MCC §19.50.010
Creating Historic District No. 1 in Lahaina
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗This section creates a historic district in Lahaina to preserve historic buildings and sites, and to let the state and county plan their restoration. No private landowner is forced to restore anything against their will. The district is divided into six specific areas with detailed boundaries.
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The ordinance, as written (Maui County) — Historic district no. 1
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.
There is created within Lahaina, Maui, Hawaiʻi, historic district no. 1. The purpose
of creating this district is to preserve historic structures and sites within the
district and to enable the state and the county to make plans for the restoration
of historic structures and sites. It is understood that no private land owner will
be forced to restore any historic structure or site against his will. The areas composing
historic district no. 1 are described as follows:
Those lands situated in the town of Lahaina, Lahaina district, county of Maui, state
of Hawaiʻi, and as shown more particularly on map entitled "Lahaina Historic Districts
Map," dated December 14, 1966, on file in the office of the county of Maui planning
commission at Naska, Kahului, Maui, Hawaiʻi, and as further described below:
Area 1. Beginning at the junction of Shaw Street and Front Street, at a point where the prolongation
of the northerly boundary line of Shaw Street intersects the westerly boundary line
of Front Street; thence easterly along the northerly boundary of Shaw Street to its
intersection with Wainee Street; thence northerly along the westerly boundary of Wainee
Street to its intersection with Luakini Street; thence westerly along the southerly
boundary of Luakini Street to its intersection with the western boundary of the Honpa
Hongwanji mission (said parcel being further identified as Gr. 7689, Por. L. C. Aw.
4533 to Wainee); thence southerly along said boundary to its intersection with the
northerly boundary of Malu-ulu-o-lele park (being that parcel of land set aside to
the county of Maui by executive order number 52); thence westerly along the northerly
boundary of Malu-ulu-o-lele park to its intersection with Front Street; thence northerly
along the easterly boundary of Front Street to its intersection with the southerly
boundary of the spring house (being further identified as that parcel of land as recorded
with the bureau of conveyances on June 3, 1949, bk. 2233, p. 195); thence easterly
and northerly along the boundaries of said property to its intersection with the southerly
boundary of the Richards' house (being further identified as a portion of L. C. Aw.
387:1 to A. P. Mission); thence easterly along said boundary to its intersection with
Luakini Street; thence northerly along the westerly boundary of Luakini Street to
its intersection with Dickenson Street; thence westerly along the southerly boundary
of Dickenson Street, extended along its line to its intersection with the westerly
boundary of Front Street; thence northerly along the westerly boundary of Front Street
to a point one hundred feet northerly beyond its intersection with the high water
mark of the Pacific Ocean and the northerly boundary of the Baldwin canoe house (being
further identified as L. C. Aw. 387 to A. P. Mission); thence southerly and westerly
along a line parallel and at a distance of one hundred feet from the high water mark
of the Pacific Ocean to the point where the one hundred foot line intersects the prolongation
of the southerly boundary line of parcel 1 or L. C. Aw. 7715:3 Ahapuaa Waiokama; thence
easterly along said boundary to its intersection with Front Street; thence northerly
along the westerly boundary of Front Street to the point of beginning and containing
a land area of 30.82 acres more or less.
Area 2. That parcel of land known as the old prison (Hale Paahao) lot, and further identified
as parcel 3 of those lands set aside to the County of Maui by executive order number
16, and containing an area of 0.82 acre more or less.
Area 3. Those lands known as the Episcopal cemetery (being further identified as that parcel
of land as recorded with the bureau of conveyances on April 27, 1966, bk. 5313, p.
599), and the Hale Aloha church (being further identified as that parcel of land as
recorded with the bureau of conveyances on May 24, 1950, bk. 2348, p. 229), and containing
an area of 0.79 acre more or less.
Area 4. Those lands identified as parcel 2 (Maria Lanakila church) and parcel 3 (seamen's
cemetery) of the Campbell estate Catholic church subdivision, as recorded with the
bureau of conveyances on June 4, 1965, bk. 5055, p. 596, and containing an area of
4.40 acres more or less.
Area 5. Those lands identified as lots A and B of the Wo Hing society tract, said lots being
further identified as all of R. P. 594, L. C. Aw. 325 to Nowlein, portion of R. P.
5637, L. C. Aw. 8559, Ap. 6 to Lunalilo, and portion of R. P. 1178, L. C. Aw. 388,
Ap. 2 to Hooheu, and containing an area of 0.31 acre more or less.
Area 6. That parcel of land known as the seamen's hospital lot, being further identified
as L. C. Aw. 6499 and L. C. Aw. 962:1, and containing an area of 2.08 acres more or
less.
(Prior code § 8-3.12(a))
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