HCC §23-51
Protecting homes from busy streets in new subdivisions
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗When a new subdivision is next to or includes a main road, the county can require the developer to add side streets, turn lots away from the road, plant trees or bushes as a buffer, or take other steps to keep homes safe and separate local traffic from through traffic.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Protection from existing or proposed arterial streets
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.
Where a subdivision abuts or contains an existing or proposed arterial street, the director may require marginal access streets, reverse frontage lots with suitable depth, screen planting contained in a nonaccess reservation along the rear property line, or such other treatment as may be necessary for adequate protection of residential properties and to afford separation of through and local traffic.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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