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MCC §2.28.040

Planning commission's zoning rule powers

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This section gives the planning commission the power to write zoning rules about building size, open space, and where businesses or certain buildings can go. The council can approve these rules as written or with changes. The council can also ask the commission to do other jobs it assigns later.

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The ordinance, as written (Maui County) — Zoning regulations

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. The appropriate planning commission shall also have the power to prepare and submit to the council appropriate zoning regulations regulating and limiting the height and bulk of buildings; determining the area of yards, courts and other open spaces; or regulating and restricting the location of trades and industries and the location of buildings designed for specific uses, including the establishment of building zones; or creating districts for any such purpose. After the submission of such regulations to the council, it may adopt the same, either in the form as submitted by the appropriate planning commission, or with such amendments as may be deemed requisite by the council. B. The council may also require the appropriate planning commission to perform such other duties as it may hereafter, from time to time, prescribe. ( Ord. No. 4386, § 1, 2016 )
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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