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Here is content from the Land Use workshop held in Pahoa on August 26, 2006

This was a two-hour educational workshop intended to provide basic knowledge of Hawaii County’s land use planning system. The first portion was a presentation, and the second portion was questions and answers.
The workshop was jointly sponsored by the County’s Planning Department and the Department of Research & Development (Hawaii County Resource Center), assisted by planning consultant Townscape, Inc.

Workshop presentation content - a PDF version of the presentation given at the workshop. Includes all slides as well as presentation notes (PDF, ~4.7mb)

Resources from the workshop handout:

County Planning Department web page
County General Plan table of contents
County zoning code, subdivision code and planning rules
County Code main page (unofficial online version)
County Real Property tax office - searchable database of real property information
Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) index page. Sections of the HRS particularly relevant to this workshop topic include:

205-2 - Districting and classification of lands
205-4.5 - Permissilble uses within the agricultural districts
205A-2 - Coastal Zone Management program - objectives and policies
205A-Part II - Special Management Areas

For example, to determine what uses of agricultural land are permitted under state and county laws, refer to the following resources linked above:

HRS Chapter 205-4.5
Hawai'i County Zoning Code chapter 25, division 7