HCC §23-104
Rules for creating a plantation community subdivision
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section explains when a former sugar plantation area can become a plantation community subdivision. It must have been a worker housing community for at least 50 years, the plantation must be closed, and each lot must be sold to former employees as full ownership.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Criteria
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 plantation community subdivision may be established in former sugar plantation communities if all of the following conditions exist: (1) A sugar plantation has provided housing for its workers which developed into a plantation community. (2) The plantation community has existed for at least fifty years. (3) The sugar plantation is no longer in operation. (4) The fee title of each proposed lot within the plantation community on which the housing and improvements exist is to be conveyed in fee simple to the former employees of the sugar plantation. (1994, ord 94-117, sec 2.)23-104
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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