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ROH §13-11.10

Temporary removal of newspaper racks during construction

Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗

The city can order a permit holder to temporarily take their publications and rack insert out of a news rack during construction or repair work for safety or to get the work done. The city must make rules for giving a partial refund for this disruption.

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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Temporary dislocations

A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

(a) The director may direct a permittee to remove copies of the permitted publication and the permittee’s publication dispensing rack insert from a publication dispensing rack enclosure temporarily during any public, private, or utility construction work conducted on the public sidewalk, the abutting roadway, an adjacent building or structure or to any utility, when the director determines that the removal is necessary in the interest of public safety or to facilitate the construction work. (b) The director may also direct a permittee to remove copies of the permitted publication and the permittee’s publication dispensing rack insert from a publication dispensing rack enclosure during any installation or repair work on the publication dispensing rack enclosure. (c) The director shall adopt rules pursuant to HRS Chapter 91 to provide a partial rebate for publications temporarily dislocated under this section. The director may also adopt rules relating to the temporary relocation of publications that are dislocated under subsection (a) or (b).
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026

Published by the City and County of Honolulu through American Legal Publishing.

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