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HRS §508C-6

Environmental covenants cannot override other land use rules

This section says an environmental covenant cannot make a property use legal if zoning, other laws, or a higher-priority recorded document already ban it. But the covenant itself can add extra bans or limits on uses that are otherwise allowed.

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The statute, as written — Relationship to other land use law

This chapter shall not authorize a use of real property that is otherwise prohibited by zoning, by law other than this chapter regulating use of real property, or by a recorded instrument that has priority over the environmental covenant. An environmental covenant may prohibit or restrict uses of real property that are authorized by zoning or by law other than this chapter.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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