HCC §28-4
Planning director reviews your petition and makes a recommendation
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗After you file a petition to change a zoning or plan rule, the planning director has 90 days (or longer if you agree) to review it and recommend approval or denial to the planning commission. The recommendation can include conditions that support the county's plans and rules.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Review of petition by planning director
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.
Within ninety days of acceptance of a petition or such longer period as may be agreed to by the applicant, the planning director shall submit the director’s recommendation to either the windward or leeward planning commission, or both acting jointly, as provided for in the Charter. The director shall recommend either the approval or denial of the proposed amendment to the designated planning commission, or joint commission, subject to conditions which would further the intent of this chapter and the general plan and other related ordinances. (1986, ord 86-126, sec 2; am 2009, ord 09-118, sec 21.) 28-4
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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