HRS §115-5
Public beach access path and vegetation rules
This law creates a public path along the beach, from the shoreline toward the ocean, for people to walk. In cliff areas, counties can make a path at least six feet wide on private land. If a landowner's plants block this path, the state can order the landowner to remove them.
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The statute, as written — Beach transit corridor defined
(a) The right of transit shall exist seaward of the shoreline and this area shall be defined as a beach transit corridor. For purposes of this section, "shoreline" shall have the same meaning as in section 205A-1. However, in areas of cliffs or areas where the nature of the topography is such that there is no reasonably safe transit for the public along the shoreline below the private property lines, the counties by condemnation may establish along the makai boundaries of the property lines public transit corridors which shall be not less than six feet wide. (b) Along beach transit corridors where the abutting landowner's human-induced, enhanced, or unmaintained vegetation interferes or encroaches with beach transit corridors, the department of land and natural resources may require the abutting landowner to remove the landowner's interfering or encroaching vegetation.
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