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KCC §9-3.2Applying for a Preliminary Subdivision Map
Read the official text at ecode360.com ↗This section explains who can file a preliminary subdivision map, what to file it with, and what fees apply. It also lists fee exemptions for certain affordable housing projects. The Planning Commission must review the map and related permit applications together when possible.
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The ordinance, as written (Kauaʻi County) — Application for Approval of Preliminary Subdivision Maps
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.
A preliminary subdivision map may be filed by the owner of the property sought to be subdivided, or by any person duly authorized by the owner. The preliminary subdivision map, wherever feasible, shall be filed together with one (1) application for the required zoning permit, as provided in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, and two (2) applications, if any, for necessary use permits and variance permits, as provided in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance. Information required in the applications may be shown in the preliminary subdivision map, and the Planning Commission, to the extent feasible, shall act upon the preliminary subdivision map and all applications simultaneously.Filing Fees. Each subdivider at the time of filing the preliminary subdivision map shall pay a nonrefundable fee of sixteen dollars and fifty cents ($16.50) for each lot shown on the preliminary subdivision map and a processing fee of three hundred dollars ($300.00), except that filing and processing fees shall be exempted as follows:A subdivision for a housing project or portions of housing projects that are developed to be affordable to low-income households as determined by the Housing Director or authorized representative of the County Housing Agency shall be exempt from the filing and processing fee required in Subsection (b), provided such projects conform to applicable provisions of the County's affordable housing program.A subdivision for a housing project or portions of housing projects that are developed to be affordable to gap-group households as determined by the Housing Director or authorized representative of the County Housing Agency shall be exempt from one-half (1/2) of the filing and processing fee required in Subsection (b), provided such projects conform to applicable provisions of the County's affordable housing program.
Read the official text at ecode360.com ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026 The County of Kauaʻi publishes this code through eCode360 and states that it is provided for information only and should not be considered the official version of the Code.
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