ROH §18A-2.7
When the city can suspend or revoke your permit
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section explains when the city's chief engineer can stop or cancel a permit for grading, grubbing, or stockpiling. It also covers what you can do if your permit is suspended, and what happens if you don't fix the problem. The city can also make you pay for fixing unsafe conditions.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Suspension or revocation of permit
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) All permittees shall be required to comply with provisions of the NPDES permit if applicable including measures to control pollutants in stormwater discharges during construction, and with all applicable laws, ordinances, rules or regulations of the State of Hawaii or of the City and County of Honolulu. The chief engineer shall, in writing, suspend or revoke a permit issued under this chapter whenever the permit has been issued on the basis of incorrect information supplied by the permittee; whenever the grading, grubbing, or stockpiling is not being performed in accordance with the terms and provisions of the permit; whenever it is determined that the permittee has not complied with any provision of the NPDES permit if applicable and any other applicable law, ordinance, rule or regulation of the State of Hawaii or the City and County of Honolulu;
or whenever the grading, grubbing, or stockpiling discloses conditions that are objectionable or unsafe. Where a permit is revoked for any reason, there shall be no refund of any permit fees.
(b) When a permit has been suspended, the permittee may submit detailed plans and proposals for compliance with this chapter, and the NPDES permit if applicable, and any other applicable laws, ordinances, rules, or regulations of the State of Hawaii or the City and County of Honolulu, and for correcting the objectionable or unsafe conditions. Upon approval of such plans and proposals by the chief engineer, the chief engineer may authorize the permittee, in writing, to proceed with the work.
(c) When a permit has been suspended and the permittee fails to take corrective action specified above within 30 days following the suspension, the chief engineer may correct the objectionable or unsafe conditions and the permittee shall be liable for the cost thereof, or, where a bond required by § 18A-2.8 has been filed with the city, from the surety executing such bond, or shall be deducted from the cash which has been deposited with the city in lieu of filing a bond.
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