KCC §26-4.8
When a majority of landowners can block a proposed rule
Read the official text at ecode360.com ↗This section lets landowners stop a proposed rule if enough of them protest in writing before or at the hearing. If the protest is strong enough, the rule is dropped and cannot be tried again for one year.
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The ordinance, as written (Kauaʻi County) — Protest by More Than Fifty-Five Percent (55%)
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.
If the owners of more than fifty-five percent (55%) of the land, or if more than fifty-five percent (55%) of the owners of the land in the district, file written protests with the Council before or at the hearing against a provision in the proposed ordinance of consideration and if protests are not withdrawn so as to reduce the amount of the protests to owners of fifty-five percent (55%) or less of the land or fifty-five percent (55%) or less of the owners of land, as applicable (calculated as in effect on the date of protest), the provision specified in the written protests shall not be in the approved ordinance of consideration. No proceedings to include the provision in another ordinance of consideration shall again be undertaken for a period of one (1) year from the close of the hearing.
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