HCC §25-6-65
Rules the county can add for land next to scenic corridors
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗The county council can add rules for land right next to a scenic corridor, but only to protect public health, safety, or the area's special qualities. The council must also include these rules in the ordinance that puts the corridor plan into action.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Conditions and standards imposed on a scenic corridor
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 council may impose conditions on the use of the property directly adjacent to the transportation corridor provided that the council finds that the conditions are: (1) Necessary to prevent circumstances which may be adverse to public health, safety and welfare, (2) Reasonably conceived to fulfill needs directly emanating from the land uses proposed with respect to protection of the public from the deleterious effects of the proposed uses, or fulfillment of the need for the public service demands created by the proposed uses and (3) Necessary to protect, preserve, and enhance the environmental, historic, cultural, scenic, archaeological, and/or recreational resources and intrinsic qualities identified within the scenic corridor. (b) In addition to the conditions in subsection (a), the council shall include conditions and standards as part of the proposed scenic corridor enabling ordinance needed to implement the intent of the corridor management plan. (2007, ord 07-36, sec 1.)25-6-65
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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