HCC §23-43
Street alignment rules for new subdivisions
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗New streets should line up with existing streets when possible. If they cannot line up, the design must avoid sharp jogs by using curves and straight sections. These rules apply to streets in new subdivisions.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Alignment
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) As far as practical, a street shall be aligned with an existing street by continuation of the centerline thereof. The staggering of streets making “T” intersections shall be designed and adjusted with curves and diagonals, so that jogs are not less than one hundred fifty feet measured along the centerline of the through street. (b) If it is not possible to align a street of a new subdivision with an existing street of an adjacent tract, short jogs may be avoided by establishing reverse curves in the road alignment within a block. Such reverse curves shall be separated from the existing road right-of-way by a tangent, a minimum of fifty feet long to the beginning or end of the curve. Reverse curves shall be avoided in districts zoned commercial and industrial in chapter 25, zoning code.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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