Parking Rules in Maui County, HI (2026)
9 rules for unincorporated Maui County, Hawaii.
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RV & Boat Parking
Maui County zoning prohibits parking a camper van, RV, trailer, or pop-up-tent vehicle anywhere in the county, on a driveway or otherwise, if it's being used or rented out for commercial transient accommodations, unless the county has specifically permitted it.
Maui County Bans Renting Out Parked RVs
Significant RestrictionsMaui County Code § 19.36B.120(G)
G.In all zoning districts, temporary or permanent parking of camper vans, recreational vehicles, trailers, vehicles with pop-up tents, or similar apparatus that are used or rented for commercial transient accommodations is prohibited, unless specifically permitted. Advertising that offers to rent a camper van, recreational vehicle, trailer, or similar apparatus for commercial transient accommod...
Driveway Rules
Maui County requires most required parking spaces, aisles, and driveways to be paved in asphalt or concrete, but lets half the spaces at most properties, and all of them in the agricultural district or a conservation district, sit on grass, gravel, or grid pavers instead.
Maui County Driveway & Parking Surface Rules
Some RestrictionsMaui County Code § 19.36B.090
A.Every required off-street parking space, aisle, driveway, and lane, except for those used for single-family dwellings, accessory dwellings, duplexes, farm dwellings, farm labor dwellings, and commercial agriculture structures, shall be paved with asphaltic or concrete surface. ... 2.Up to ten spaces or 50 percent of the provided spaces, whichever is greater, may be located on grass, gravel, c...
Commercial & Oversized Vehicles
Maui County Code section 10.68.110 bars trucks, buses, tractors and other vehicles over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating from thirteen named residential streets, including Vineyard Street, Front Street near Puamana, and several Kihei and Kahului subdivisions. Refuse trucks, school buses and delivery vehicles serving a residence on the street are exempted.
Maui County Truck Route Restrictions
Significant RestrictionsMaui County Code § 10.68.110
A.Except as provided in subsection B, no person shall operate any truck, bus, tractor, tractor-semitrailer combination, or tractor-trailer combination, or any other vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than ten thousand pounds on the following roads:1.Waiko Road from its intersection with Honoapiilani Highway and for a distance of .2 miles makai of such intersection;2.Kauhale Stre...
Street Parking Limits
Maui County bans parking within four feet of a driveway, on sidewalks, crosswalks or intersections, and requires cars to park parallel, facing traffic, with wheels inside twelve inches of the curb. Sections 10.48.030 and 10.48.130 of the Maui County Code set these baseline street-parking standards enforced island-wide by the Maui Police Department.
Maui County Street Parking and Driveway Rules
Some RestrictionsMaui County Code §§ 10.48.030, 10.48.130
A.No person shall park, stop, or stand a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the law or the direction of a police officer or traffic control device, in any of the following places:1.On a sidewalk.2.Within four feet of either side of a public or private driveway. ... Upon any roadway within a business or residential district, no person shall ...
Overnight Parking
Maui County caps overnight street parking at sixty minutes: Maui County Code Section 10.48.110 bars parking on any roadway for longer than an hour between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., with an exception only for authorized emergency vehicles. The rule applies island-wide and is enforced by the Maui Police Department and parking ambassadors.
Maui County All-Night Street Parking Limit
Some RestrictionsMaui County Code § 10.48.110
No person shall park a vehicle on any roadway for a period of time longer than sixty minutes between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 ap.m. of any day; subject, however, to the exceptions granted authorized emergency vehicles, pursuant to this title.
EV Charging
New multiunit and commercial buildings on Maui must build a share of their parking EV-ready. Residential projects adding eight or more stalls need 70 percent electric-vehicle-capable, and commercial projects adding ten or more stalls need 40 percent capable, under the county's Energy Code.
Maui County EV-Ready Parking Stall Mandate
Some RestrictionsMaui County Code § 16.16C.C406.10.1
C406.10 Electric vehicle infrastructure. All newly created parking stalls for newly constructed residential multiunit and commercial buildings must comply with one of the electric vehicle readiness compliance pathways specified in subsection C406.10.1. ... C406.10.1. Baseline percentage electric vehicle readiness compliance path. ... 1. Newly constructed parking stalls for newly constructed res...
Abandoned Vehicles
Maui County treats any vehicle left unattended on a public highway for more than twenty-four hours as abandoned. Section 10.48.200 of the Maui County Code bans abandoning vehicles outright, lets the police chief remove them, and bills the registered owner for the removal expense.
Maui County Abandoned Vehicle Removal Law
Some RestrictionsMaui County Code § 10.48.200
No person shall abandon any vehicle on the public highway. The chief of police is authorized to remove or cause to be removed any such abandoned vehicle from the highway, and the registered owner of such vehicle shall be liable for reasonable expenses incurred by such removal. Leaving vehicles unattended for more than twenty-four hours shall constitute abandonment within the meaning of this sec...
Loading Zones
Maui County Code Chapter 10.56A creates loading zones by ordinance, island-wide from Wailuku to Lanai. Inside a marked zone, drivers may stop only to load or unload passengers or freight, and only for fifteen minutes. Outside the posted hours the same curb reverts to ordinary public parking.
Maui County Loading Zone Hours and Limits
Some RestrictionsMaui County Code § 10.56A.010
A.Loading zones shall be established by the council at such places as the need may arise, and no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle for any purpose or period of time other than the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers or freight in any place marked as a loading zone, and then only for a period not to exceed fifteen minutes or as otherwise specified; provided, however, that th...
Preferential Parking Districts
Maui County runs its version of preferential parking through Chapter 10.78's permit parking zones: the department of transportation issues year-long permits for designated areas, and anyone parked there without one during regulated hours risks fines, towing, or impounding. Wailuku Town's Map W-2 area is the first zone the Council has designated.
Maui County Permit Parking Zones
Some RestrictionsMaui County Code §§ 10.78.010, 10.78.020, 10.78.030
A.The director of transportation or the director's designee may issue parking permits for areas designated as permit parking zones, with a term not to exceed one year, subject to the requirements established in administrative rules adopted under this chapter. ... A.No person may park or permit a vehicle to be parked in any permit parking space during the regulated time applicable to the permit ...
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