Table 6.1-- ZONING CLASSIFICATION, HAWAII COUNTY, BY DISTRICTS: MARCH 1989
(In acres. As of March 21, 1989)
| Zoning classification | Hawaii County zones 1-9 |
Puna dist. zone 1 |
S. Hilo dist. zone 2 |
N. Hilo dist. zone 3 |
Hamakua dist. zone 4 |
| Total | 2,508,115.73 |
317,993.70 |
250,903.30 |
173,732.38 |
400,040.24 |
| Single-family | |||||
| residential . | 18,496.95 |
2,683.91 |
7,645.06 |
390.55 |
635.70 |
| Multi-family | |||||
| residential . | 2,669.77 |
4.01 |
380.22 |
.00 |
3.80 |
| Resort | 1,276.15 |
1.00 |
138.21 |
.00 |
.00 |
| Commercial | 1,921.91 |
59.50 |
975.06 |
9.57 |
37.03 |
| Industrial | 5,311.35 |
479.05 |
2,182.02 |
37.74 |
15.46 |
| Agricultural | 1,052,802.07 |
198,796.41 |
71,358.54 |
61,954.36 |
165,075.51 |
| Open | 319,322.28 |
5,040.52 |
2,062.67 |
39.07 |
962.88 |
| Res.-agric. | 1,312.14 |
624.75 |
.00 |
55.28 |
.00 |
| Unplanned | 171,112.30 |
.00 |
3,451.07 |
.00 |
185.00 |
| No zone 1/ | 933,841.52 |
110,304.55 |
162,710.45 |
111,245.81 |
233,124.86 |
| Zoning classification | N. Kohala dist. zone 5 |
S. Kohala dist. zone 6 |
N. Kona dist. zone 7 |
S. Kona dist. zone 8 |
Kau dist. zone 9 |
| Total | 79,803.34 |
152,093.95 |
365,158.38 |
143,395.42 |
624,995.22 |
| Single-family | |||||
| residential . | 616.18 |
3,098.59 |
2,254.30 |
389.88 |
782.78 |
| Multi-family | |||||
| residential . | 43.39 |
1,108.70 |
1,028.88 |
.00 |
100.77 |
| Resort | .00 |
350.38 |
741.60 |
.00 |
44.96 |
| Commercial | 37.86 |
329.14 |
313.74 |
101.35 |
58.66 |
| Industrial | 59.40 |
241.34 |
2,244.76 |
.00 |
51.58 |
| Agricultural | 62,958.46 |
79,492.75 |
116,183.69 |
44,362.72 |
252,619.63 |
| Open | 14.75 |
11,746.62 |
176,081.56 |
7,634.40 |
115,739.81 |
| Res.-agric. | 20.16 |
.00 |
467.97 |
143.98 |
.00 |
| Unplanned | 5,084.77 |
41,952.93 |
52,480.43 |
67,734.80 |
223.30 |
| No zone 1/ | 10,922.09 |
13,773.50 |
13,358.24 |
23,028.29 |
255,373.73 |
1/ Forest reserve, national parks, etc.
Source: Hawaii County Planning Department, printout dated March 21, 1989.
Table 6.2-- GENERALIZED LAND USE, HAWAII COUNTY, BY DISTRICTS: JULY 1992
(In acres)
| Category 1/ | Hawaii County |
Puna district |
S. Hilo district |
N. Hilo district |
Hamakua district |
| Total | 2,533,406.01 |
318,611.42 |
251,070.09 |
173,731.32 |
399,868.66 |
| Residential ... | 22,772.33 |
5,891.65 |
6,697.51 |
369.95 |
955.60 |
| Manufacturing | 342.62 |
4.78 |
113.94 |
46.00 |
32.03 |
| Manuf. services | |||||
| & warehousing | 1,781.17 |
249.42 |
606.59 |
42.92 |
56.40 |
| Commercial | 698.97 |
28.22 |
404.18 |
4.23 |
21.95 |
| Services | 32,607.88 |
85.84 |
8,099.45 |
328.48 |
16,012.51 |
| Soc. & cultural | 1,408.59 |
186.10 |
431.79 |
21.53 |
62.11 |
| Recreation | 251,379.54 |
51,974.59 |
1,011.87 |
4,731.82 |
7,674.10 |
| Agriculture ... | 798,091.16 |
18,580.82 |
49,323.89 |
78,081.12 |
156,465.11 |
| Transportation | 2,280.96 |
13.72 |
1,329.23 |
0.00 |
2.53 |
| Unused open space | 1,414,960.92 |
237,670.11 |
182,713.17 |
90,092.33 |
218,377.30 |
| Roads | 6,859.46 |
3,705.83 |
336.40 |
12.94 |
209.02 |
| Category 1/ | N. Kohala district |
S. Kohala district |
N. Kona district |
S. Kona district |
Kau district |
| Total | 79,787.27 |
176,411.14 |
365,164.76 |
143,691.64 |
625,069.71 |
| Residential ... | 860.88 |
1,379.91 |
3,947.64 |
1,652.32 |
1,016.87 |
| Manufacturing | 58.62 |
4.11 |
20.49 |
11.86 |
50.79 |
| Manu. services | |||||
| & warehousing | 83.08 |
305.57 |
153.48 |
23.42 |
260.29 |
| Commercial | 8.22 |
44.47 |
135.09 |
34.80 |
17.81 |
| Services | 28.05 |
543.13 |
7,252.91 |
44.66 |
212.85 |
| Soc. & cultural | 70.27 |
112.05 |
201.52 |
272.92 |
50.30 |
| Recreation | 63.02 |
311.61 |
40,630.17 |
111.36 |
144,871.00 |
| Agriculture ... | 49,824.39 |
140,107.80 |
203,829.25 |
28,443.33 |
73,435.45 |
| Transportation | 108.76 |
188.05 |
531.10 |
0.00 |
107.57 |
| Unused open space | 28,401.07 |
33,087.32 |
108,193.60 |
112,879.71 |
403,546.31 |
| Roads | 280.91 |
327.12 |
269.51 |
217.26 |
1,500.47 |
1/ Descriptions of Land Use Classifications: RESIDENTIAL, all single-family, duplex,
multi-family, and other miscellaneous residential uses such as dormitories; MANUFACTURING,
manufacturing of durable and non-durable goods; MANUFACTURING SERVICES & WAREHOUSING,
construction services, industrial utilities and warehousing; COMMERCIAL, retail and
wholesale trades; SERVICES, consumer, personal and business services. Health services and
governmental facilities (including military installations). Hotel uses are included in
this category; SOCIAL & CULTURAL, educational, cultural and religious centers;
RECREATION, public and private, indoor and outdoor, land and water-related recreational
uses; AGRICULTURE, all agricultural uses; TRANSPORTATION, airports, harbors, and other
transportation facilities (does not include roads); UNUSED, OPEN SPACE, undeveloped areas,
including forest reserves; ROADS, private roads only.
Source: Hawaii County Planning Department, printout dated December 23, 1992.
Table 6.3-- STATE LAND USE, HAWAII COUNTY, BY DISTRICTS: JULY 1992
(In acres)
| District | Total |
Urban 1/ |
Rural 2/ |
Agricultural 3/ |
Conservation 4/ |
| HAWAII COUNTY | 2,533,400.73 |
66,848.02 |
695.89 |
1,175,628.61 |
1,290,228.21 |
| Puna | 318,611.42 |
6,040.49 |
135.13 |
173,854.30 |
138,581.50 |
| South Hilo | 251,069.89 |
13,297.43 |
1.00 |
70,554.78 |
167,216.68 |
| North Hilo | 173,731.32 |
535.88 |
45.13 |
61,176.45 |
111,973.86 |
| Hamakua | 399,868.66 |
1,014.32 |
0.00 |
163,552.06 |
235,302.28 |
| North Kohala | 79,787.27 |
2,360.54 |
15.01 |
63,337.75 |
14,073.97 |
| South Kohala | 176,406.06 |
23,746.11 |
0.00 |
137,501.83 |
15,158.12 |
| North Kona | 365,164.76 |
14,322.73 |
468.38 |
168,310.26 |
182,063.39 |
| South Kona | 143,691.64 |
752.78 |
31.24 |
113,115.80 |
29,791.82 |
| Kau | 625,069.71 |
4,777.74 |
0.00 |
224,225.38 |
396,066.59 |
1/ Lands in urban use with sufficient reserve areas to accommodate foreseeable growth.
2/ Lands composed primarily of small farms mixed with very low density residential lots
with minimum lot size of one-half acre.
3/ Includes land with a high capacity for intensive cultivation.
4/ Comprised primarily of lands in the existing forest and water reserve zones.
Source: Hawaii County Planning Department, printout dated December 23, 1992.
Table 6.4-- ESTIMATED ACREAGE OF LAND USE DISTRICTS, STATE OF HAWAII AND HAWAII COUNTY: DECEMBER 1996
(Total acreage, including inland water, as classified by the Hawaii State Land Use Commission under the provisions of Chapter 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended. All data are approximate.)
| Land use districts 1/ | State of Hawaii |
Hawaii County |
| All uses 2/ | 4,112,388 |
2,573,400 |
| Urban | 191,941 |
52,813 |
| Conservation | 1,974,994 |
1,305,706 |
| Agricultural | 1,935,526 |
1,214,230 |
| Rural | 9,927 |
651 |
1/ Classification by State Land Use Commission. For definition of districts, see Hawaii
Revised Statutes, 1985 Replacement, Section 205-2.
2/ These totals differ somewhat from the official figures based on measurements by the
Geography Division of the U.S. Bureau of the Census shown elsewhere.
Source: Hawaii State Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, Web Site:
http://www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/db96/
Table 6.5-- LAND OWNED BY SELECTED LARGE LANDOWNERS: 1993 TO 1995
(In acres. Unless otherwise specified, as of December 31)
| Ownership | 1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
| Seven large landowners | 991,998 |
966,541 |
995,574 |
| Percent of total land area 1/ | 24.1 |
23.5 |
24.2 |
| Bernice P. Bishop Estate 2/ | 336,372 |
336,270 |
367,509 3/ |
| Richard S. Smart (Parker Ranch) | 140,000 |
140,000 |
140,000 |
| Dole Food Company, Inc. | 122,435 |
121,982 |
121,982 |
| Samuel M. Damon Estate | 139,000 |
121,608 |
121,608 |
| Alexander and Baldwin, Inc. | 94,300 |
92,900 |
90,800 |
| C. Brewer and Company, Ltd. | 86,891 4/ |
81,997 5/ |
81,997 5/ |
| James Campbell Estate | 73,000 |
71,784 |
71,678 |
1/ Based on area of 4,110,966 acres.
2/ As of July 1.
3/ Includes part of former Hamakua Sugar Co.
4/ As of June 27, 1993.
5/ Excludes 4,126 acres transferred to C. Brewer Homes, Inc.
Source: Hawaii State Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, Web Site:
http://www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/db96/
Table 6.6-- DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS, ACREAGES, LESSEES, AND APPLICANTS, HAWAII COUNTY: JUNE 30, 1996 AND JUNE 30, 1997
(The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands administers land set aside for the benefit of qualified native Hawaiians, who receive homestead leases and financial assistance from the Department.)
| Subject | June 30,1996 |
June 30,1997 |
| Acreage: | ||
| Total | 114,270 |
114,574 |
| In homestead use | 27,238 |
27,238 |
| Homestead leases: | ||
| Agricultural and pastoral | 700 |
743 |
| Residential | 1,031 |
1,035 |
| Applicant waiting list: | ||
| Agricultural and pastoral | 6,127 |
6,281 |
| Residential | 4,781 |
4,839 |
Source: Hawaii State Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, records.
Table 6.7-- SUMMARY OF GENERAL LEASES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, FIRST LAND DISTRICT, HAWAII COUNTY: FY 1993-94
| Use | Area (acres) |
Annual rental |
No. of leases |
| Total | 124,505.640 |
$2,150,480.35 |
349 |
| Intensive agriculture | 10,003.304 |
$170,249.05 |
56 |
| Special livestock | 211.380 |
1,872.00 |
1 |
| Pasture | 75,590.416 |
282,846.00 |
38 |
| Commercial timber | - |
- |
- |
| Quarry | - |
- |
- |
| Mining | - |
- |
- |
| Recreational | 471.943 |
25,001.00 |
4 |
| Watershed | .150 |
720.00 |
1 |
| Residential | 41.628 |
20,234.00 |
70 |
| Commercial & industrial | 263.498 |
1,458,318.90 |
91 |
| Hotel, apartment & motel | 3.281 |
33,789.00 |
5 |
| Resort | - |
- |
- |
| Unclassified | 37,920.040 |
157,450.40 |
83 |
Source: Hawaii State Department of Land and Natural Resources, Report to the Governor, 1993-94 (1996), p.58.
Table 6.8-- STATE PUBLIC AND SET-ASIDE LAND INVENTORY, HAWAII COUNTY: JANUARY 10, 1995
(In thousands of acres)
| Type of document | State of Hawaii |
Hawaii County |
| All types | 1,409.8 |
980.2 |
| Public lands | 431.1 |
327.5 |
| General lease 1/ | 358.1 |
295.5 |
| Revocable permit 2/ | 163.7 |
70.1 |
| Unencumbered lands 3/ | 94.0 |
67.1 |
| Lands set aside to other government agencies | 768.4 |
536.5 |
| Executive order | 269.3 |
200.1 |
| Governor's proclamation | 517.2 |
340.3 |
| Department of Hawaiian Home Lands | 191.6 |
107.8 |
| University of Hawaii | 1.7 |
0.5 |
| Hawaii Housing Authority | 1.5 |
0.1 |
| Highways and roads | 15.2 |
7.7 |
1/ Long-term leases. Mostly agricultural and pasture land. Includes land covered by
water licenses not set aside to other government agencies.
2/ Month-to-month leases. Mostly agricultural and pasture land. Includes land licenses.
3/ Parcels with no documents and not in use.
Source: Hawaii State Department of Business and Economic Development, State of Hawaii Data
Book, 1995 (October 1996), table 6.11.
Table 6.9-- PARCEL DISTRIBUTION, HAWAII COUNTY, BY ZONING AND TAX ZONES: JULY 1992
| Zoning Classification | Hawaii County zones 1-9 |
Puna district zone 1 |
S. Hilo district zone 2 |
N. Hilo district zone 3 |
Hamakua district zone 4 |
| TOTAL | 124,510 |
57,825 |
18,974 |
1,483 |
3,646 |
| Single-family res. | 27,352 |
5,099 |
12,030 |
318 |
883 |
| Multi-family res. | 1,215 |
1 |
625 |
- |
5 |
| Resort | 562 |
2 |
190 |
- |
- |
| Commercial | 1,829 |
157 |
800 |
26 |
126 |
| Industrial | 874 |
23 |
585 |
6 |
2 |
| Agricultural | 84,586 |
51,560 |
4,396 |
1,033 |
2,524 |
| Open | 1,444 |
402 |
278 |
11 |
22 |
| Res.-agricultural | 943 |
473 |
- |
54 |
- |
| Unplanned | 5,302 |
- |
11 |
- |
1 |
| No zone 1/ | 403 |
108 |
59 |
35 |
83 |
| Zoning classification | N. Kohala district zone 5 |
S. Kohala district zone 6 |
N. Kona district zone 7 |
S. Kona district |
Kau district |
| TOTAL | 2,921 |
5,749 |
10,660 |
5,896 |
17,356 |
| Single-family res. | 1,035 |
2,489 |
3,370 |
778 |
1,350 |
| Multi-family res. | 3 |
189 |
371 |
- |
21 |
| Resort | - |
44 |
315 |
- |
11 |
| Commercial | 88 |
211 |
249 |
123 |
49 |
| Industrial | 8 |
66 |
173 |
- |
11 |
| Agricultural | 1,615 |
2,444 |
3,072 |
2,151 |
15,791 |
| Open | 2 |
164 |
177 |
308 |
80 |
| Res.-agricultural | 24 |
- |
340 |
52 |
- |
| Unplanned | 112 |
128 |
2,581 |
2,467 |
2 |
| No zone 1/ | 34 |
14 |
12 |
17 |
41 |
1/ Forest reserve, national parks, etc.
Source: Hawaii County Planning Department, printout dated December 10, 1992.
Table 6.10-- LAND PARCELS, BY LAND USE CLASS, STATE OF HAWAII AND HAWAII COUNTY: FISCAL YEAR 1997-98
| Land use class | State of Hawaii |
Hawaii County |
| Improved residential | 174,812 |
20,802 |
| Apartment | 108,097 |
7,159 |
| Commercial | 10,754 |
2,073 |
| Industrial | 7,575 |
1,343 |
| Agricultural | 88,878 |
72,902 |
| Conservation | 5,705 |
1,985 |
| Hotel/resort | 15,290 |
580 |
| Unimproved residential | 3,116 |
1,313 |
| Homeowner | 43,656 |
24,448 |
| Single family - | 8,752 |
|
| Homestead - | 8,667 |
|
| TOTAL 1/ | 475,122 |
132,605 |
| Actual parcel count | 471,942 |
131,658 |
1/ Total includes multi-use parcels.
Source: City and County of Honolulu, Department of Finance, Real Property Assessment
Division, Real Property Tax Valuations, Tax Rates and Exemptions, 1997-1998 Tax Year,
State of Hawaii (July 1997).
Table 6.11-- LAND PARCELS, BY COUNTIES: 1986 TO 1997
| Year | State total |
City and County of Honolulu |
County of Maui |
County of Hawaii |
County of Kauai |
| 1986 | 404,018 |
212,868 |
47,321 |
121,349 |
22,480 |
| 1987 | 409,069 |
215,207 |
48,568 |
122,180 |
23,114 |
| 1988 | 412,862 |
217,971 |
48,863 |
122,788 |
23,240 |
| 1989 | 417,875 |
220,763 |
49,765 |
123,801 |
23,546 |
| 1990 | 424,111 |
224,339 |
50,966 |
124,902 |
23,904 |
| 1991 | 431,271 |
227,449 |
52,362 |
126,497 |
24,963 |
| 1992 | 438,388 |
231,893 |
53,414 |
127,444 |
25,637 |
| 1993 1/ | 446,276 |
236,138 |
55,379 |
128,543 |
26,216 |
| 1994 1/ | 452,568 |
240,652 |
56,108 |
128,954 |
26,854 |
| 1995 | 459,646 |
245,257 |
57,044 |
129,708 |
27,637 |
| 1996 | 467,966 |
250,320 |
57,992 |
131,060 |
28,594 |
| 1997 | 471,942 |
252,587 |
58,866 |
131,658 |
28,831 |
1/ Revised.
Source: City and County of Honolulu, Department of Finance, Real Property Assessment
Division, Real Property Tax Valuations, Tax Rates, & Exemptions ... Tax Year, State of
Hawaii (annual).
Table 6.12-- CEMETERIES, CHURCHES, HOSPITALS, AND SCHOOLS, BY COUNTIES: 1997
(Number of privately-owned parcels exempt from real property taxes)
| Category | State total |
Honolulu |
Maui |
Hawaii |
Kauai |
| Cemeteries | 106 |
47 |
4 |
46 |
9 |
| Churches | 1,434 |
800 |
216 |
288 |
130 |
| Hospitals | 83 |
68 |
10 |
1 |
4 |
| Schools | 174 |
121 |
12 |
38 |
3 |
Source: City and County of Honolulu, Department of Finance, Real Property Assessment Division, Real Property Tax Valuations, Tax Rates & Exemptions, Tax Year, State of Hawaii (annual).
Table 6.13-- NUMBER OF LOTS, HAWAII COUNTY, BY ZONES AND SECTIONS: JULY 1992
| Section | Hawaii County zones 1-9 |
Puna district zone 1 |
S. Hilo district zone 2 |
N. Hilo district zone 3 |
Hamakua district zone 4 |
| ZONE TOTAL | |||||
| (Sections 1-9) | 122,069 |
57,571 |
18,838 |
1,345 |
3,246 |
| Section 1 | 14,591 |
11,806 |
1,295 |
112 |
110 |
| Section 2 | 21,474 |
3,665 |
3,372 |
186 |
107 |
| Section 3 | 8,956 |
2,831 |
1,738 |
7 |
356 |
| Section 4 | 18,411 |
5,606 |
5,992 |
102 |
513 |
| Section 5 | 22,255 |
13,511 |
2,950 |
387 |
962 |
| Section 6 | 16,409 |
11,626 |
1,113 |
452 |
408 |
| Section 7 | 5,165 |
1,590 |
1,244 |
14 |
193 |
| Section 8 | 10,656 |
5,673 |
946 |
15 |
185 |
| Section 9 | 4,152 |
1,263 |
188 |
70 |
412 |
| Section | N. Kohala district zone 5 |
S. Kohala district zone 6 |
N. Kona district zone 7 |
S. Kona district zone 8 |
Kau district zone 9 |
| ZONE TOTAL | |||||
| (Sections 1-9) | 2,681 |
5,522 |
10,150 |
5,481 |
17,235 |
| Section 1 | 40 |
134 |
142 |
942 |
10 |
| Section 2 | 181 |
406 |
150 |
782 |
12,625 |
| Section 3 | 426 |
7 |
2,726 |
681 |
184 |
| Section 4 | 458 |
2,025 |
1,002 |
475 |
2,238 |
| Section 5 | 854 |
549 |
2,003 |
160 |
879 |
| Section 6 | 100 |
416 |
1,258 |
283 |
753 |
| Section 7 | 65 |
207 |
1,216 |
617 |
19 |
| Section 8 | 43 |
1,543 |
1,093 |
1,151 |
7 |
| Section 9 | 514 |
235 |
560 |
390 |
520 |
Source: Hawaii County Planning Department, printout dated December 23, 1992.
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