HCC §25-2-6
Waiting one year after a denied application
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗If the county denies your application for a zoning change, variance, or other permit under this chapter, you must wait one year before applying again for the same thing on the same property. The county may allow an earlier new application if circumstances have changed significantly. The county itself can still start its own proceedings anytime.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Waiting period after denial of application
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.
Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, whenever an application for an amendment to this chapter, or for a variance from this chapter, or for any other permit authorized under this chapter has been denied, no new application for the same relief, action or use covering all or any portion of the property involved in the original application shall be accepted by the director or the commission for a period of one year from the effective date of the final denial of the original application; provided, however, that upon a showing of a substantial change of circumstances, the director or commission may permit the filing of a new application prior to the expiration of the one- year period. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the council or the director from initiating any proceedings at any time under this chapter. (1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-2-6
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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