ROH §26-1.16
Rules for carrying out this coastal law
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section tells the county director to make rules to carry out this coastal law. The rules can protect certain beaches, limit shore protection structures, and update erosion rates. The rules must also explain how a property owner can ask to use different erosion data for their lot.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Rules
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 director shall adopt rules pursuant to HRS Chapter 91 to implement this chapter and HRS Chapter 205A, Part III. The rules:
(1) May identify high-quality sandy beaches that should be preserved;
(2) May include guidelines or prohibitions relating to the types of shore protection structures that may or may not be permitted on high-quality beaches and other beaches;
(3) May, after the initial determination of the average annual rate of coastal erosion on March 9, 2023*, update the determination of the average annual rate of coastal erosion as necessary to reflect updated data in the Hawaii Shoreline Study web map; and
(4) Must set forth the procedures and informational requirements by which a property owner may submit an application requesting approval of an alternative coastal erosion rate methodology and data if the property owner believes the annual erosion rate applicable to the zoning lot does accurately represent the actual erosion rate for that zoning lot.
Editor’s note:
*“March 9, 2023” is substituted for “the effective date of this ordinance.”
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