MCC §20.08.040
Grading, Grubbing, and Cut/Fill Permits
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗This rule says when you need a county permit for digging, moving dirt, or clearing land. It covers grading, stockpiling, grubbing, and large cut/fill work in special coastal areas. Getting one permit does not excuse you from other required permits.
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The ordinance, as written (Maui County) — Permit—Required
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.
Unless otherwise provided in this chapter:
A.
No person shall commence or perform any grading or stockpiling without a grading permit;
and
B.
No person shall commence or perform any grubbing without a grubbing permit, except
where grubbing concerns land for which a grading permit has been issued.
C.
No person shall commence or perform any cut or fill activity on land located within
any special management areas, as defined by chapter 205A. Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes,
which exceeds fifty cubic yards of material on any one site or exceeds two feet in
the vertical height at its highest point, including but not limited to single-family
residential construction, without a grading permit.
D.
A permit or exclusion pursuant to this chapter does not obviate the need to obtain
other permits or approvals.
(Ord. 2684 § 6, 1998: Ord. 816 § 1 (part), 1975: prior code § 24-2.1)
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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