HCC §23-48
Rules for building dead-end streets
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section sets rules for cul-de-sacs, which are dead-end streets. They must be short, serve few homes, and end in a circular turnaround. The county director can allow exceptions in special cases.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Cul-de-sacs
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) A cul-de-sac shall be as short as possible and shall not be more than six hundred feet in length nor serve more than eighteen lots; provided that longer streets may be approved by the director when unusual conditions exist. (b) All cul-de-sacs shall terminate with a circular turn-around of forty-five feet radius, except that a T-turn-around or other suitable turn-around may be permitted, if in the opinion of the director, this type of turn-around meets the requirements of the situation.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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