ROH §38-11.2
Which agreements this law covers and which it does not
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section says the law applies to city agreements letting people use City Hall or the Mayor Frank F. Fasi Municipal Building grounds for events. It lists many types of agreements and activities that are not covered, like utility easements, repairs, peddling, handbilling, city programs, government gatherings, and free speech gatherings.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Applicability
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) This article shall apply to any lease, license, permit, or agreement entered into by the city for the use of all or any portion of the grounds of City Hall and the Mayor Frank F. Fasi Municipal Building for the purposes of conducting an event.
(b) This article shall not apply to:
(1) Any easement, including any utility easement;
(2) Any temporary license for the purposes of permitting the repair or renovation of or additions to City Hall, the Mayor Frank F. Fasi Municipal Building, the Mission Memorial Building, the Civic Center parking facility, or the Civic Center child care facility;
(3) Any peddling activity by any peddler duly licensed pursuant to HRS § 445-141;
(4) Any handbilling activity;
(5) Any display permitted under the city’s Honolulu city lights program;
(6) Any food vending concession awarded by the city;
(7) The city-sponsored people’s open market program;
(8) Any gathering held exclusively by a governmental entity or a combination of governmental entities; or
(9) Any gathering of persons for the purpose of exercising first amendment rights, involving no fee for participation, and involving no sales or solicitations for the sale of any product or service, in the area bounded by:
(A) City Hall;
(B) The public sidewalks immediately abutting South King Street and Punchbowl Street;
(C) The public walkway along the eastern (Diamond Head) wall of City Hall and connecting with the public sidewalk immediately abutting South King Street; and
(D) The public walkway connecting the western (Ewa) entrance of City Hall with the public sidewalk immediately abutting Punchbowl Street.
This subsection shall not be construed to preclude the holder of a lease entered into under § 38-11.4 from charging a permitted fee for persons subject to subdivisions (3) and (4).
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