URGING THE COUNTY OF MAUI TO ADOPT ORDINANCES THAT ESTABLISH WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE SAFETY STANDARDS FOR PLANTATION TOWNS AND OTHER HIGH-RISK COMMUNITIES, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE COUNTY OF KAUAI'S ORDINANCE NO. PM-2025-425, RELATING TO THE PLANTATION CAMP DISTRICT WILDFIRE AND WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE, AND OTHER STATE AND NATIONAL WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE BEST PRACTICES.

This Senate Concurrent Resolution urges the County of Maui to adopt ordinances establishing wildfire safety standards for plantation towns and other high-risk communities, using Kauai's recent ordinance as a model. The bill encourages Maui to incorporate specific measures such as ember-resistant construction, noncombustible zones around structures, defensible space requirements, and vegetation management into local zoning and permitting decisions. It highlights the lessons from the 2023 Maui wildfires and recommends that these standards be tailored to the unique conditions of historic plantation communities while integrating wildfire risk into community planning and redevelopment.