ROH §15-18.10
Rules for using city bicycle paths on easements
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section lists what you cannot do on city bicycle paths and their easements, like damaging property, littering, or using motor vehicles. It also bans fishing on the Pearl Harbor Bike Path. The rules aim to keep paths safe and clean for bike riders.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Regulations applicable to bicycle paths constructed on dedicated easements
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) Within the limits of bicycle paths and their respective easements, such easements having been granted to the city for purposes of providing bicycle paths, no person shall:
(1) Willfully or intentionally destroy, damage, or injure any property;
(2) Climb onto any bridge, tree, wall, fence, or other structure;
(3) Swim, bathe, wade in, pollute, or block the water of any natural stream;
(4) Litter, throw, or dispose of any refuse or waste material;
(5) Kindle, build, maintain, or use any fire;
(6) Annoy, molest, kill, wound, chase, shoot, or throw missiles at any animal or bird;
(7) Distribute, post, or place any commercial handbill or circular, notice, or other advertising device or matter, except as permitted by the terms of any agreement relating to the use of the bicycle path and easement;
(8) Operate any vehicle other than:
(A) A bicycle without a motor; or
(B) Authorized vehicles, where permitted by posted signs;
(9) Park, wash, polish, or repair cars or other vehicles;
(10) Cut or remove any wood, plant, grass, soil, rock, sand, or gravel;
(11) Sell or offer for sale any merchandise, article, or thing, or engage in any commercial operations;
(12) Amplify music or use battery-operated loudspeakers;
(13) Ride or drive any horse or any other animal;
(14) Engage in any sports or recreational activities other than the riding of bicycles;
(15) Discharge firearms of any kind;
(16) Place tents or other structures, or in any way inhabit the premises;
(17) Park any bicycle or vehicle on the bicycle path except authorized maintenance and security vehicles;
(18) Drive any vehicle, including a bicycle, across the bicycle path without first coming to a full stop;
(19) Fail to yield the right-of-way to an authorized motor vehicle;
(20) Possess or use intoxicating beverages;
(21) Possess, use, store, transport, or dispose of hazardous materials, as that term is defined in HRS § 286-2, or hazardous wastes, as that term is defined in HRS § 342J-2; or
(22) Enter or remain on any bicycle path during the hours that the bicycle path is closed; provided that signs are posted indicating the hours that the bicycle path is closed, except that a person may traverse a bicycle path using the most direct route during bicycle path closure hours for the purpose of going to, or from, the shoreline.
(b) In addition to the prohibitions in subsection (a), no person shall fish from any area within the limits of the Pearl Harbor Bike Path and its easement.
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Published by the City and County of Honolulu through American Legal Publishing.
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