MCC §22.04A.084
How lease applications are scored
Read the official text at library.municode.com ↗This section explains how committee members score each lease application. Members must score each applicant individually using five criteria. The criteria cover farming experience, education, property, displacement hardship, and the farm plan. The section does not set a total passing score or say who wins.
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The ordinance, as written (Maui County) — Evaluation and scoring of application for the lease of a lot
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.
Members of the committee must individually evaluate and score each application. The
committee may request that an applicant make a presentation to the committee and be
available to answer questions. Each member must follow the following criteria when
scoring the applications:
1.
Agricultural property. Each applicant must receive between zero and ten points depending
on the size, number and suitability of agricultural properties being farmed by the
applicant. Applicants who hold no financial interest in any agricultural property
must receive ten points.
2.
Agricultural experience. Each applicant must receive between zero and five points,
with applicants with greater agricultural experience receiving more points.
3.
Agricultural education. Each applicant must receive between zero and five points,
with applicants with greater agricultural education receiving more points.
4.
Displacement. Each applicant must receive between zero and ten points for hardship
due to displacement.
5.
Farm plan. Each applicant must receive between zero and twenty points based on the
merits of the applicant's farm plan.
( Ord. No. 5495 , § 7, 2023; Ord. 4336, § 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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