CHAPTER 205

LAND USE COMMISSION

Part I. Generally

Section

205-1 Establishment of the commission

205-2 Districting and classification of lands

205-3 Retention of district boundaries

205-3.1 Amendments to district boundaries

205-4 Amendments to district boundaries involving land areas

greater than fifteen acres

205-4.1 Fees

205-4.5 Permissible uses within the agricultural districts

205-4.6 Private restrictions on agricultural uses and activities;

not allowed

205-5 Zoning

205-5.1 Geothermal resource subzones

205-5.2 Designation of areas as geothermal resource subzones

205-5.3 Exploratory wells

205-6 Special permit

205-7 Adoption, amendment or repeal of rules

205-8 Nonconforming uses

205-9 to 11 Repealed

205-12 Enforcement

205-13 Penalty for violation

205-14 Adjustments of assessing practices

205-15 Conflict

205-16 Compliance with the Hawaii state plan

205-16.1, 16.2 Repealed

205-17 Land use commission decision-making criteria

205-18 Periodic review of districts

Part II. Shoreline Setbacks

205-31 to 37 Repealed

Part III. Important Agricultural Lands

205-41 Declaration of policy

205-42 Important agricultural lands; definition and

objectives

205-43 Important agricultural lands; policies

205-44 Standards and criteria for the identification of

important agricultural lands

205-45 Petition by farmer or landowner

205-46 Incentives for important agricultural lands

205-47 Identification of important agricultural lands;

county process

205-48 Receipt of maps of eligible important agricultural

lands; land use commission

205-49 Designation of important agricultural lands;

adoption of important agricultural lands maps

205-50 Standards and criteria for the reclassification or

rezoning of important agricultural lands

205-51 Important agricultural lands; county ordinances

205-52 Periodic review and amendment of important agricultural

lands maps

Note

Prior law: L 1961, c 187.

Law Journals and Reviews

Maha‘ulepu v. Land Use Commission: A Symbol of Change; Hawaii's Land Use Law Allows Golf Course Development on Prime Agricultural Land by Special Use Permit. 13 UH L. Rev. 205.

Honolulu's Ohana Zoning Law: To Ohana or Not to Ohana. 13 UH L. Rev. 505.

The Lum Court, Land Use, and the Environment: A Survey of Hawai‘i Case Law 1983 to 1991. 14 UH L. Rev. 119.

Residential Use of Hawai‘i's Conservation District. 14 UH L. Rev. 633.

Dolan v. City of Tigard: Individual Property Rights v. Land Management Systems. 17 UH L. Rev. 193.

Is Agricultural Land in Hawai‘i "Ripe" for a Takings Analysis? 24 UH L. Rev. 121.

"Urban Type Residential Communities in the Guise of Agricultural Subdivisions:" Addressing an Impermissible Use of Hawai‘i's Agricultural District. 25 UH L. Rev. 199.

Case Notes

Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, assuming it was constitutional, did not facially invalidate Hawaii's land use law. 229 F. Supp. 2d 1056.

Provisions of chapter provide authority to issue special use permits for golf courses on prime agricultural lands. 71 H. 332, 790 P.2d 906.

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