46-15.35 Family child care homes; permitted use in residential areas and agriculturally designated districts.

HI Rev Stat § 46-15.35 (2019) (N/A)
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§46-15.35 Family child care homes; permitted use in residential areas and agriculturally designated districts. (a) For the purposes of zoning, family child care homes shall be:

(1) Considered a residential use of property and shall be a permitted use in all residentially designated zones, including but not limited to zones for single-family dwellings; and

(2) Considered a permitted use in all agriculturally designated districts; provided that the family child care home is located in a farm dwelling, notwithstanding sections 205-2 and 205-4.5.

No conditional use permit, variance, or special exception shall be required for residences used as family child care homes.

(b) For the purposes of this section, "family child care home" means a private residence, including an apartment, unit, or townhouse, as those terms are defined in section 502C-1, at which care may be provided for one to no more than six children who are unrelated to the caregiver by blood, marriage, or adoption at any given time. [L 1996, c 303, §2; am L 1999, c 242, §§3, 8(2); am L 2001, c 225, §3; am L 2005, c 20, §1; am L 2014, c 210, §1]