HCC §2-177
Planning department can create geothermal relocation and community benefits program
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section lets the planning department set up a program to help homeowners who live near the Puna Geothermal Venture's plant move away permanently if they want to. It also allows spending money to improve Lower Puna, like fixing roads, water systems, parks, and emergency services.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Establishment
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.
The planning department is hereby authorized to establish a geothermal relocation and community benefits program for the relocation of owner-occupants residing near the Puna Geothermal Venture’s plant and who want to be permanently relocated, and to fund expenditures for the benefit of Lower Puna, as defined herein, including, but not limited to, road improvements, water infrastructure development, land acquisition, parks and recreational facility needs, civil defense and mass transit improvements. (1996, ord 96-2, sec 1; am 2008, ord 08-37, sec 1.)2-177
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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