HCC §25-4-43
Rules for fences and accessory structures on your property
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section explains when you can build a fence or other structure without needing yard setbacks. Low fences and see-through fences are allowed. You must keep access around your main building clear, and taller structures must stay out of required yards.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Fences and accessory structures
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) A perimeter boundary fence, wall or similar feature, six feet or less in height shall not be considered a structure and shall be permitted without any front, side or rear yard requirements. In addition, a fence which is constructed of strand material, such as barbed wire, hog wire, or chain link, which allows “see-through” visibility is permitted to a height of eight feet without any front, side, or rear yard requirements. (b) No fence, wall, architectural feature, or other obstruction shall be placed or be without gates or openings so as to prohibit complete access around any main building at all times. (c) Any accessory structure, including any fence, or wall over six feet in height, architectural feature or water tank, which is not connected to a building, may not extend into any required front, side or rear yard, but may be located next to any building without any open space requirement. (1996, ord 96-160, sec 2; ratified April 6, 1999.)25-4-43 ZONING § 25-4-44
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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