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Council amends MCX zoning bill to require use permits for dwellings, passes first reading
Summary
The Hawaii County Council amended Bill 63 on first reading to make residential dwellings in industrial-commercial MCX districts subject to a use-permit review rather than a permitted use, and approved the amended bill on first reading after debate over enforcement, inclusionary requirements and community impacts.
The Hawaii County Council voted on Feb. 4, 2026, to pass Bill 63 (draft 2) on first reading after amending the measure to make dwellings in the industrial-commercial mixed-use (MCX) zoning district subject to a use permit rather than a blanket permitted use.
Council member Kimball, the bill sponsor of the amendment, told colleagues that “one size fits all doesn't work with MCX” and that moving the proposal to a use-permit structure lets the department "look at the site, look at the surrounding area, and impose the appropriate conditions" on a case-by-case basis, removing a uniform 200-foot setback…
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