HCC §14-163
What work the county can do on private roads
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section explains what repairs and improvements the county can do on private roads that are not dedicated to the public. It lists allowed work for paved and unpaved roads, and says the county cannot install curbs, gutters, or drainage, but may put back speed humps it removed.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Allowable work upon private, nondedicated, and non-
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.
surrendered roads. (a) Paved private, nondedicated, and non-surrendered roads shall be improved, graded, or repaired by: (1) Remedial patching with like materials, for example: (A) Asphalt concrete shall be used for asphalt concrete paved roads; (B) Portland cement concrete or asphalt concrete, as determined by the director, shall be used for Portland cement concrete paved roads; or (C) Gravel for gravel. (2) Resurfacing, if the director determines that the pavement is in such poor condition that remedial patching is impractical and not cost effective. (3) Installation of signs, marking, and lighting. 14-65 SUPP. 18 (7-2025) (b) Unpaved private, nondedicated, and non-surrendered roads shall be improved, graded, or repaired by: (1) Remedial patching with like materials, for example: (A) Coral for coral; or (B) Gravel for gravel. (2) Paving with asphalt concrete material, if the director determines that the road surface is in such poor condition that remedial patching is not cost effective and does not serve the best interests of motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians, and available funds and resources permit. (3) Installation of signs, marking, and lighting. (c) Improvement, grading, repair, or construction work performed by the County pursuant to this article, shall not include installation or maintenance of curbs, shoulders, gutters, drainage facilities, or similar infrastructure, provided that speed humps that are removed as part of the County’s improvement, grading, repair, or construction work upon private roads may be reinstalled by the County if the director determines that the conditions for reinstallation have been met. (2024, ord 24-1, sec 2.) 14-163
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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