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HRS §46-15.6

Definitions for county nuisance rules

This section defines two terms used in county nuisance laws. "Premises" covers places like hotels, boardinghouses, and group homes. "Public nuisances" includes things placed on streets or sidewalks that block their intended use. It only gives definitions, not rules or penalties.

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The statute, as written — Definitions

When used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: "Premises" shall include but not be limited to a lodging or tenement house, group residence, group living arrangement, hotel, boardinghouse, or restaurant as further defined in section 445-90, or any other like facility serving unsupervised or unrelated individuals. "Public nuisances" shall include but not be limited to the placement of structures, stalls, stands, furniture, and containers on streets, sidewalks, and public places where the placement of structures, stalls, stands, furniture, and containers are inconsistent with or frustrate the purpose, function, or activity for which the street, sidewalk, or public place was intended.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§445-90 Definitions for boardinghouses, hotels, and rooming houses

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