HCC §10-2
Fixing dangerous conditions on your property
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗If the county finds that digging, filling, clearing, or stockpiling on your property is dangerous to nearby roads, drainage, or other property, you must fix it within the time the county gives you. The county can enter your property to check or enforce this.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Hazardous conditions
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) Whenever the director of public works determines that any existing excavation, fill, grubbing or stockpiling has become a hazard to property, or adversely affects the safety, use, or stability of a public way or drainage channel, the owner of the property upon which the excavation, fill, grubbing or stockpiling is located, or other person or agent in control of said property, upon receipt of notice in writing from the director of public works shall within the period specified therein repair or eliminate the hazard and be in conformance with the requirements of this chapter. (b) The director of public works or the director’s authorized representatives are hereby authorized to enter any property to determine or to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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