HCC §3-83
Design committee review and what happens if they miss the deadline
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section says that when you apply for a sign permit, the county sends your application to a design committee to check it against the Pahoa Village Design Guidelines. The committee has 25 days to give its recommendation. If it doesn't, the director can decide your application using other rules, unless you agree to give the committee more time.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Design committee review; failure to review
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) Each completed sign permit application, together with all accompanying information shall be forwarded promptly by the director through the County planning director to the committee for its review and comments for consistency with the Pāhoa Village Design Guidelines (hereinafter “design guidelines”). (b) Within twenty-five calendar days after receipt of the completed application from the planning director, the committee shall provide its written recommendation(s) to the director via the planning director. If a recommendation is not received within the allotted period, the director shall act on the request in accordance with section 3-18 or 3-23, as the case may be. The director may grant a time extension to the committee or planning director only upon the written consent of the applicant. (2015, ord 15-46, sec 4.) 3-83
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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