HCC §23-55
Putting utilities outside the street when needed
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗If the county director decides that utilities like sewers, water pipes, or power lines should not go inside the street, the subdivider must set aside land outside the street for them. The subdivider must give the county an easement or right-of-way for that land.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Location of utilities within street impractical; alternative
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.
If in the opinion of the director, the director of public works and manager, the most suitable and reasonable location for any of the utilities, such as sewers, storm drains, water and gas pipes, electric and telephone pole lines and conduits, which are likely to be required within a subdivision for the service thereof or for the service of areas in the surrounding territory, does not lie wholly within the street width, the director may require provisions to be made for the location of such utilities on routes elsewhere than within said street width. The subdivider shall designate the required area for all such utility locations outside of the street width and shall deliver a proper easement or right- of-way for the area.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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