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Hawaii Conservation District — DLNR Exclusive Jurisdiction (HAR 13-5) (HI)

Tracked preemption from the Hawaii overlay bundle.

Overview

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Effective
1961-07-11
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:HI
Other Hawaii preemptions
Hawaii Act 39 (SLH 2024) — Statewide ADU MandateMaui County Bill 9 (2024) — Apartment District STR Phase-Out (Minatoya List)Gov. Green Affordable Housing Emergency Proclamation (Continuing Series, 2023-2026)Honolulu Ord. 22-7 — Short-Term Rental 90-Day Floor (City & County of Honolulu)Hawaii Native Hawaiian Traditional & Customary Rights (Hawaii Const. Art. XII §7)Hawaii Coastal Zone Management — Special Management Area (HRS Ch. 205A)Hawaii HRS Chapter 343 — State Environmental Review (HEPA)Hawaii HRS Chapter 205 — State Land Use Districts (LUC Classification)
Primary-source summary
[HRS Chapter 205 — State Land Use Law (capitol.hawaii.gov)](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol04_Ch0201-0257/HRS0205/) [HRS Chapter 205 — Justia mirror](https://law.justia.com/codes/hawaii/title-13/chapter-205/) [HRS Chapter 46 — County General Powers (capitol.hawaii.gov)](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol01_Ch0001-0042F/HRS0046/) [HRS §46-15.2 — ADU mandate](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol01_Ch0001-0042F/HRS0046/HRS_0046-0015_0002.htm) [Act 39 SLH 2024 (HB 1630 CD1) — ADU…

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

parcel.state_land_use_district == conservation

Preempted fields

3 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
base_districts[*].allowed_useswaive—County zoning has no effect in Conservation district; DLNR/BLNR subzones (general/limited/protective/resource/special) under HAR Ch. 13-5 govern exclusively
review_typeoverridedlnr_conservation_district_use_permitAll development requires Conservation District Use Permit (CDUP) from BLNR
dlnr_subzone_requiredoverrideTrue

Citation

Authority source
HRS Ch. 205; HAR Ch. 13-5 (DLNR Conservation District subzones)
§ HAR 13-5 — Conservation District subzones; OCCL administration
https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/occl/

Research notes

~47% of Hawaii land is Conservation district — watershed, forest reserve, natural areas (especially heavy on Hawaii County / Big Island volcano + watershed). County zoning fields should be null for Conservation parcels; the binding regulation is the DLNR subzone. Federal conflict check enabled — heavy overlap with ESA critical habitat, USFWS refuges, NPS lands. Subzone map served from DLNR OCCL ArcGIS.