HCC §23-143
No retroactive effect
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section says the new rules do not apply to projects that already had a final public report with an effective date before this ordinance took effect. It only protects those earlier projects. It does not change any other rules.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — No retroactive effect
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.
This ordinance shall not affect the legal status of any project that had received an effective date for a final public report before the effective date of this ordinance. [Effective: September 25, 2002] (2002, ord 02-111, sec 2.)23-143
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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