HCC §23-13
Exceptions for large community and development plans
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗The planning director can allow exceptions to the rules in this chapter for big projects like complete communities, shopping centers, or industrial areas. This is allowed if the project's plan provides enough public spaces and improvements, and has legal promises to make sure the plan is followed.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Large scale developments
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 director may make exceptions to this chapter where a plan and program for a complete community, a neighborhood unit, a large-scale shopping center, large industrial area development, or large agricultural area development provides adequate public spaces and improvements for the circulation, recreation, light, air, and service needs of the tract when fully developed and populated and covenants or other legal provisions are provided to assure conformity to and achievement of the plan. Division 2. Variances.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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