ROH §14-21.3
Who puts up and takes down neighborhood watch signs
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section gives the director the power to put up, approve, deny, and remove neighborhood watch signs on public property. The director must work with the police and the neighborhood watch program to decide where signs go. If a request is approved, the director must put up the signs within 60 days and follow the city's sign rules.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Powers and duties
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) Pursuant to this article, the director is authorized to:
(1) Design, construct, and place on public property signs indicating that the area is protected by a neighborhood watch;
(2) Grant or deny a request for the placement of neighborhood watch sign or signs;
(3) In consultation with the neighborhood watch program and a duly authorized representative of the Honolulu police department, determine the number and location of all neighborhood watch signs; and
(4) Remove neighborhood watch signs located in neighborhoods where the neighborhood watch program has terminated upon prior written notice to the affected neighborhood.
(b) If a request for the placement of neighborhood watch signs is approved by the director, it shall be the duty of the director, within 60 days of the approval date, to place or cause to be placed on public property neighborhood watch signs at designated locations.
(c) It shall be the duty of the director to comply with the applicable sign provisions contained in the land use ordinance, Chapter 21, Article 7 .
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