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HCC §23-86

Street building rules for new subdivisions

Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗

This section tells subdividers how to build streets in new subdivisions so they can be given to the county. Streets must be graded, drained, and paved to allow cars to reach every lot. They must meet county standards for materials and thickness, and be built under county supervision.

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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Requirements for dedicable 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.

(a) The subdivider shall grade, drain, and surface all streets constructed after December 21, 1966 as shown on his plat, except reserved dedication for future street purposes, so as to provide access for vehicular traffic to each lot of the subdivision. (b) A street shall be constructed in accordance with the specifications in this section and those on file with the department of public works. A street shall be installed under the supervision of the director of public works and to permanent grades approved by him. (c) A street shall have sufficient thickness of pavement, and compacted base course and sub-base material to support axle and wheel loads permitted under section 291-35, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes. In no case shall the streets be less substantial than the following minimum dedicable standards of the County: SUBDIVISIONS § 23-86 (1) A street serving areas zoned for lots seventy-five hundred square feet to and including one acre, shall have a six-inch minimum select borrow sub-base course, a base course of four inches of compacted crusher run base with filler, and a pavement of two inches of asphaltic concrete or two and one-half inches of asphaltic macadam, applied in three separate applications. Pavement width shall conform to the urban standard as set forth under section 23-41. (2) A street serving areas zoned for lots of over one acre and up to and including three acres, shall have a six-inch minimum select borrow sub-base course, a base course of four inches of compacted crusher run base and a pavement of two inches of asphaltic concrete or two and one-half inches of asphaltic macadam, applied in three separate applications. Pavement width shall conform to the rural standard as set forth under section 23-41. (d) A street meeting the minimum requirements of this section shall be dedicable.
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗as published Jul 16, 2026our copy taken Aug 21, 2026

Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.

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