MCC §12.08.170
Turning an abandoned driveway into a sidewalk
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗When a driveway is no longer used, the property owner must tear it up, fix the curb, and build a sidewalk that matches the ones next to it. If the owner doesn't do this within six months, the county will send a notice, and the owner has twenty days to get a permit. If they still don't finish, they face penalties.
landowners
The ordinance, as written (Maui County) — Conversion of abandoned driveway into sidewalk
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Maui County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
A.
Upon the abandonment of any driveway or any proposed driveway, the owner shall close,
raze, and grade to the typical cross-section the abandoned driveway or proposed driveway,
replace the curb and convert the area between the curb and the property line into
a sidewalk which shall be so finished to conform to the type of sidewalk adjacent
to it.
B.
If the owner fails to close an abandoned driveway and to convert it into a sidewalk
within six months, the director shall notify the owner and if such owner fails to
obtain a permit to convert the abandoned driveway into a sidewalk within twenty days
from the date of such notice or, having obtained a permit, fails to convert such driveway
into a sidewalk before the expiration of such permit, the owner shall be penalized
as provided in section 12.08.200 .
(Prior code § 21-7.11)
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗as published Nov 21, 2025our copy taken Aug 21, 2026
Published by the County of Maui through Municode.
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