose of this memo is to reverse a previous Director's memo dated Jan. 7, 1976, and to allow "guest houses" in the State Land Use Agricultural District as a permitted use.
The Hawaii county Code, sec. 25-1-5(b)(55), defines a "guest house" as "an accessory building used as sleeping quarters for guests of the occupants of the main dwelling and having no cooking facilities."
Sec.25-4-9 limits guest houses to a certain size: "One guest house may only be established on a building site that is at least seven thousand fice hundred square feet in area. A guest house shall not exceed five hundred square feet in gross floor area, shall not be more than twenty feet in height, and shall not have a kitchen."
Under the Zoning Code, a guest house is simply a detached building that can have bedrooms for guests of the occupants of a home. Having overnight guests and spare bedrooms for guests is an accessory use to a home. It is not listed as a separate use because it is accessory.
So there you have it. There is more to this memo, and I can fax it to anyone that is interested. I have also learned from my boss that you can have separate bedrooms off of a main house as long as they are "attached" to the main house in any way - this could even just be a sidewalk with a roof over it that would "attach" the two units together. This "separate" bedroom would be considered part of the main house. Of course, no second kitchen is allowed.
To: Staff
From: Christopher J. Yuen
Planning Director
SUBJECT: Guest Houses
The purpose of this memo is to reverse a previous Director's memo dated Jan. 7, 1976, and to allow "guest houses" in the State Land Use Agricultural District as a permitted use.
The Hawaii county Code, sec. 25-1-5(b)(55), defines a "guest house" as "an accessory building used as sleeping quarters for guests of the occupants of the main dwelling and having no cooking facilities."
Sec.25-4-9 limits guest houses to a certain size: "One guest house may only be established on a building site that is at least seven thousand fice hundred square feet in area. A guest house shall not exceed five hundred square feet in gross floor area, shall not be more than twenty feet in height, and shall not have a kitchen."
Under the Zoning Code, a guest house is simply a detached building that can have bedrooms for guests of the occupants of a home. Having overnight guests and spare bedrooms for guests is an accessory use to a home. It is not listed as a separate use because it is accessory.
So there you have it. There is more to this memo, and I can fax it to anyone that is interested. I have also learned from my boss that you can have separate bedrooms off of a main house as long as they are "attached" to the main house in any way - this could even just be a sidewalk with a roof over it that would "attach" the two units together. This "separate" bedroom would be considered part of the main house. Of course, no second kitchen is allowed.