HCC §23-56
Rules for utility easement size and who gets them
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section sets the standard width for utility easements, usually 15 feet, and allows changes if the right official approves. It also says who must receive the easement documents: the County for most utilities, or the water commission for water facilities.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Easements for utilities; size; conveyance
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) Easements or rights-of-way for sewers, storm drains and government owned water facilities shall be fifteen feet in width and centered on rear or side lot lines except for guy-wire tie-back easements, which shall be three feet wide by twenty feet long along lot lines at change of direction points of easements, except that this width may be modified where the director of public works or the manager, whichever is appropriate, finds that a greater or lesser width is necessary or satisfactory for the purpose of the use of the area. (b) Easements or rights-of-way for all government owned utilities including storm drains except those under the jurisdiction of the department of water supply shall be conveyed to the County and documents shall be delivered to the council for acceptance. Easements or rights-of-way for water facilities which are under the jurisdiction of the department of water supply shall be conveyed to the water commission and the documents shall be delivered to the water commission for acceptance. Article 4. Application for Subdivision and Preliminary Plat. Division 1. General Provisions.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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