HCC §5-4-8
Getting a permit after the rules change
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗If you apply for a permit before a law changes, you have 180 days after the new law takes effect to get the permit under the old rules. If you don't, your application and plans must follow the new law. If the new law sets a different time limit, that limit applies.
The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Applications made prior to subsequent changes in
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.
applicable laws. An applicant for a permit who has filed an application with the authority having jurisdiction prior to the effective date of a subsequent change in applicable law shall be required to obtain the permit no later than one hundred eighty consecutive days after the effective date of such law. If the permit has not been obtained within one hundred eighty consecutive days after the effective date of the subsequent law, the application and plans shall comply with the requirements set forth in the subsequent law. Where the subsequent law specifies a time period for obtaining a permit other than the one hundred eighty-day period stated above, the time period specified in the subsequent law shall govern. (2020, ord 20-61, sec 2.) 5-4-8 Division 2. Pre-approval.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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