HCC §23-36
Rules for through lots and planting screen easements
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section limits when a through lot (a lot with two street frontages) can be used. It allows them only for certain reasons, like separating homes from busy roads or fixing land shape problems. It also lets the county require a planting screen easement of at least 10 feet, with no access, and sets a minimum average lot depth.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Through lots; planting screen easement
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) Through lots shall be avoided except where essential to: (1) Provide separation of residential development from major traffic arteries or adjacent nonresidential activities; or (2) Overcome specific disadvantages of topography or orientation. (b) A planting screen easement of at least ten feet, across which there shall be no right of access, may be required along through lot lines abutting a traffic artery or other disadvantageous use. A through lot with planting screens shall have a minimum average depth of one hundred twenty-five feet.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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