Maui County, HI Parking Rules: Preferential Parking Districts (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit term
- Up to 1 year
- Established zone
- Wailuku Town, Map W-2
- First-offense fine
- Up to $100
- Repeat fine
- Up to $250
- Added by
- Ord. No. 5568 (2023)
Summary
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.
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 parking zone, as designated by signs and by the official permit parking zone map, without a valid parking permit issued by the County, except that if the permit parking zone is also a paid parking zone, vehicles paying the paid parking zone parking fee need not have a valid parking permit. Vehicles otherwise parked without a valid permit are subject to fines, towing, or impounding. ... Any person in violation of any section or provision of this chapter will be subject to a fine of not more than $100 for the first offense and not more than $250 for every subsequent offense.
Full Breakdown
78, Permit Parking Zones, added by Ordinance No. 5568 in 2023 and amended in 2025, lets the director of transportation or a designee issue parking permits, each good for up to one year, for areas the Council designates on an official permit parking zone map published on the department's website. 010(E) currently names Wailuku Town, shown as map W-2, as an established zone. A vehicle holding a valid permit may stand or park in the zone the permit covers, but the permit does not reserve any specific stall, so permit holders still compete for open space among themselves.
020 requires the permit during the zone's regulated hours as posted on signs and the official map; if the same block also functions as a paid parking zone, a driver who pays the meter does not additionally need a permit. 020(B) keeps other stopping, standing, and parking prohibitions fully in force regardless of permit status.
Violations & Fines
Parking in a permit zone without a valid permit during the posted regulated hours carries a fine of not more than $100 for a first offense and not more than $250 for each later offense under section 10.78.030, and section 10.78.020(A) additionally exposes the vehicle to towing or impounding on top of the fine.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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