HCC §14-144
Keep the sidewalk in front of your business free of litter
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗If you own or run a business, you must keep the public sidewalk and parking areas in front of your business clean of litter. You also cannot sweep or dump litter from your building, lot, or sidewalk into the street, gutter, or other public place.
businesseslandowners
The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Merchant’s duty to keep sidewalk clean of litter
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) No person owning or occupying a place of business shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street, or other public place the accumulation of litter from any building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway. (b) Any person owning or occupying a place of business shall keep the public walking and parking areas in front of that person’s business premises free of litter. (2020, ord 20-86, sec 1.) 14-144
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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