Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules in Maui County, HI (2026)
3 rules for unincorporated Maui County, Hawaii.
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Sidewalk Repair
Maui County Code section 12.02.020 makes every abutting property owner responsible for keeping the sidewalk or shoulder in front of their land clean, passable and free of weeds. If an owner ignores a 20-day cleanup notice, the County can do the work itself and bill the owner, collecting through district court if unpaid.
Maui County Sidewalk Maintenance and Repair Duty
Some RestrictionsMaui County Code §§ 12.02.020, 12.02.030
Every property owner whose land abuts or adjoins a County street shall continually maintain, and keep clean, passable and free from weeds and noxious growths, the sidewalk or shoulder areas which abut or adjoin the owner's property. ... If any such owner, after receiving notice from the county fails, within twenty days after such notice, to clean such sidewalk, or fails and neglects to keep suc...
Obstruction Rules
No one may stand or park a vehicle so that any part of it blocks a sidewalk in Maui County. Section 10.52.190 of the Maui County Code makes any portion of a vehicle obstructing a sidewalk a traffic code violation, enforced by the Maui Police Department island-wide.
Maui County Sidewalk Vehicle Obstruction Ban
Some RestrictionsMaui County Code § 10.52.190
No person shall stand or park a vehicle in such a manner that any portion of such vehicle obstructs a sidewalk or portion thereof.
Encroachment Permits
Maui County requires a written permit from the Department of Public Works and Waste Management before anyone digs up, disturbs, or undermines a county street, sidewalk, alley, or other right-of-way. The police must also get eight hours' notice, and emergency sewer or water main repairs are the only work exempt from applying first.
Maui County Right-of-Way Excavation Permit
Some RestrictionsMaui County Code § 12.04.020
No person, including any officer or employee of the County or any independent board or commission thereof, partnership, firm, or corporation shall, in any manner or for any purpose, break up, dig up, disturb, undermine, or dig under, or cause to be broken up, dug up, disturbed, undermined, or dug under, any County public highway, street, thoroughfare, alley, or sidewalk or any other public plac...
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