HCC §5-7-1
Plan review fees and when you pay them
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section sets fees for reviewing building plans. You pay a fee with your first application, and extra fees for later resubmissions. If you revise an already-approved permit, you pay another fee based on the original permit cost.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Permit plan review; general
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) A fee shall be assessed for plan reviews. The fee shall be in the amount of twenty percent of the permit fee, with a minimum fee of $50 and shall accompany the application, plans, and specifications that are filed for review pursuant to section 5-4-1. Plan review fees shall be assessed in addition to the permit fee. (b) No additional plan review fee will be assessed for a second submittal. Plan review fees for subsequent submittals shall be: $250 for a third submittal; $500 for a fourth submittal; and $1,000 for each additional submittal. (c) A fee shall be assessed for plan reviews resulting from revisions of permits that have already been issued, where a new permit is not required. The fee shall be in the amount of twenty percent of the original permit fee, or $50, whichever is greater. (2020, ord 20-61, sec 2.) 5-7-1 5-29 SUPP. 9 (1-2021)
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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