Maui County, HI Historic Preservation: Historic-Cultural Monuments (2026)
Key Facts
- Commission size
- Nine members, mayor-appointed, council-confirmed
- Public hearing notice
- At least 10 days, published in newspaper
- Commission report deadline
- 45 days after state notice of nomination
- Mayor response deadline
- 15 days after receiving commission's report
- Appeal deadline
- 30 days after nomination denied
Summary
Maui County Code section 2.88.070 lets any person or organization nominate a property for the Hawaii or National Register of Historic Places. The county's nine-member cultural resources commission, created by chapter 2.88, reviews the nomination, holds a public hearing, and reports its recommendation to the mayor, who forwards a final position to the state historic preservation officer.
A.Any person or organization including the commission may submit nominations to the Hawaii or national register by submitting a completed nomination form to the state historic preservation officer.B.The commission shall hold a public hearing after receiving notification from the state historic preservation officer of nominated historic properties with the County. At least ten days prior to the hearing, notice of the date, time, place and purpose of such hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the County. Oral or written testimony concerning the significance of the proposed nomination shall be taken at the public hearing from any person.C.The commission shall forward its report to the mayor within forty-five days after receiving notice from the state historic preservation officer. The report shall include findings on whether the property meets the criteria for nomination and a recommendation that the state historic preservation officer either nominate or reject the proposed nomination.
Full Breakdown
030(B). 070(B) requires a public hearing with at least ten days' newspaper notice, at which any person may give oral or written testimony on the property's significance. 070(C) gives the commission forty-five days from the state's notice to send the mayor a report finding whether the property meets nomination criteria and recommending that the state historic preservation officer nominate or reject it. 070(D) the mayor then has fifteen days to transmit a recommendation to the state officer, and the mayor's position need not match the commission's.
060, including design review for properties eligible for the national or Hawaii register, maintaining a countywide survey and inventory of historic and archaeological sites, and administering the federal certified local government program. 080, including the 1984 Cultural Resources Management Plan for Maui County and the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. Separate historic district zoning under Title 19 is administered by the commission once a district is established by the council, layering design controls on top of the register nomination process described here.
Violations & Fines
The nomination chapter sets no fine, since it governs register listing rather than construction activity. Section 2.88.070(E) instead treats a commission-and-mayor finding that a property fails nomination criteria as non-final: anyone aggrieved must file a written appeal with the state historic preservation officer within thirty days of the denial, or the denial stands. Missing the commission's forty-five-day report deadline or the mayor's fifteen-day response deadline triggers no automatic outcome under the printed text.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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