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HCC §3-31

Rules for signs that stick out past your property line

Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗

This section says that signs cannot stick out over public areas or streets, except for marquee or projecting signs. Signs also cannot block traffic or hang over a public street unless allowed by another rule.

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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Projections beyond property line

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.

No sign or portion of any sign, except for marquee or projecting signs, may project over any public area or way outside of the property line upon which the sign is located. No sign shall be permitted to interfere with vehicular traffic or project over any public street except as may be permitted in section 3-9. (2004, ord 04-142, sec 2.)3-31
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗as published Jul 16, 2026our copy taken Aug 21, 2026

Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.

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