HCC §10-9
Permits required for grading, grubbing, and stockpiling
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section says you must get a permit before starting grading, grubbing, or stockpiling work, unless the work is excluded by another rule. The county's public works director must check that your project follows the general plan and state laws before issuing any permit.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Required
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) Except as excluded in section 10-3: (1) No grading work shall be commenced or performed without a grading permit. (2) No grubbing work shall be commenced or performed without a grubbing permit except where grubbing concerns land for which a grading permit has been issued. (3) No stockpiling work shall be commenced or performed without a stockpiling permit. (b) No grading, grubbing, or stockpiling permit shall be issued without the director of public works’ review of the applicant’s compliance with the County general plan or with chapters 6,* 205 and 343, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes. * Editor’s Note: Chapter 6, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, was repealed and replaced with chapter 6E.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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