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Title 19 System — both charters, side-by-side Free · no account

One front door to everything Title 19 (Zoning) for Maui County, shown through both charters at once. The actual government — the Maui County Charter and Title 19 as enforced — is the operative system. It sits on top of the foundation: James Langford's 12 Stones Sovereign Charter (Food Security · Education · Truth · Sovereign Charter, under the aloha of Christ). For each Title 19 area you see the county's operative law and the sovereign foundation next to it — where they align, where the county system diverges from the foundation, and what the sovereign charter would have it do. The county column is cited as law; the sovereign column is James's foundational analysis, never county law.

The two layers — the county system sits on the sovereign foundation

▲ The actual government · operative law
Maui County Charter + Title 19
Charter Art. 8 (Dept. of Planning) · §8-8.5 general plan · Council enacts Title 19 · Planning Commissions (Ch. 2.28) administer · Zoning Admin & Enforcement Division enforces. The system they put on top.
▼ rests on ▼
▼ The foundation · James's sovereign charter
12 Stones Sovereign Charter
Food Security · Education · Truth · Sovereign Charter — under the aloha of Christ. The foundational principles the county system is layered on top of. (James Langford's charter — analysis, not county law.)

Read upward: the county system is what government actually does today; the sovereign charter is the ground it stands on. The mapping below holds them side-by-side.

The system — every Title 19 tool, one place

Plain-Language Servicelive
Navigator: process, who-pays, community plans, agriculture, table of uses, planning bodies.
Live Parcel Lookuplive
Enter a TMK → every designation (zoning · community plan · SMA · state land use · ag lands) live from Hawaiʻi GIS.
Substantial Change Procedurelive
When a change to an approved project needs a new public hearing — with a working decision aid.
Charter ⇄ Law Crosswalklive
The 12 Stones Charter bound to Title 19 + the legal hierarchy, line by line.
Table of Useslive expanding
Permitted / conditional / prohibited per district — Ag & Rural sourced, expanding to all.
Form-Based Code Modelmodel
A proposed transect translation of use-based Title 19. Demonstration, not adopted law.
Public-Hearing Processlive
Application → Director review → notice → hearing → decision, with the Hāna referral path.
Rules & Admin Rules ag-firstlive
Ch. 19.30A Agricultural use table + Ch. 19.29 Rural, itemized & section-cited (through 2025 ords). Full ~600pp + admin-rule text expanding.
Enforcement & Civil Fineslive
Ch. 19.530 civil fines + criminal penalties + the SMA/shoreline no-warning split (HRS §205A-32), cited.
Rules → Code Codification analysislive
Labeled analysis: administrative rules that ought to be codified into the ordinance.
Verification + AI Permit Assistant Tier 3gated
Verified account tools: saved applications + permit assistant. Gated; no live billing.

Both charters, side-by-side — per Title 19 area

County (operative law, cited) Sovereign (foundation · James's analysis)
Plan authority & conformance foundation
▲ Maui County (law)Charter §8-8.5: the general plan = countywide policy plan + Maui Island Plan + community plans; all zoning & subdivision must conform to it. The Council enacts Title 19; the Planning Dept (Charter Art. 8) drafts; Planning Commissions administer.
▼ Sovereign (foundation)The whole county structure rests on the sovereign charter beneath it. Sovereign The foundation defines the purpose the operative system is meant to serve.
Agriculture & food diverge
▲ Maui County (law)Agricultural district Ch. 19.30A + Rural Ch. 19.29; uses must conform to the general plan; enforced by the Zoning Administration & Enforcement Division.
▼ Sovereign (foundation)Food Security Protect + activate working lands for local provisioning. The County's own rewrite audit says "ag zoning isn't working" — the foundation would put food production first.
Housing & community design diverge
▲ Maui County (law)Community plans (Ch. 2.80B) guide future use; zoning must conform to the general plan (§8-8.5); the Planning Dept drafts, the Council adopts.
▼ Sovereign (foundation)Sovereign Education Design communities for the people's flourishing; give the plans real force rather than letting interim/stacked zoning override them.
Process & transparency partial
▲ Maui County (law)Planning Commission(s) (Ch. 2.28) hold noticed public hearings; SMA under the Coastal Zone Management law; the Planning Director determines minor vs substantial change.
▼ Sovereign (foundation)Truth Changes that affect the public must be re-noticed and re-heard — nothing slips through as "minor." Aligns with the hearing process; diverges where "minor" skips the public.
Enforcement & civil fines diverge
▲ Maui County (law)The Zoning Administration & Enforcement Division cites violations; Title 19 sets the civil-fine schedule. fine schedule expanding
▼ Sovereign (foundation)Truth Sovereign Enforce equitably; fines should fund the remedy, not price out the small landowner.
Who pays / fees diverge
▲ Maui County (law)The applicant pays application + study fees per the Title 19 fee schedule; County staff conduct review.
▼ Sovereign (foundation)Sovereign Where the County imposes a requirement (study, upgrade, condition), the County should bear that cost — not download it onto the resident. (James's ⚖️ position.)
Maps & parcel access align
▲ Maui County (law)Designations are published via County/State GIS + the real-property (qPublic) record; the Planning Dept maintains GIS.
▼ Sovereign (foundation)Truth Education The public can know their land — free, on demand. The live parcel lookup already serves this; the layers align.

County column: Maui County Charter (Art. 8 Dept. of Planning; §8-8.5 general plan), Ch. 2.28 Planning Commissions, Ch. 2.80B General Plan & Community Plans, Title 19 (Zoning), and the Zoning Administration & Enforcement Division. verify exact subsections Sovereign column: James Langford's 12 Stones Sovereign Charteranalysis offered as a foundational perspective, clearly distinct from adopted county law.

Free now (no account): the navigator, parcel lookup, substantial-change aid, crosswalk, and this hub are all Tier 1 — free. Tier 3 (verified tools) — saved applications + AI permit assistant — will be verification-gated, opt-in, never a lock-out. No live billing is enabled.