Originally Posted by
STS-134
The county has absolute control over what new Lāhainā will look like. If they issue building permits for nothing except buildings that look like the old ones, that's what is going to get built.
I don't really see how they could do that. If a land owner presents a plan for a completely different new building where a prior one burned down, and the new building plan meets all current codes, how could the county object?