Chapter 19.28 AIRPORT DISTRICT

19.28.010 Permitted uses.

19.28.020 Use restrictions.

19.28.030 Yards.


19.28.010 Permitted uses.

Within an area designated as an airport district no land, building, structure or any portion thereof shall be used, and no building or structure shall be erected, constructed, enlarged or altered, except for the following uses:

A. Runways, taxiways, cleared safety areas, aircraft parking and loading aprons, terminal buildings, control towers, fire stations, airport maintenance shops and warehouses, landscaped areas, vehicular roads, auto parking lots, service stations, transient auto garages, airport post offices, restaurants and cocktail lounges, soda fountains, flower shops, gift shops, bootblack stands, photo shops, lei stands, newsstands, haberdasheries, drug stores, banks, wireless offices, transient hotels, miscellaneous concessions to serve the traveling public, postal transfer stations and bases of operations for airport ground transportation;

B. Offices for passenger reservations, ticketing, flight operations, dispatching and communications, flight kitchens, aircraft maintenance facilities, aircraft servicing facilities, aircraft parking areas, aircraft hangars, air freight facilities and airmail handling facilities;

C. Facilities for the processing of passengers arriving from foreign ports by federal agencies, meteorological facilities for the United States Weather Bureau and communication and landing aid facilities for the United States Federal Aviation Agency;

D. Aviation fuel storage and dispensing, freight warehouses, refrigeration facilities for handling of perishable air freight, electroplating shops, flying schools, flying clubs, civil air patrol, aircraft charter operations, aircraft sales, aircraft parts sales, aircraft tool distribution, utility relays or distribution, aeronautical radio facilities, facilities for contract maintenance of aircraft component parts, air freight pickup and delivery service, airline catering, u-drive business, tour operators and agencies, cold storage plants, animal or veterinary hospitals or kennels, agriculture (other than animal husbandry, poultry and fowl hatcheries), housing for airport personnel, parks, aircraft tire service, aircraft show rooms, bowling alleys, insurance offices, international terminal services, steam bath and massage, trade schools, truck terminals, warehouse storage and loft buildings;

E. Recreational facilities; provided, that permission for such recreational facilities shall be first obtained from the planning commission. (Prior code § 8-1.14(a))

19.28.020 Use restrictions.

Use of land within an airport district shall be subject to the following requirements:

A. Area Regulations. Each lot shall have an area of not less than twenty thousand square feet and an average lot width of not less than one hundred feet.

B. Height Regulations. No building shall exceed the height limitation established by the state airport zoning board for the area in question; provided, however, that heights of buildings used for airport terminal and accessory uses shall be as prescribed by the Hawaii aeronautics commission. (Prior code § 8-1.14(b))

19.28.030 Yards.

A. Front Yard. A lot fronting on a major thoroughfare or boulevard shall have a front yard, hereinafter called “front yard spacing,” with a depth of not less than twenty feet from the property or setback line along the thoroughfare or boulevard, which shall be devoted to planting except for portions thereof devoted to vehicle and pedestrian access. “Major thoroughfare or boulevard” means a street having a minimum width of ninety feet.

B. Side Yard. Where the side yard of a lot in the airport district abuts upon the side or rear of a lot in an agricultural, farming, hotel, apartment, duplex or residential district, there shall be a side yard of not less than ten feet. In all other cases a side yard shall not be required.

C. Rear Yard. In the case where the rear of a lot in the airport district abuts upon the side or rear of a lot in any residential, duplex, agricultural, farming, hotel or apartment district, there shall be a rear yard of not less than ten feet. In all other cases, a rear yard shall not be required. No accessory building or buildings shall be allowed in the required rear yard of any lot except for off- street parking purposes. (Prior code § 8-1.14(c))