A committee of the Maui County Council has advanced a bill that would allow people to rebuild the homes and businesses to the way they were before they burned in the August 2023 wildfires, even if they don’t meet the current code.
Bill 105, which passed unanimously out of the Disaster Recovery, International Affairs and Planning Committee on Tuesday, will likely go to the full council for review in March, said Council Member Tamara Paltin, who chairs the committee and holds the West Maui seat.
Paltin said she was “relieved,” given that multiple applications are awaiting approval by the Planning Department and will have a way forward if the bill is passed…