06/18/2026
You cannot build a single home on this land right now. Not one. 👇
163 acres in Kahului, zoned Agricultural, sitting outside Maui’s Urban Growth Boundary. Under the rules today, that combination means no housing, no retail, no hotel. Period.
Here’s what actually has to change:
🗺️ Bill 163 — redraws the Urban Growth Boundary so this land falls inside it
📋 Bill 164 — changes the designation from Agriculture to Business/Multi-Family, the category that actually allows housing
But passing Friday doesn’t make either one law. This is what’s called first reading — the council saying “let’s keep moving this forward,” not “we’re approving this.”
What happens next:
✅ Bill 163 needs a public hearing (it touches the Maui Island Plan)
✅ Bill 164 skips that step — the plan it amends was enacted in 2002, before that requirement existed
✅ Both come back for second and final reading — the real vote that actually changes the law
✅ Then it goes to the mayor for signature
No permit gets pulled until all of that happens. That’s the part nobody talks about.
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