HCC §25-2-8
What happens to approvals when zoning changes
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗When the zoning district for a building site changes, most prior administrative approvals for that site become void. But approvals for existing nonconforming uses or structures, or for rules that are the same in the new district, stay valid. If an approval was made knowing a change was coming, it can state it works under both old and new districts.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Effect of changing districts on prior approvals
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.
Every administrative action for any given building site becomes void upon the changing of the district within which the building site lies unless the action is for the approval of an existing nonconforming use or structure, or such administrative action deals with a regulation which is precisely the same under the regulations of the new district or unless the administrative action is taken with full knowledge of a proposed or impending change of district, in which case the approval of such administrative action shall state that the action is equally acceptable under the existing and proposed or impending specified new district. (1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-2-8
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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