MCC §12.50.060
How to request maintenance of an old government road
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗To get the County to maintain an old government road, you must submit a written application with specific details, including owner consent and a commission recommendation. If the road doesn't meet current design standards, you must also agree to protect the County from lawsuits. This section lists what the application must contain.
landowners
The ordinance, as written (Maui County) — Requests for approval
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.
No request from the public for surface maintenance of any old government road, or
portion thereof, shall be approved by the director unless a written application is
provided setting forth the following information:
A.
Description of the old government road, or portion thereof, for which the request
for surface maintenance is being made;
B.
Explanation of how each criterion in section 12.50.050 is met for surface maintenance;
C.
Consent of at least sixty percent of the property owners whose property abuts the
old government road between the points at which the old government road, or portion
thereof for which the request for surface maintenance is being made, intersects roadways
which the County claims that it owns and maintains;
D.
Recommendation for approval of the request for surface maintenance by the County public
works commission;
E.
If the old government road, or portion thereof for which the request for surface maintenance
is being made, does not meet the County's design standards for roads at the time of
the request for approval, the person(s) having the right to control the use of the
property abutting the old government road shall agree to defend, indemnity and hold
harmless the County, its officers and agents, from all claims, demands, suits, actions
or proceedings of every name, character and description which may be brought against
the County for or on account of any injuries or damages to any person or property
as a consequence of the design and maintenance of the old government road, and such
agreement shall be in a form approved by the department of the corporation counsel
and recorded to run with the land(s) of the person(s) having the right to control
the use of the property abutting the old government road.
(Ord. No. 4078, § 3, 2013; Ord. 2655 § 1 (part), 1998)
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗as published Nov 21, 2025our copy taken Aug 21, 2026
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