HCC §12-18
Council resolution defining improvement project details
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗After public notice and hearing, if the council decides to go ahead with improvements, it must pass a resolution that spells out the project's boundaries, costs, materials, and how assessments are calculated. This resolution also covers any future changes to assessments if property use changes.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Resolution to define extent of improvement
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.
If, after initial or further advertisement and hearing when no changes are made which will require further advertisement or hearing, the council determines to proceed with the improvements, it shall, by resolution requiring not more than one reading for its adoption: (1) Create, define, and establish the extent of the frontage improvement or the improvement district to be assessed; (2) Define the kind, extent, and general details of the proposed improvements; (3) Describe each parcel of land to be acquired, if any; (4) Declare the part or proportion of the cost of the improvement which is to be borne by the County; (5) Describe the assessment units and method of assessment, including, if applicable, any affected assessment units with respect to a reasonably anticipated future change in classification or use and the related changes in assessments to be effective upon such change in classification or use; (6) Describe the kinds of materials to be used; (7) Direct the responsible director or manager as provided in section 12-19; (8) If the proposed improvement includes construction or improvements of a water system, make requests as provided in section 12-20; and (9) If the improvement district includes any affected assessment units, as identified pursuant to paragraph (5) above, approve the change in assessments upon the change in classification or use of such assessment units, provided that (A) the changed assessments are consistent with the assessments against other comparable assessment units within the improvement district, and (B) the changed assessments have the effect of reducing the assessments against assessment units other than the affected assessment units. SUPP. 8 (7-2020) 12-16 IMPROVEMENTS BY ASSESSMENTS § 12-19
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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