HCC §27-5
Which areas this flood rule covers
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section says the flood rules apply to special flood hazard areas shown on federal flood maps from 2004 and any updates, plus nearby land next to rivers, streams, storm drains, or other water areas that the public works director decides could flood. It lists the specific flood zone types covered.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Applicability
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.
This chapter shall apply to all areas of special flood hazards identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in a scientific and engineering report entitled “Flood Insurance Study,” dated April 2, 2004, with accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps and all future changes, revisions and amendments to these documents, and shall apply to all areas bordering identified special flood hazard areas, and all other areas outside the identified special flood hazard areas encompassing and adjacent to a river, stream, stormwater channel, outfall area, or other inland water or drainage facility determined by the director of public works to be subject to flood hazards. The special flood hazard areas are as follows: (1) Floodway fringe - Zones AE, AH, and AO. (2) Floodway. (3) Coastal high hazard (tsunami) - Zones V and VE. (4) General floodplain - Zone A. (5) Land adjacent to drainage facilities, and Zone A99. (1993, ord 93-78, sec 3; am 2001, ord 01-108, sec 1; am 2007, ord 07-169, sec 4; am 2017, ord 17-56, sec 4.)27-5 SUPP. 3 (1-2018) 27-2 FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT § 27-6
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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