HCC §3-37
Who enforces sign rules and when signs can be removed
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗The director is in charge of enforcing this chapter and can get help from other county departments. If a sign is a danger to people or property, or is illegally in a public place, the director can remove it right away without giving notice.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Enforcement
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) The director shall enforce this chapter. Whenever necessary, any official of another department of the County shall assist the director, if requested, consistent with the usual and customary duties of the official’s department. (b) When the condition of any sign creates an immediate hazard and peril to public safety or to property, or is illegally placed within any public street, park, other public place or pedestrian way the director shall remove the sign summarily and without notice. (2004, ord 04-142, sec 2.)3-37
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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