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ROH §40-8.3

Tree expert advisory group setup

Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗

This section creates a nine-member tree advisory committee appointed by the mayor. It includes city planning staff and experts in landscaping, tree care, and community beautification. The parks department provides support services.

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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Arborist advisory committee

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.

There shall be an arborist advisory committee consisting of nine members who shall be appointed by the mayor. The committee shall include the director of planning and permitting, or the director’s designee. At least one member shall be actively employed in the practice of landscape architecture, at least one member shall be actively employed as a certified arborist, and six other members shall be selected on the basis of their active participation in programs of community beautification, or research or organization in the ecological sciences, including ethnobotany or Hawaiiana. The committee shall be attached to the department of parks and recreation for administrative purposes and the director shall cause employees of the director’s office to furnish technical, administrative, or clerical services as may be needed by the committee. )
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026

Published by the City and County of Honolulu through American Legal Publishing.

LawTrove is not legal advice. The summary above is a computer-generated restatement — the authoritative text is the official version linked above.