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KCC §24-2.4

County Can Add Underground Hookups to Property Assessments

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When utility companies move their lines underground, the County can pay for the underground hookups on private property as part of a special assessment. The property owner pays for this through their assessment, and can pay in installments with interest. For public or exempt land, the County pays the cost.

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The ordinance, as written (Kauaʻi County) — Connection by the County to Underground Public Utility Facilities

A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Kauaʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

Whenever any public utility company has relocated its utility lines and related facilities underground in compliance with this Chapter, the County may, in lieu of the procedures prescribed in Section 24-2.3, include the installation of the underground lateral connections within private properties as part of an assessment area so as to assure the timely removal of utility poles.When the installation of the lateral connection is performed as part of an assessment area, the cost thereof shall be added to the property owner's share of the cost of assessments and if the property owner elects to pay said assessment in installments, it shall be payable in the same manner and at the same rate of interest as prescribed for the payment of assessments.In the case of connections to be made on public land, or any land by law exempted from assessments, the costs thereof shall be assumed and paid as provided under Section 24-2.1(d).
Read the official text at ecode360.com ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026

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