MCC §20.08.180
Rules for building flat steps on steep slopes
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗When a slope is cut or filled more than 15 feet high, you must build flat terraces or benches every 15 feet up the slope. Each terrace must be at least 8 feet wide.
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The ordinance, as written (Maui County) — Horizontal terraces or benches
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.
Where a cut or fill is greater than fifteen feet in height, horizontal terraces or
benches shall be constructed at vertical intervals of fifteen feet. The minimum width
of such horizontal terraces or benches shall be at least eight feet wide.
(Ord. 816 § 1 (part), 1975: prior code § 24-3.1(a))
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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