HCC §21-28
Who pays for a sewer extension and how you get repaid
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section explains who pays to build a sewer extension. If you build it, you pay all costs but can get half of the sewer fees from other users for ten years. If the county builds it, you can pay all or half the cost, with different repayment options.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Payment of costs; construction by the applicant or by the
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.
County. (a) If the applicant chooses to construct the extension, then the applicant shall bear the total cost of the construction. However, the applicant may receive for ten years after completion of the extension one-half of all moneys for sewer charges collected by the County from other properties connecting to the extension provided the total of such reimbursement shall not exceed the cost incurred by the applicant to construct the extension. Plans to reimburse the applicant for construction of the sewer extension shall require the approval of the County council by resolution. (b) If the applicant chooses for the County to construct the extension, the applicant shall elect to: (1) Pay the full cost for the extension and for ten years after completion of the extension receive all moneys for sewer charges collected by the County from other properties connecting to the extension. However, the total of such reimbursements shall not exceed the cost incurred to construct the extension. Plans to reimburse applicant for construction of sewer extensions shall require the approval of the County council by resolution; or (2) Pay for one-half of the cost for the extension with the other half of the cost being paid by the County. If the applicant chooses this method of payment the director or designee shall make an estimate of the cost of construction and submit it to the applicant. If the applicant then deposits with the County a sum equal to one-half of such cost, then the matter shall be referred to the council for review, approval and appropriation of the County’s share of the costs. Article 4. Sewer Service Charges.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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