The Hawaiʻi Ledger Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026

Maui County · community plan area

Hāna

What this area is
One of Maui County's community plan areas, the geography the county plans by. The state's GIS layer labels it “Hana” with plan year 1994.
Agendas to watch
Hāna Advisory Committee; Maui Planning Commission, and the County Council and its committees.
On the ballot
Every Maui County council seat and the mayor's office are on the ballot Tuesday, November 3, 2026. What the ballot decides.
Who decides
SMA use permits: the Maui Planning Commission decides. SMA minor permits: the planning director decides. Changes in zoning and community plan amendments: the commission holds the public hearing and recommends; the County Council decides. For SMA use permit applications in the Hāna Community Plan region, the Hāna Advisory Committee conducts the public hearing. Where the code and the rules say so.
Adopted community plan
Hana Community Plan - Ordinance No. 2347 (1994), as amended. As Bill 108 (2026) prints the county code's list (§ 2.80B.070(C)).
ZIP codes it overlaps
96708, 96713, 96790

What's happening here

Coming up: 1 item on agendas and notices ahead.

Environmental Notice: Shoreline certification: application

See what is on the record near a particular address · New on the record across Hawaiʻi

Every record the Ledger reads that places an item in this community plan area by its tax map key or map point, newest and upcoming first, from all sources at once: county agendas and notices, state boards and the Environmental Notice. The sections below break it down by source.

Hana High and Elementary Elementary-Middle-High · grades K-12
4111 Hana Highway, Hana · 808.248.4815 · school website · Hana complex

Public schools whose grounds fall in this community plan area, from the State of Hawaiʻi GIS public schools layer, read Sept. 20, 2026: the department's own names, grades, complexes and contact details. Charter schools are marked. Private schools are not listed. Which school serves a particular address is a separate question, answered by the department's attendance areas: look up an address.

Weather and ocean alerts

NWS Honolulu

Checking the National Weather Service for alerts in effect…

Ocean water advisories on Maui

Checking the Department of Health…

Read live when this page opens: the National Weather Service's alerts for the forecast zones covering Hāna (HIZ022, HIZ047, HIZ048, HIZ050), and the state Department of Health Clean Water Branch's open advisories (brown water, sewage spills, high bacteria) for the island, which the department names by beach or coastline rather than by area. Nothing here is stored or rewritten; each agency's own wording and dates are shown.

State highway lane closures

HDOT roadwork

Checking the Department of Transportation's closure schedule…

Read live from the state Department of Transportation's lane closure map layer when this page opens: approved closures on state highways in and near Hāna (within the area's bounding box, so a closure just outside may appear), from now through the next seven days, in the department's words. County streets are not included. Schedules can change without notice and all work is weather permitting, the department says.

Land use items that name this area

All Maui County items

ZPA2026-00003 and ZPA2026-00004: Council Resolutions 26-110 and 26-111

Maui Planning Commission, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026 (ahead). The commission holds the hearing and recommends; the County Council decides (Maui County Code §§ 19.510.040, 2.80B.100 and 2.80B.110).

Property nameTax map keyAddressWhat the agenda lists it under
Hana Kai Maui(2) 1-4-005:0404865 Uakea Road, HānaResolution 26-111: Change land use designation from Multi-Family to Hotel for the following property:
Hana Kai Maui(2) 1-4-005:0404865 Uakea Road, HānaResolution 26-111: From A-1 Apartment District to H-3 Hotel District for the following properties:

From the planning commissions' agendas read Sept. 19, 2026; names, keys and addresses are the county's. An item appears here only where the agenda names the place or prints a tax map key, and each key was checked against the State of Hawaiʻi's parcel layer.

Who represents this community plan area

County of Maui Mayor: Richard Bissen. Next election 2026.

County of Maui Councilmembers: Shane Sinenci (East Maui); Tamara Paltin (West Maui); Alice Lee (Wailuku-Waihee-Waikapu); Kauanoe Batangan (Kahului); Tom Cook (South Maui); Nohe Uu-Hodgins (Makawao-Haiku-Paia); Yuki Lei Sugimura (Upcountry); Gabe Johnson (Lanai); Keani Rawlins-Fernandez (Molokai). Next election 2026.

Maui County's councilmembers are elected countywide; each must live in the residency area shown. From the Office of Elections' Elected Officials page, read Sept. 19, 2026.

In the Environmental Notice

Every item
Shoreline certification: application · MA-874

From the State of Hawaiʻi's Environmental Notice (7 issues read), in its words. An item appears here only when it prints a tax map key that falls in this community plan area.

Before state boards

All state boards

No state board item read so far prints a tax map key in this community plan area.

From state board agendas the Ledger has read (4 so far), in the agencies' words. An item appears here only when it prints a tax map key that falls in this community plan area.

Permits the planning director reported here

All reported permits

None of the 4 reports read so far prints a tax map key in this area.

Rows from the planning director's permit reports to the planning commissions, as the county prints them, placed here by the tax map keys each row prints. Names are the county's. The Ledger has not reviewed any application.

Planning agendas

All Maui County meetings

Hāna Advisory Committee

No agenda was in this body's feed when it was read Sept. 19, 2026.

Maui Planning Commission

From the county's Agenda Center feeds, read Sept. 19, 2026. Bodies are matched to this area by name. Postings here are listed, not read; the agendas the Ledger has read for items are on Maui County land use.

Who lives here, by ZIP code

ZIP codePeopleHouseholdsMedian household incomeOwner-occupied homesMedian age
967131,023 ±285501 ±103$54,375 ±$14,917289 of 50153.2
967909,756 ±8533,284 ±277$100,693 ±$14,7532,227 of 3,28443.5
9670811,152 ±1,1914,057 ±381$100,664 ±$3,1442,684 of 4,05741.6
All of Maui County164,52255,841$97,16136,638 of 55,84143.2

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates by ZIP Code Tabulation Area, read through the Census Reporter API. Survey estimates; ± is the 90% margin of error. ZIP code areas do not follow community plan boundaries, so each row describes the ZIP, not this area. These count residents and the homes they live in, not second homes or visitor units.

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