ROH §16-13.2

Residential Safe Rooms: Intent and Scope

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This section explains what a residential safe room is for: a temporary, fully enclosed space inside your home or an attached building that is built to protect you from strong winds and flying debris during a storm. It does not set any specific rules or deadlines.

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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Intent and scope

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.

The intent of the residential safe room is to temporarily provide an enhanced protection area, fully enclosed within a dwelling or within an accessory structure to a residence, which is designed and constructed to withstand the wind pressures, windborne debris impacts, and other requirements of this section.

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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