HCC §5-11-2
Appealing a denial of alternative building materials or methods
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗If the building official denies your request to use new or different materials, designs, or methods, you can appeal that decision to the board of appeals within 30 days. The board may require tests, which you must pay for, and can overturn the denial if the alternative is safe and meets the code.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Appeals regarding alternative materials, design, and methods
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.
of construction. Any person denied the use of new or alternative materials, design, methods of construction, equipment, fixtures, devices, or appliances by the authority having jurisdiction may, within thirty days after the authority having jurisdiction’s decision, appeal the decision to the board of appeals. In considering an appeal, the board may require any reasonable test of the proposed material, design, method of construction, equipment, fixture, device, or appliance, and the appellant shall pay all expenses necessary for the test. The board of appeals may reverse the authority having jurisdiction’s decision if it finds: (1) That the new or alternative material, design, method of construction, equipment, fixture, device, or appliance meets standards established by the construction code; (2) That permitting the requested use will not jeopardize the safety of persons or property; and (3) That the requested use will not be contrary to the intent and purpose of the construction code. (2020, ord 20-61, sec 2.) 5-11-2
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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