HCC §25-6-56
How site plans get reviewed and approved
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗After an agricultural project district is set up, the applicant must give the director detailed site plans. The director has 60 days to approve or deny them. If the director does nothing in that time, the plans are automatically approved.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Review and approval of site plans
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) After adoption of an agricultural project district enabling ordinance, the applicant shall submit to the director detailed site plans for the agricultural project district development. The site plans shall conform to the agricultural project district enabling ordinance and shall include the following: (1) Plans for required infrastructure improvements; (2) All items required for a plan approval application, as provided by section 25-2- 72; and (3) Any other information required by rules adopted by the director in accordance with chapter 91, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes. (b) Within sixty days after acceptance of the site plans, the director shall either deny or approve the plans. (c) The director may approve site plans for an agricultural project district only if the applicant has complied with all of the conditions contained in the agricultural project district enabling ordinance and the site plans conform to the standards contained in the agricultural project district enabling ordinance. The director may approve the site plans subject to conditions, or the director may approve the site plans subject to certain changes in the proposed site plans when, in the director’s opinion, such conditions or changes are necessary to carry out the purposes of the agricultural project district, this chapter and the considerations contained in section 25-6-57. (d) If the director fails to render a decision on the site plans within the prescribed period, the site plans shall be considered approved without further certification by the director. (1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-6-56
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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