ROH §34-9.4
Rules for touching, age, and visibility in lap dancing establishments
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section bans dancers and customers from touching each other's intimate or body parts in a lap dancing establishment, even when no lap dance is happening. It also sets a minimum age for lap dancers and requires lap dance rooms to be open and fully visible from the entrance. Owners and managers cannot let anyone break these rules.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Prohibited activities
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) The following prohibitions shall apply in a lap dancing establishment:
(1) A dancer shall not touch, with any clothed or unclothed intimate part of the dancer, any clothed or unclothed body part, including intimate part, of a customer;
(2) A dancer shall not touch, with any other clothed or unclothed body part of the dancer, any clothed or unclothed intimate part of a customer;
(3) A customer shall not touch, with any clothed or unclothed intimate part of the customer, any clothed or unclothed body part, including intimate part, of a dancer; and
(4) A customer shall not touch, with any other clothed or unclothed body part of the customer, any clothed or unclothed intimate part of a dancer.
The prohibitions shall apply at any time in the lap dancing establishment, even when the dancer is not lap dancing for the customer.
(b) A person under 21 years of age shall not lap dance in any lap dancing establishment.
(c) A person shall not lap dance in a room within a lap dancing establishment unless the room complies with the following:
(1) The room entrance does not have a door, partition, screen, curtain, or other opaque, transparent, meshed, or perforated covering; and
(2) The entire interior of the room is visible at all times from the room entrance.
(d) The owner or responsible managing agent of a lap dancing establishment shall not direct or allow a person to commit a violation of this section.
Published by the City and County of Honolulu through American Legal Publishing.
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