Rules for lighting and landscaping on shoreline lots

The following requirements apply to all uses, activities. or operations within the special management area, even if the proposal is not considered development as defined in this chapter. (a) Exterior lighting. All exterior lighting on a shoreline lot must be shielded to reduce the possibility that seabirds and other marine life forms may become disoriented and harmed by the lighting. Shielded exterior lighting must be implemented both during and after any construction work on a shoreline lot. Any wall-mounted exterior lighting on buildings on a shoreline lot must be shielded by wall directors or other acceptable shielding, and all shielding must be specified on building permit plans. Artificial light from exterior lighting fixtures, including but not limited to floodlights, uplights, or spotlights used for decorative or aesthetic purposes on a shoreline lot are prohibited if the light directly illuminates or is directed to project across property boundaries toward the shoreline or ocean waters, or both, except as may otherwise be permitted by HRS § 205A-71(b). (b) Landscaping. All landscaped areas, landscaping, and irrigation on or for any shoreline lot must be contained and maintained within the property boundaries of the shoreline lot of origin, and may not: (1) Be planted, watered, and maintained so that they act as a shoreline hardening barrier, such as naupaka, particularly if they alter or interfere with the natural beach processes; (2) Extend seaward of the shoreline as depicted on the current certified shoreline survey for the shoreline lot, or, in the event there is no current certified shoreline survey for the lot, seaward of the presumed shoreline; and (3) Extend into any adjoining beach access right-of-way, public or private.