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    205-9 to 11 Repealed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205-16.1, 16.2 Repealed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   205-31 to 37 Repealed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.

  Avoiding the Next Hokuli‘a:  The Debate over Hawai‘i's Agricultural Subdivisions.  27 UH L. Rev. 441.

 

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.