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MCC §2.80B.040

General plan advisory committees

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This section sets up advisory committees for Lanai, Maui, and Molokai to review proposed updates to the county's general plan. It explains who serves on each committee, how they operate, and deadlines for giving recommendations. The planning director must prepare plan revisions at least every ten years.

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The ordinance, as written (Maui County) — General plan advisory committees

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. At least every ten years (decennial), the planning director shall prepare and recommend proposed revisions to the general plan. B. There shall be separate general plan advisory committees for the islands of Lanai, Maui, and Molokai to comment, advise, and provide recommendations to the planning director regarding the proposed revisions prepared and recommended by the planning director, as follows: 1. The Lanai general plan advisory committee shall be composed of thirteen members, nine appointed by the council and four appointed by the mayor. 2. The Maui general plan advisory committee shall be composed of twenty-five members, one appointed by the mayor from each Maui community plan area, four appointed by the council from the Wailuku-Kahului community plan area, and three appointed by the council from each of the other Maui community plan areas. 3. The Molokai general plan advisory committee shall be composed of thirteen members, nine appointed by the council and four appointed by the mayor. C. The planning director shall be responsible for providing staff to support the work of the general plan advisory committees, which shall include department staff and, at the discretion of the planning director, outside consultant services. Each general plan advisory committee shall select a chair and vice-chair and shall adopt rules relating to committee meetings. D. Time limits for general plan advisory committee review of the countywide policy plan and the Maui island plan: 1. No later than one hundred twenty days after the Maui, Molokai and Lanai general plan advisory committees hold their respective first public meeting after their receipt of the countywide policy plan, the general plan advisory committees shall forward their recommendations and proposed revisions to the planning director unless the council, by resolution, extends the time within which to forward the recommendations. 2. No later than one hundred eighty days after the Maui general plan advisory committee holds its first public meeting after its receipt of the Maui island plan, the Maui general plan advisory committee shall forward its recommendations and proposed revisions to the planning director unless the council, by resolution, extends the time within which to forward the recommendations. (Ord. 3405 § 2, 2006: Ord. 3166 § 2 (part), 2004)
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗as published Nov 21, 2025our copy taken Aug 21, 2026

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